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Govt takes a stick to supermarkets
Policy

Govt takes a stick to supermarkets

Under pressure over rising prices, the government has gone considerably further than the Commerce Commission recommended to spur supermarket competition.

Pattrick Smellie 30 May 2022
Echoes of Think Big in today's climate choices
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Echoes of Think Big in today's climate choices

Climate change demands huge and important decisions by central government. Have we learned the right lessons from Think Big? Former energy policy adviser John Boshier's new book, Power Surge, traverses those times.

Nikitin Sallee 28 May 2022
World Bank: NZ carbon prices may need to double
Policy

World Bank: NZ carbon prices may need to double

NZ's carbon price is near the bottom of what the World Bank thinks is needed to meet climate change goals.

Ian Llewellyn 27 May 2022
Tossing money like confetti
Policy

Cameron Bagrie: Tossing money like confetti

Economist Cameron Bagrie worries that the momentum in government spending growth is a juggernaut without brakes.

Cameron Bagrie 26 May 2022