The hoon around the week to July 24

The Hoon · Jul 23, 2022 · 57m

TLDR: This week, Aotearoa-NZ’s annual inflation rate rose more than expected to 7.3%, which restarted the debate about who was to blame and what should be done about it, as I wrote in Tuesday’s Chorus. Meanwhile, Europe finally tightened its monetary policy, but faces the potential for another debt crisis, as I wrote in Friday’s Chorus.

In the climate crisis, I wrote in Monday’s Chorus about performative declarations of climate emergencies by politicians and why they can’t now be trusted. In Wednesday’s Chorus, I wrote about growing fear of another house-building bust and why that’s both a…