The week that was to Nov 20
TLDR: This week in geo-politics, the global economy and Aotearoa’s political economy, we learned:
* the Government’s RMA replacement will take 10 years and keep distracting us all from the magical thinking of the last 30 years that low taxes and investment co-exist with high population growth; Thursday’s Deep Dive
* a new report showed the big electricity gentailers paid out $3.7b in excess dividendss in the last eight years, starving investment in renewable generation and delaying our emissions reduction; Tuesday’s Deep Dive
* three opinion polls showed National’s lead over Labour narrowing…
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