Undercurrents: Why is New Zealand so expensive? Geoff Bertram Part 1
Why is life becoming more expensive? Politicians often blame inflation, global shocks or government spending. But what if the roots of New Zealand's cost of living crisis run much deeper? In part one of this special two-part episode of Undercurrents, Ollie Neas speaks with Dr Geoff Bertram about how decades of deregulation, privatisation and growing monopoly power have reshaped New Zealand's economy – and why many households now pay more for the things they can't do without.
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