The Hoon around the week to Aug 5
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā for paying subscribers in the last week included:
* The Opposition suggested this week the Labour Government’s books had fallen into a $20 billion ‘fiscal black hole’. I wrote and podcasted about how this claim was wrong and irresponsible in Friday’s email.
* National proposed building $18 billion worth of new motorways if elected on October 14, using funds repurposed from public transport investment and road safety campaigns, along with private investment (possibly from China) and…
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