The Hoon around the week to Oct 14

The Hoon · Oct 14, 2023 · 1h 10m

TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā and elsewhere for paying subscribers in the last week included:

* Population growth from immigration of temporary workers to replace and supplement emigrating resident workers rose to more than 2% in the last year, without nearly enough infrastructure built or planned for two decades at that level, and without any real debate just days before an election. Thursday’s email.

* National’s tax switch plan would create a direct wealth transfer from beneficiaries to landlords totalling $2…