Oliver Hartwitch, from The New Zealand Initiative, discusses the 2024 Budget and why it might take fifteen years to get the New Zealand economy to where it should be.
We look at what Switzerland could teach us, the future of the Tory Party in England, and the Reserve Bank.
We make comment on Trump and “The Lost Generation” a 2009 article in which a psychologist predicted today’s issues.
And we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer.
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