This is real GDP per capita for NZ since 1960. There is no way we should be being told we can't afford services.

These questions keep me up at night. Your help would be much appreciated 😀 You clearly don’t have enough to do already.

Can you explain what their economic theory is and what is the evidence it won’t work?

She said the only way is all the teen tech + to shrink global consumption to ~1950s levels. Is it possible to reconcile economic growth and the massive reduction in material consumption that is necessary? 2) I reckon the govt honestly believes it’s policies will improve the economy.

A preeminent climate scientist expert in green energy and future scenarios who used to work at Lincoln uni now advises Scottish govt. said there is absolutely no combination of existing green tech including carbon capture/drawdown that could prevent +2C warming.

Love your podcast. Wondered if you do an explainer episode for the economically illiterate myself: 1) why is growth necessary? Why can’t businesses crack on same old same old without? And how do you reconcile the need for infinite growth with the physical limitations of the environment?

Rock on e hine

Number of people unemployed? 'Higher for longer' as the chorus of ghouls requested. Note that RBNZ appear to think that 140,000 is the right number to settle on. That's enough desperate people on the dole to suppress workers' bargaining power. Ace. [2/n]