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John McDermott: Why quantitative easing has proven to be 'very dangerous'
Episode 28
The Reserve Bank ought to move faster to offload the government bonds bought during its 2020-21 quantitative easing programme to unwind the distorted…
3 years, 7 months ago
Adam Boileau: How geopolitical fragmentation is aiding the rise of cybercrime & why NZ needs a Minister of Cyber Security
Episode 27
Geopolitical tensions are playing a significant role in the growth of cybercrime and New Zealand should consider following Australia's lead and havin…
3 years, 7 months ago
David McLeish: The problem of using a tool to fight supply problems when it's designed to fight demand issues
Episode 26
The Reserve Bank recently increased the Official Cash Rate by a record 75 basis points as it tries to engineer a recession to fight the highest infla…
3 years, 7 months ago
Karen Silk: what RBNZ Monetary Policy Committee members will be watching over summer
Episode 25
With three months between the Reserve Bank's last monetary policy review of 2022 and first one of 2023, it will be watching "high frequency data" dur…
3 years, 7 months ago
Jarrod Kerr: the war on inflation
Episode 24
The Covid-19 pandemic has been a really challenging time, the likes of which we haven't experienced since World War Two. And it's against this backdr…
3 years, 7 months ago
Ganesh Nana: New Zealand needs a major reset of immigration policy
Episode 23
New Zealand ought to move from an "ad hoc" immigration policy disconnected from other public policy settings to a long-term government policy stateme…
3 years, 7 months ago
Martien Lubberink: Why banks love housing so much
Episode 22
Why do banks love housing so much? Is this good for the overall economy? And if not what, if anything, could be done to change things?
We address thes…
3 years, 7 months ago
Rebecca Ingram: Why the tourism restart is not just a matter of flicking a switch
Episode 21
The resumption of overseas tourism isn't merely a matter of flicking a switch with everything then returning to how it was.
Rebecca Ingram, Chief Exec…
3 years, 7 months ago
Jeremy Muir: Why there's no silver bullet law for the crypto and blockchain industry
Episode 20
There's no silver bullet law that parliament could pass to cover off all the good and bad aspects of the crypto and blockchain industry, according to…
3 years, 7 months ago
Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy: How Auckland's leading the world in housing upzoning
Episode 19
Six years after Auckland Council passed the Unitary Plan, with scope for increased housing densification to boost supply and improve affordability, w…
3 years, 7 months ago