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Earl Bardsley: Could a pumped hydro scheme free NZ from fossil fuel power and enable the green transition?
Episode 18
In 2005 Earl Bardsley wrote an article published in the Journal of Hydrology highlighting the possibility and potential of a pumped hydro storage res…
3 years, 7 months ago
Clare Bolingford: What will regulating the conduct of banks & insurers mean for their customers?
Episode 17
Following probes into the conduct and culture of banks and life insurers in 2018 and 2019, the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) is preparing to star…
3 years, 7 months ago
Paul Conway: Why he's optimistic NZ can improve its productivity performance
Episode 16
Paul Conway, the Reserve Bank's Chief Economist and former Economics and Research Director at the Productivity Commission, is optimistic that better …
3 years, 7 months ago
Stephen Jacobi: Is New Zealand too dependent on China as an export market?
Episode 15
China is far and away New Zealand's key export market. But this comes with risks.
China is an authoritarian one-party state. Its human rights record c…
3 years, 7 months ago
David Mahon: What's going on in China's economy
Episode 14
Against the backdrop of a sweltering summer, China's Covid-zero policy rumbles on, the country's commercial property sector teeters, and youth unempl…
3 years, 7 months ago
Shamubeel Eaqub: Why the Generation Rent author is now optimistic about the housing market
Episode 13
In 2015 when he and his wife Selena published Generation Rent Rethinking New Zealand’s Priorities, economist Shamubeel Eaqub admits he was pessimisti…
3 years, 7 months ago
Geof Mortlock: New Zealand is finally poised to get deposit insurance. So what will it mean?
Episode 12
New Zealand is poised to end its role as an international outlier when it comes to deposit insurance.
The Deposit Takers Bill is expected to be introd…
3 years, 7 months ago
Raf Manji: Did the RBNZ's Covid-19 response follow a misdiagnosis of the problem?
Episode 11
The Reserve Bank's response to the Covid-19 pandemic followed a misdiagnosis of the problem, and we ought to use an inquiry to develop a blueprint fo…
3 years, 7 months ago
Shannon Barlow: How and why employees hold the power in the labour market and not employers
Episode 10
The labour market remains tight with an official unemployment rate of just 3.3%, and good pay rises for some workers with private sector hourly earni…
3 years, 7 months ago
Nick Smyth: Why financial markets are pricing in interest rate cuts
Episode 9
Markets and prices for a number of asset classes are currently behaving as they tend to around the time of a recession, says BNZ Interest Rate Strate…
3 years, 7 months ago