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Of Interest — 110 episodes

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1

David Cay Johnston: NZ's objective with Trump should be 'to not become the focus of his wrath'

2

Mark Laurence: 'Flabbergasted that AI hasn't become a political talking point'

3

Imre Speizer: Differing levels of 'assertiveness' between RBNZ & RBA the reason for big cash rate difference

4

Steve Symon: Following the money while playing whack-a-mole against the large commercial enterprises of organised crime

5

Anna Breman: The new RBNZ Governor on inflation, being told off by Winston Peters & more

6

David Mahon: China, a country 'full of DeepSeeks,' now sees NZ as 'a country of diplomatic infidelity'

7

Nicola Willis: Growing the economy without spending

8

Andrew Coleman: Swapping NZ's gas guzzling Holden government retirement income system for an EV

9

John Lyon: Why New Zealanders should be grateful insurers remain committed to their country

10

Murray Harris: The case for higher KiwiSaver contributions

11

Jonathan Shapiro: Why the integrity of bond markets on both sides of the Tasman is at stake

12

Pierre van Heerden: How it costs twice as much to set up a supermarket in NZ than Australia

13

Imre Speizer: What to expect from interest rates and the NZ dollar over coming months

14

John Small: The 'faster, safer, cheaper' banking experience of the future

15

Christian Hawkesby: Accurate GDP forecast would’ve altered May RBNZ policy

16

Shannon Barlow: Where the power sits in the labour market

17

John Bolton: Who might be attracted to shoebox apartments and why

18

Steven Hail: Transforming the discussion about government fiscal & economic policy

19

Will Carnachan of Aotea Asset Management unpacks the NZ private credit scene

20

Nick Tuffley: Why did ASB and RBNZ change their mind about rate cuts?

21

Stephen Jacobi: The US is a riskier trade partner than China

22

James Foster - the New Zealand EV, or 'batteries on wheels', scene

23

Cameron Bagrie: Why and how the pricing of risk versus the taking of risk by banks needs to change

24

Fiona Hall & Martin Dilly: Frustrations with & war stories from the world of anti-money laundering compliance

25

Kylie Walker: What the mission-driven Future Made in Australia approach is & what it could mean

26

Geof Mortlock: Problems with NZ's depositor compensation scheme & bank failure tools

27

Shamubeel Eaqub: Why institutional landlords should be better for renters than 'accidental' landlords

28

Jennifer Wilkins: making the case for degrowth

29

Andrew Dentice on the competition, innovation & societal benefits of open banking, & its marketing problem

30

Barbara Edmonds: Rehabilitating Labour's economic credibility after the cost of living crisis

31

Tim Grafton: 12 years at the coalface of the insurance industry

32

John Small: The Commerce Commission's recipe to tackle the banking oligopoly

33

Patrick Watson: US voters 'living in their own realities' including on the economy

34

Cameron Murray: The Great Housing Hijack

35

David Mahon: China's post-Covid hangover, NZ flirting with joining AUKUS & more

36

Andrew Bayly: The select committee banking inquiry, Statistics NZ's challenges & more

37

Geoff Cooper: Changing the perceptions of infrastructure planning to dynamic from bureaucratic

38

Jarrod Kerr: Why the RBNZ should move away from its 'overly hawkish commentary'

39

Rod Oram: The key test ahead now COP28 has agreed to a transition away from fossil fuels

40

Stephen Toplis: Why the worst of the economic downturn is still to come

41

Adrian Orr: Doing whatever it takes to achieve low and stable inflation, and his ideal scenario for monetary policy in a year's time

42

John Ballingall: Why the time is ripe for a new trade strategy

43

Kelly Eckhold: Why the RBNZ's increased foreign currency intervention capacity makes sense

44

Christina Hood: Getting to net zero and what comes next

45

Peter Dunne: How coalition negotiations work

46

Dave Christie: What's needed to pull NZ's supply chains out of 'serious, if not critical condition'

47

Julie-Anne Genter: Public transport, rent controls, housing & tax

48

Grant Robertson: The one thing he overspent on

49

Shane Jones: NZ First promises a new focus on growth

50

David Mahon: How tensions with the US are a factor dampening Chinese consumer confidence

51

China & EU make dovish moves, US data positive

52

Max Rashbrooke: How and why NZ should 'clean big money out' of political donations

53

David Cunningham: The key area the Commerce Commission should focus its bank competition probe on

54

Gary Hughes: What could be done to simplify & improve anti-money laundering law

55

Steve Jurkovich: where Kiwibank has come from, where it's at & where it's going

56

Can New Zealand survive repeating tight electricity events?

57

Rebekah Cain: Why banks matter in the push to decarbonise the economy

58

Nathan Lewis: What's behind a potential BRICS gold-backed currency system & how it might work

59

Michael Timothy Bennett: why AI will be like a series of black swan events

60

Richard Yetsenga; ANZ's Group Chief Economist on where central banks' inflation war is at

61

Hannah Miller: the rise and fall of spellcaster Sam Bankman-Fried

62

Gaya Herrington: Why the goal should be meeting human needs within planetary boundaries rather than economic growth

63

Martin Brook: why you wouldn't build on much of Auckland's land if you started from scratch knowing what we know today

64

Paul Donovan: UBS chief economist unwraps profit-led inflation

65

Blair Turnbull: Tower CEO on not letting a big disaster go to waste

66

Martin Foo: S&P's concerns about NZ's current account deficit & more

67

Eric Crampton and Craig Renney give their takes on 2023 Budget

68

Rohan Grey: How minting a platinum coin could solve the US debt ceiling crisis

69

Paul Tucker - How quantitative easing has impacted the public finances

70

Martin Whetton: How overseas investors view New Zealand government debt

71

Tim Hazledine: Potential new tools to help with the inflation fight

72

Kim Martin: The New Zealand Debt Management boss on how the Government borrows and repays debt

73

Christina Leung: Profits not responsible for inflation, NZIER economist says

74

Mark Aspin: The mitigation technologies that could 'make a big hole' in NZ livestock methane emissions

75

Bill Rosenberg: How to measure household inflation better than the CPI does

76

Anthony Healy: How a business growth fund partnership between banks & the Government works

77

Greg Fleming: How to invest in a bursting bubble

78

Grant Halverson: Was the buy now pay later fintech revolution ever much more than smoke and mirrors?

79

Doug Fairgray: Is the bipartisan attempt to boost urban housing density the right way to go?

80

Gilmour & Hicks: Is the war on dirty money winnable, and if so how?

81

David Mahon: The end of Covid-zero and the Chinese economy 'beginning to really move again'

82

David Hall: Climate adaptation urgency & the potential for parametric insurance

83

John McDermott: Why quantitative easing has proven to be 'very dangerous'

84

Adam Boileau: How geopolitical fragmentation is aiding the rise of cybercrime & why NZ needs a Minister of Cyber Security

85

David McLeish: The problem of using a tool to fight supply problems when it's designed to fight demand issues

86

Karen Silk: what RBNZ Monetary Policy Committee members will be watching over summer

87

Jarrod Kerr: the war on inflation

88

Ganesh Nana: New Zealand needs a major reset of immigration policy

89

Martien Lubberink: Why banks love housing so much

90

Rebecca Ingram: Why the tourism restart is not just a matter of flicking a switch

91

Jeremy Muir: Why there's no silver bullet law for the crypto and blockchain industry

92

Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy: How Auckland's leading the world in housing upzoning

93

Earl Bardsley: Could a pumped hydro scheme free NZ from fossil fuel power and enable the green transition?

94

Clare Bolingford: What will regulating the conduct of banks & insurers mean for their customers?

95

Paul Conway: Why he's optimistic NZ can improve its productivity performance

96

Stephen Jacobi: Is New Zealand too dependent on China as an export market?

97

David Mahon: What's going on in China's economy

98

Shamubeel Eaqub: Why the Generation Rent author is now optimistic about the housing market

99

Geof Mortlock: New Zealand is finally poised to get deposit insurance. So what will it mean?

100

Raf Manji: Did the RBNZ's Covid-19 response follow a misdiagnosis of the problem?

101

Shannon Barlow: How and why employees hold the power in the labour market and not employers

102

Nick Smyth: Why financial markets are pricing in interest rate cuts

103

Rick Jones: How big a threat is automation to accountants, and how can you attract young people to the profession?

104

Blair Turnbull: Insurance and climate change

105

Tava Olsen: Can NZ have a national supply chain strategy?

106

John Bolton: 'The everything bubble's popping and property has probably done comparatively well'

107

Rod Carr: 'I would not underestimate the challenge that humanity faces in decarbonising our livelihoods and lifestyles'

108

Grant Spencer: Why inflation is a problem and where it's going

109

Ian Woolford: The push to launch a central bank digital currency

110

Arthur Grimes: Would it be possible and/or desirable to engineer a housing market correction?