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Watkin / Geddis / Easton et al — academic/journalist commentary.
last 26 weeks
12 Dec 2025
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5 Jun 2026
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Recent items
The last 20 items from this source, with their canonical topic tags. Click through to read the original.
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Austerity Measures In Housing · Cost Of Living Pressures On Events · Crown Accounts Deterioration · Government Fiscal Deficit · International Economic Isolation · Weather Warning Economic Impact
“a sustained erosion of government financial resilience”
5 Jun
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Fitch Rating Downgrade · Government Fiscal Deficit · Public Sector Cuts · Public Service Productivity · Public Service Restructuring · Spending Restraint
“panic-driven, poorly planned reduction of frontline services”
29 May
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Budget Trade-Off Between Today And Tomorrow · Cost Of Living And Disaster Response · Education Infrastructure Investment · Housing Surplus Projection · Marshmallow Experiment Metaphor · Superannuation Age Review
“long-term financial resilience over short-term spending”
28 May
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Bond Market Sentiment · Government Borrowing Costs · Government Forecast · Historical Oil Shocks · Recovery Timeline Delay · Rising Inflation
“financial markets as powerful, intimidating arbiters of policy”
22 May
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Importer Price Inflation · Inflation Impact · Monetary Policy Response · Stock Versus Flow Misrepresentation · Terms Of Trade Effect · Wage-Price Spiral
“inflation triggered by income redistribution pressures”
15 May
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Ageing Population Pressures · Climate Resilience In Planning · Forward-Looking Policy Failure · Natural Hazard Funding · Public Capital Depletion · Sewage Infrastructure Neglect
“overreliance on crisis response at the expense of prevention”
1 May
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China's Rising Influence · Foreign Policy Nostalgia · Military Overreach And Strain · Population-Driven Economic Change · Us Soft Power Decline
“moral leadership undermined by brute force”
24 Apr
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Census Definition Doublespeak · Census Enumerator Abuse · Census Replacement Methodology · Census Response Rates · Fiscal Implications Of Census Change · Population Data Precision
“signs of social breakdown and public hostility”
17 Apr
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Environmental Quality In Growth · Gdp Vs Wellbeing Trade-Offs · Mental Wellbeing · Migration To Australia · Social Media Harms · Universal Social Support
“puzzle of equal material lives and divergent choices”
10 Apr
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Economic Resilience Planning · Fuel Consumption Inequality · Government Debt Trajectory · Petrol Rationing In 1979 · Productivity Commission Closure · Renewable Energy Investment · Supply Chain Disruption Risks
“a flawed short-term solution to fuel scarcity”
27 Mar
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Coalition Policy Divergence · Fuel Price Inflation · Government Economic Credibility · Iran Conflict Impacts · Labour And Green Economic Alternatives · Weak Economic Recovery
“inconsistent economic approaches across parties”
20 Mar
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Charles Mitchell Case · Economic Uncertainty And Financial Behaviour · Financial Crisis Narratives · Marxist Critique Of Finance · Smoot-Hawley Tariff Impact · Stock Market Crash 1929
“not evil, but driven by loyalty and institutional love”
13 Mar
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Chinese Model Of State-Led Growth · Industrial Policy Revival · Market Failure Justification · Sectoral Trade Impacts · State-Sector Corruption Risks · Washington Consensus Critique
“ideological suppression of industrial policy in global economics”
6 Mar
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Foreign Policy Consistency · Homer In The Hedge Strategy · Luxon Foreign Policy Misstep · New Zealand Diplomatic Positioning · Rules-Based Order Erosion · Us Israel Iran Strikes
“deliberate neutrality amid global tension”
3 Mar
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Coastal Community Resilience · Energy Sector Interdependencies · Infrastructure Development · Long-Term Fiscal Planning · Market Failure In Public Policy · Public Sector Capacity For Foresight
“underestimated risks in renewable and networked systems”
27 Feb
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Muldoonism · Neoliberal Wage Cuts · New Zealand First Economics · Regional Economic Development · Rob's Mob Legacy · Shane Jones Political Shift
“state-led economic intervention rooted in historical tradition”
20 Feb
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Economic Legitimacy Of Tariffs · Importer Price Inflation · Market Substitution Effects · Military Vs Economic Warfare · Tariff Revenue Misrepresentation · Tariff War Economic Burden
“tariffs trigger shifts to alternative suppliers, raising prices”
13 Feb
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Active State Policy · Capital Gains Tax Expansion · Policy Credibility And Comms Teams · Political Polarisation · Promises Without Implementation · Public Service Capacity
“growing concern over institutional ability to deliver”
5 Feb
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China-Us Duopoly · Geopolitical Reorganisation · International Financial System Shift · Military Overreach And Strain · Rules-Based Order Erosion · Us Economic Decline
“declining global economic dominance due to structural weaknesses”
30 Jan
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Central Bank Independence · Currency Swap Mechanism · International Central Bank Solidarity · Muldoon-Era Monetary Control · Reserve Bank Governor's Role · Trump-Muldoon Comparison
“practical cooperation during monetary crises, not political alignment”
23 Jan
