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Week of 8 Jun 2026
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Topic

Government Borrowing For Consumption

47 items · 10 aliases · peaked week of 3 May 2026 · first seen 28 Apr 2026

The piece critiques the current government's fiscal policy, arguing that it is borrowing for consumption rather than saving, and warns that prolonged dissaving undermines long-term economic and intergenerational fairness.

Volume by source orientation Methodology →

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Heard on radio

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  • That's exactly right. And while we've delivered policy on future fund, cost of living with doctors fees, which all the others with GPs, I can explain that if you'd like me to, we want more policy in the cost. One of the problems the New Zealand economy has, and it's continued international, is big companies that are good companies, Kiwi companies, and we can name lots of them, they get to a certain level and they get picked off by overseas companies. because we don't have capital markets deep enough here in New Zealand to sustain them that means the IP the intellectual property goes that means the smart jobs go with paying higher wages and we lose that out of our economy if we use our state-owned enterprises smarter here in New Zealand we would have a deeper capital market to sustain those businesses here in New Zealand that's what the future is under
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pundit Centre

imprudent and unfair to future generations

Consolidating the Fisc
19 Dec
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How the public reacted

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