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From the Ivory Tower
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Labour’s economic strategy unravels

OPINION: Following its Covid response, government had no option but to massively borrow.

Robert MacCulloch Tue, 16 Nov 2021

Earlier this year Finance Minister, Grant Robertson, was full of hubris. Buoyed by the temporary ‘elimination’ of the virus, he painted himself as saviour, describing New Zealand as the “envy of many countries in the world”.

His 2021 budget speech, with the theme of Securing our

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