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'The economy should be about care'
We need less growth to put less demand on the planet's resources and slow down climate change, but we do need more art, more plays and works of fiction to bring to both sides of that argument to life… Audio
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Is the universal basic income the answer to inequality?
Would you like to be paid a basic income, no matter what? In the UK, a proposed trial would see 30 people paid an unconditional sum of about NZ$3295 a month for two years to see what effect it has on… Audio
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Prof Tim Jackson: Imagining life after capitalism
Sustainable growth was the focus of the recent World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, but how realistic is this goal, and what would it look like? The idea of degrowth, as a counter to the… Audio
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Comparonomics: Why your life is better than you think
If you try and compare your life to that of Louis XVI you might think that there's no comparison. The notorious French king had riches, servants and palaces, including that epic one at Versailles. Yet… Audio
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Franz Josef struggles to keep the doors open
The South Westland town of Franz Josef has survived floods and earthquakes but the lack of international tourists due to border restrictions has forced many of the town's businesses into closure or… Audio
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Why our brains are hardwired to focus on the negative
Research shows that bad things have more of an impact on us than good things. Social psychologist and willpower expert, Professor Roy Baumeister is with us to look at the 'negativity bias' and the art… Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch - hold on to the rails
Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately on RNZ National. Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about claims a new train service is a "railway renaissance" or a slow train to nowhere. Also: Stuff beefs up… Audio
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What we can learn from hunter gatherer societies
James Suzman is an anthropologist and author who argues we spent too much of our lives working unnecessarily. Audio
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Lockdown let-downs, leg-ups & two swing seats
As Auckland struggles through a "tricky" extended lockdown, who are the political winners & losers? We debate covid fatigue, who's won from the wage subsidies (hint: not women) and two up-for-grabs… Audio
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Our giant 'Green Eggs and Ham' moment
The Covid-19 lockdown has forced a 'Green Eggs and Ham' moment on many businesses and government departments which could jumpstart our adoption of digital technology and productivity. Audio
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Middle-age misery hits at 47.2
Dartmouth College Professor David Blanchflower has studied data across 132 countries to measure the relationship between wellbeing and age and come up with a U-shaped happiness curve, which reaches… Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch 20 November 2019
Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about Stuff Circuit's latest headline-making investigation, big calls on our 'dying' small towns; a long-serving young MP… Video, Audio
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Terrible Tariffs
Donald Trump’s tariff war is hitting the world economy hard, and there's no sign of a truce. Tariffs have played a major part in some serious, and often traumatic historical events - and it looks like… Audio
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Offsetting our indulgences
Flygskam is rapidly replacing hygge as the media's favourite Scandinavian word. But whereas hygge introduced the world to the warm and fuzzy Danish concept of feeling good due to the simple pleasures… Audio
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WTF is a wellbeing budget
At the end of May, the government will be rolling out their new Wellbeing Budget, but what’s the big deal? Can it really make us a happier, healthier nation?
Claire Crofton investigates. Audio
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Your Money with Mary Holm : Retirement Income
Mary Holm offers insights from conference on retirement income policies at the University of Auckland’s Retirement Policy and Research Centre. Audio
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Kate Raworth on doughnut economics
Kathryn Ryan speaks with Kate Raworth, a self-confessed renegade economist, who offers a radical way to think about economic growth within the framework of social justice and environmental… Audio
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The Panel with Julia Whaipooti and Alan McElroy (Part 2)
Audio 7 Dec 2018In response to Peta's decision this week to ask people not to use idioms about hurting animals, A British book chain has offered up alternative idioms that don't "trivialis cruelty to book". They… Audio
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PNG heading towards social breakdown - opposition MP
A Papua New Guinea opposition MP, Bryan Kramer, accuses the government of borrowing beyond its means to spend on infrastructure projects in Port Moresby in preparation for hosting APEC while… Audio
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Treasury are people too: the living standards framework explained
A new framework is bringing a more human aspect to the way Government decides to do things including how they’ll spend money in Budget 2019. Audio
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Philosopher questions modern definition of mental health
Victoria University of Wellington is hosting the joint Australasian Association of Philosophy and New Zealand Association of Philosophy annual conference this month. Simon Keller is a Professor of… Audio
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Valerie Hannon: what is school for?
Our school system needs an urgent update – not only to help kids thrive in a transforming world but so our species can survive, says UK educator Valerie Hannon. Audio
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Economist Ann Pettifor: 'The public are not stupid'
Change to our economic systems will only be possible if the general public are entrusted with the real facts, says Ann Pettifor, one of the few economists to predict the 2007-2009 Global Financial… Audio
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Best features of 2017: the economists
New Zealand's precariat, the benefits of a universal basic income and the value of true materialism.
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Battle lines drawn over Waimea dam
Arguments for and against the proposed $82 million Waimea dam in Nelson are heating up - the local council says the cost to half of its ratepayers could be up to $160 a year. Audio
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'There’s no such thing as fair austerity'
An emerging school of economics, modern monetary theory, says surpluses can be a bad thing, and a country with a fiat currency can never run out of money. Audio
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Slice of Heaven - Have You Come Far?
With record migration and a fast-growing population, Aotearoa/New Zealand is changing. How that will look depends upon the interplay between people here now and those who want to come. So who is… Audio
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NZ discussions on lifting Pacific people out of poverty
Audio 31 Oct 2016Trade negotiators, NGO leaders and economists discuss the best combination of trade and aid to lift people out of poverty. Audio
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Renters unite for tenants' rights
Renters United is a Wellington collective seeking change in the local rental property sector. Yadana Saw heads along to their fundraiser gig. Audio
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Crash predictor Ann Pettifor: 'We're no longer citizens, we're customers'
Kathryn Ryan speaks to Ann Pettifor - one of the few economists who correctly predicted the 2008 global economic crash. Ann was also one of the leaders of a successful campaign to cancel 100 billion… Audio