Bernard Hickey is one of my go-to financial journalists and commentators for solid, data driven, opinion. He’s also a regular podcaster who distributes much of his engaging and thought- provoking work through his Substack site - The Kaka which you can find here:

thekaka.substack.com

has over 23 years of experience in public journalism and economic analysis with roles in a variety major media organisations such as Reuters, the Financial Times Group and Fairfax Media in Wellington, Canberra, Sydney, London and Singapore.

His commentary on economic and politics is one I seek out on a daily basis and in this episode I discover what he thinks about austerity economics, The Commerce Commission’s latest report on Supermarkets and the $32.9 Billion the Minister of Transport Simeon Brown, has allocated to road construction and maintenance.

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