The first politician on Gary's Economics

About this episode

Gary meets MP and co-leader of the New Zealand Green Party Chlöe Swarbrick to discuss housing crisis and wealth inequality.

Is the UK unique in its housing crisis and expanding wealth inequality? How can we win a wealth tax? How do you convince working people to get behind green policies? Gary meets MP and co-leader of the New Zealand Green Party Chlöe Swarbrick. (00:00) Intro (02:01) Who is Chloe Swarbrick? (05:43) New Zealand’s economy (10:00) Wealth inequality in NZ (14:24) Wealth taxes globally (15:35) How do we win? (20:00) The Murdoch strategy (21:50) Chloe’s advice to Gary (25:56) Anti-immigrant politics (29:20) Coal miners and green politics (31:13) How to win public support (34:49) Are you hopeful?

People in this episode

Host: Gary Stevenson

Guest: Chlöe Swarbrick

Topics covered

• housing crisis
• wealth inequality
• wealth tax
• green policies
• public support

Keywords

• housing crisis
• wealth inequality
• wealth tax
• green policies
• public support
• New Zealand
• Chlöe Swarbrick

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New Zealand Green Party

Places: UK, New Zealand

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