About this episode

Shamubeel Eaqub discusses the future of NZ's pension scheme and proposed changes to KiwiSaver.

The government currently spends about a billion dollars a fortnight on superannuation payments, it's a growing problem that we're running out of time to address. So who shouldn’t be counting on getting the pension in future? Shamubeel Eaqub, Simplicity chief economist and head of policy, joins Nadine Higgins with some hot takes about the future of NZ's pension scheme and his thoughts on proposed changes to KiwiSaver. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Nadine Higgins

Guest: Shamubeel Eaqub

Topics covered

• superannuation
• pension scheme
• KiwiSaver
• government spending
• economic policy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Simplicity

Books & works: NZ Super, KiwiSaver

Places: NZ

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