The Weekly Hoon: Good climate policy better for economy & affordability; Housing the homeless better than hiding them

The Weekly Hoon: Good climate policy better for economy & affordability; Housing the homeless better than hiding them

Published: February 26, 2026

Duration: 55:13

The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey & Peter Bale talking with regular guests Cathrine Dyer and Elaine Monaghan about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics here, along with special guest Associate Professor Polly Atatoa Carr from Waikato University’s Te Ngira Institute for Population Research.

This week:

* Bernard and Peter debated the Clerk of Parliament deciding to stop using X.

* Bernard and Cathrine talked about a paper showing climate policy inconsistency depresses economic growth and employment, along with another paper showing the so...