How has it come to this?

Encouraging 'interventions' without addressing issues of poverty is a bit like trying to prop up a crumbling brick wall with a piece of four-by-two.

As we approach the end of what Jacinda Ardern called the 'year of delivery', and with the next election a year away, what is the state of play with the critical working groups?

Despite the bitter disappointment of those who backed capital gains tax for a win, it's not the only horse in the wealth tax race. Max Rashbrooke studies the form guide. 

The UBI has been the hottest new idea of recent years, but Max Rashbrooke reckons it doesn't add up, and there's another, stronger option