Is New Zealand a laboratory for progressive politics?
In this week’s podcast our editors meet Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand’s prime minister
Jacinda Ardern explains why New Zealand is a laboratory for progressive politics. The Economist’s editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes and Anne McElvoy ask Ms Ardern about the economics of well-being, whether she really is “the anti-Trump” and how to make compromises in the age of populism. This episode is 25 minutes long.
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