Podcast: Breaking down barriers not breaking up supermarkets
Dr Oliver Hartwich
Dr Eric Crampton
Dr Benno Blaschke
28 August, 2025
In this episode, Oliver talks to Eric Crampton and Benno Blaschke about the New Zealand government’s supermarket competition reforms, which closely reflect The New Zealand Initiative’s policy framework—a major policy win that saw their research inform the Minister of Finance’s approach.
They explain how their practical policy document shifted government thinking away from heavy-handed breakups and toward tackling the real structural barriers in planning and regulation.
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