Let’s go shopping with the National Party

The numbers add up, pal. Don't you worry about Daggy Boy. Economics newsletter filtered through a bit of a head cold.

Have you heard the good news about the price of things? 

They're coming down, down, down! 

According to the National Party, things are now way more affordable than anyone dared to hope!

Take this four-lane highway.

You thought it would cost, like, 4 or 5 billion, even before the customary blowout of about a hundred percent.

And the reason you thought that is…