In her Post column, Josie argued that scarcity versus abundance, nation-building versus moralising about behaviour, are the next fault lines of politics.

We used to think that global versus local was replacing capital versus labour as a dividing line, then populism versus rule of law and liberalism.

Abundance politics appeals because it harnesses the vitality and optimism that fuels populist movements, promising to sweep away decay and the stultifying institutions of governments. Instead of defending failure, as establishments have tried, or emulating populists, abundance politics leaves a legacy of new achievement.

Reading pre-Budget comments this week, I noticed National defending KiwiSaver and the NZ Super Fund. National opposed them both when they were brought in. Yet today it wouldn’t dare sweep them away.

But I noticed no new legacy plan from Labour. Chris Hipkins argued Labour didn’t get everything right in government, but you were better off and the country was heading in the right direction. You made a terrible mistake in voting them out and you will have the chance to correct your error at the next election.

Read the column here.