Economics Explored

By Gene Tunny

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Episodes: 319

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Hard-headed economic analysis applied to important economic, social, and environmental issues.

Episode Date
Debt and Deficits: Have We Lost Discipline? w/ Sinclair Davidson & John Humphreys
Apr 25, 2026
Have We Gone Too Far on Free Trade?
Apr 17, 2026
Housing Crisis: Supply, Demand, or Both? w/ John Humphreys and Tom Switzer
Apr 11, 2026
Fuel, Fertiliser, and Fear Down Under - ep314
Mar 27, 2026
AI, Jobs, and the Value of Ideas w/ Benjamin Shiller, Brandeis University
Mar 14, 2026
Why Productivity Matters for Living Standards | Australia’s Productivity Problem
Mar 07, 2026
Argentina’s Radical Economic Turnaround
Mar 01, 2026
A Pro-Growth Tax Reform Agenda for Australia
Feb 21, 2026
What Would Adam Smith Make of Australia? | A C+ Scorecard
Feb 13, 2026
What Counts as Economic Activity — and What Doesn’t
Feb 07, 2026
Why Economists Defend Free Speech
Jan 24, 2026
Auckland Upzoning: Hype or Housing Fix?
Jan 17, 2026
AI, Power & the Future of Politics w/ Bruce Schneier, Harvard Kennedy School
Jan 10, 2026
Why Roman Interest Rates Collapsed After Augustus Won | Fertility Economics Questions Answered | Friedman & Reagan on the Gold Standard – ep 304
Nov 29, 2025
Is Gold Flashing a Warning Sign? ep303
Nov 15, 2025
Should Australia “Make Things Again”? - ep302
Nov 08, 2025
The AI Boom: Innovation or Irrational Exuberance? w/ Aman Verjee - ep301
Nov 01, 2025
The Great Baby Bust: Why It Happened and What It Means for Us - ep300
Oct 19, 2025
Shutdown Showdown: What It Really Means - ep299
Oct 05, 2025
Is Net Zero Achievable—or Just a Slogan? Highlights from episodes with Matt Canavan, Nicki Hutley, Tony Wood & John Humphreys - ep298
Sep 27, 2025
Debt, Inflation & Unrest: Western Warnings - ep297
Sep 20, 2025
Don’t Fight the Market: A Price Mechanism Masterclass - ep296
Sep 14, 2025
Beyond the Roundtable: Real Solutions for Australia’s Productivity Plunge - ep295
Aug 31, 2025
AI’s Economic Disruption: Infinite Intelligence at our Fingertips? w/ Prof. Chris Berg & John Humphreys - ep294
Aug 22, 2025
Cash Flow Tax, Gas Bans & Big Government w/ John Humphreys - ep293
Aug 09, 2025
Raleigh’s Rise: America’s #1 Best-Performing City w/ Kyle Touchstone, Raleigh Economic Development
Jul 26, 2025
Interest Rates, Australia’s 3 Biggest Challenges, Global Fertility Crash, & the Tobin Tax Debate w/ John Humphreys, Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance
Jul 11, 2025
Listener Mailbag: Starve the Beast, Property Tax, and NDIS & Productivity Debates
Jul 04, 2025
Chaos is Costly: Navigating Economic Uncertainty w/ Rebecca Homkes, Duke Corporate Education
Jun 27, 2025
Australia’s Productivity Problem: Can It Be Fixed? w/ John Humphreys, Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance
Jun 13, 2025
What if Fort Knox Gold is Impure or Missing?
Jun 07, 2025
The Global Economic Chessboard: Trump, Trade, and Transformation w/ Emmanuel Daniel
May 24, 2025
Beyond Stocks and Bonds: Exploring Alternative Assets, e.g. private credit, VC, farmland, infrastructure w/ Kim Flynn, XA Investments
May 15, 2025
Exploring the Future of Personalized AI w/ Lotic CEO Bill Welser
May 09, 2025
Smarter Density: A Blueprint for Better Cities w/ top US architect Kevin Kennon
May 01, 2025
Rethinking Property and Taxation: The Georgist Approach w/ John August
Apr 16, 2025
The Gangster Method in Tariff and Trade Negotiations: w/ Nicholas Gruen
Apr 10, 2025
Trump’s Tariffs: Art of the Deal or Economic Disaster? w/ Darren Brady Nelson - Bonus Episode
Apr 05, 2025
Inside Project FASTT: Real-Time Payments for All w/ the World Bank's Nilima Ramteke - EP278
Apr 02, 2025
Fixing Australia’s Housing Crisis: Fusion’s Plan w/ Owen Miller - EP277
Mar 26, 2025
Gallium, Hafnium & the Strategic Metals Shaping Our World w/ Louis O’Connor, Strategic Metals Invest - EP276
Mar 20, 2025
What HS2, Channel Tunnel & Sydney Opera House Teach Us about Project Management w/ Adam Boddison OBE - EP275
Feb 24, 2025
Patriarchy Inc. - Gender and Workplace Dynamics w/ Cordelia Fine - EP274
Feb 14, 2025
Bang for Your Buck in Economic Development: Access to Town Water, Roads to Connect Isolated Communities w/ Kate Schecter, World Neighbors - EP273
Feb 07, 2025
Does Free Trade Benefit Everyone? A Deep Dive into the Stolper-Samuelson Theorem - EP272
Feb 01, 2025
Industrial Policy vs Free Trade w/ Ian Fletcher, Coalition for a Prosperous America - EP271
Jan 19, 2025
How LBOs, Share Buybacks & Private Equity Revolutionized Corporate America: Don Chew’s Case for Transformation - EP270
Jan 12, 2025
Jimmy Carter the Great Deregulator, AmFest, MAGA & Migration, and Why Competition? w/ Darren Brady Nelson - EP269
Jan 04, 2025
US Debt Ceiling: Why Trump is Right to Call for its Abolition & Gene’s Experience with Aussie Debt Ceiling - EP268
Dec 29, 2024
How Global Events are Affecting Coffee Prices w/ Raihaan Esat, International Coffee Traders - EP267
Dec 20, 2024
Trump & Trade, France in Crisis, Global Capitalism’s Flaws & Job Losses from AI w/ Jean-Baptiste Wautier - EP266
Dec 14, 2024
2024 Highlights: Reagan’s Budget Boss on Trump | Greedy Jobs | Super Abundance | Buffett in Omaha | Housing & Immigration
Dec 07, 2024
Uncertainty and Enterprise: Harnessing Imagination and Narrative w/ Prof. Amar Bhidé - EP264
Nov 28, 2024
Elite Networks: The Hidden Driver of Inequality? w/ Vuk Vukovic - EP263
Nov 22, 2024
Is DeFi the Future of Finance? Exploring VirtuSwap’s Vision w/ Prof. Evgeny Lyandres - EP262
Nov 15, 2024
Trump 2.0 w/ Top Wisconsin Door-Knocker & Economist Darren Brady Nelson - EP261
Nov 09, 2024
Japan’s Corporate Comeback: Inside the Resolute Japan Model, w/ Wharton Prof. Michael Useem - EP260
Oct 29, 2024
The China Business Conundrum: One Bed, Two Dreams w/ Ken Wilcox, former CEO, SVB - EP259
Oct 22, 2024
Abundance Mindset: Exploring the Super Abundance Thesis w/ Marian Tupy, Cato Institute - EP258
Oct 15, 2024
UBI Experiment: Success or Failure? Insights from Sam Altman’s Trial - EP257
Oct 10, 2024
The Future of VC: Blockchain, Web3, and Emerging Markets w/ Qin En Looi, Partner, Saison Capital - EP256
Oct 01, 2024
Balancing Needs & Wants: Chris Ball, Hoxton Wealth, on Global Wealth Management in an Uncertain World - EP255
Sep 24, 2024
Efficiency and Externalities: A Q&A on Market Failures - EP254
Sep 19, 2024
China’s Economic Future Under Xi & the Australia-China Relationship w/ Emmanuel Daniel - EP253
Sep 10, 2024
Franchising Fitness: Lessons from the Expansion of Spartans Boxing Clubs w/ Russell Harrison, CEO - EP252
Sep 03, 2024
From Academia to Impact: Transforming Workplaces w/ Achyuta Adhvaryu, Good Business Lab - EP251
Aug 27, 2024
RBA Deputy Governor’s ‘Beware False Prophets’ talk: Reactions w/ Michael Knox - EP250
Aug 19, 2024
Navigating Volatile Crypto Markets & Avoiding Scams w/ Ben Simpson, Collective Shift - EP249
Aug 12, 2024
Australia's Lost Policy Exceptionalism w/ Nicholas Gruen - EP248
Jul 09, 2024
Government vs. Private Sector: Who Generates Wealth? - EP247
Jul 02, 2024
Dollar Dominance: Can the US Keep Its Edge? w/ Stephen Kirchner - EP246
Jun 28, 2024
Popularizing Keynes: How Alvin Hansen and Evsey Domar Shaped Post-War Macroeconomics - EP245
Jun 18, 2024
Economic Freedom & Efficiency: Lessons from Australia’s Competition Reforms - EP244
Jun 11, 2024
The Revival of Industrial Policy: Should Governments Pick Winners? - EP243
Jun 04, 2024
Helping Seattle Aquarium & Others Go to Net Zero and Beyond w/ Daniel Lawse, Verdis Group - EP242
May 28, 2024
Unveiling Shrinkflation: How Companies Sneak in Price Hikes - EP241
May 21, 2024
Incubating Startups at the Intersection of Insurance and Technology - Insurtech Gateway w/ Stephen Brittain - EP240
May 14, 2024
How Good was Adam Smith? 4 Tax Maxims from 250 Years Ago that are Still Fresh - EP239
May 07, 2024
Reagan, Supply-Side Economics, and Trump w/ Ed Oswald - EP238
Apr 30, 2024
The Tax Guru the WSJ says has Wall Street’s “Strangest Hustle”: w/ Andy Lee, Parallaxes Capital - EP237
Apr 23, 2024
Housing Crisis and Immigration: Australia's Tough Choices w/ John August - EP236
Apr 16, 2024
Is Uncle Sam Running a Ponzi Scheme with the National Debt? w/ Dr Dan Mitchell - EP235
Apr 09, 2024
What’s the Future for Charter Cities after the Honduran ZEDE controversy? w/ Jeffrey Mason, Charter Cities Institute - EP234
Apr 02, 2024
America’s Retirement Crisis: The Pressing Need to Address Social Security's Financial Woes - EP233
Mar 26, 2024
Unlocking the Financial Black Box: Transforming Business Efficiency w/ Andrew Walker - EP232
Mar 19, 2024
Alternative Investments & Investable Mega-Trends w/ Ben Fraser, Aspen Funds - EP231
Mar 12, 2024
The Gender Pay Debate: Understanding the Factors Behind the Gap w/ Dr Leonora Risse - EP230
Mar 05, 2024
AI in Finance: Empowering Investors with Real-time Market Insights w/ Andrew Einhorn, LevelFields - EP229
Feb 27, 2024
The Tax Reform Debate: Cutting Through the Spin w/ Simon Cowan, CIS - EP228
Feb 20, 2024
Revisiting Ricardo: The Rise and Fall of Ricardian Equivalence
Feb 13, 2024
From Jekyll to Hyde: Exploring the Dual Nature of Finance | The Bankers' Club w/ Prof. Gerald Epstein - EP226
Feb 06, 2024
How Wall Street Can Help Democracies Survive w/ Marcos Buscaglia - EP225
Jan 30, 2024
Reagan’s Budget Boss David Stockman on Trump’s Economic Policies - EP224
Jan 23, 2024
Nature Tech and the Future of Business w/ Handprint Tech founder Simon Schillebeeckx - EP223
Jan 16, 2024
The Limits of Fiscal Policy: Insights from Tony Makin, Alex Robson & others - EP222
Jan 09, 2024
The Power of Economics: A Look Back at the Past 20 Episodes - EP221
Jan 02, 2024
Nuclear Power, COVID Policies, & Outsourcing: Thoughts on recent episodes w/ John August - EP220
Dec 26, 2023
Exploring Investment Opportunities in 2024 and Beyond, w/ Will Nutting, Nutstuff - EP219
Dec 19, 2023
Free Markets & Limited Government: Lessons from the Founding Fathers for Today - EP218
Dec 12, 2023
Understanding Income & Growth Stats & How Bad Incentives Can Disadvantage the Poor w/ Josh Crotts, Obsidian Productions - Bonus episode
Dec 08, 2023
The Future of Coffee: Climate Change & Rising Prices w/ Raihaan Esat, International Coffee Traders - EP217
Dec 05, 2023
Digital Money Demystified w/ Prof. Tonya Evans - EP216
Nov 28, 2023
Iceland's Secret: The Untold Story of the World's Biggest Con w/ Jared Bibler - EP215
Nov 21, 2023
John Cochrane on Free Markets & Economic Growth and the Fiscal Theory of the Price Level - EP214
Nov 14, 2023
Is the American Dream a Broken Promise for Latinos? w/ Dr Paul Rivera - EP213
Nov 07, 2023
Carbon as an emerging, liquid asset class w/ Michael Azlen, Carbon Cap Management - EP212
Oct 31, 2023
Uncovering the Secrets of Valuing and Selling Businesses w/ Arthur Petropoulos, Hill View Partners - EP211
Oct 24, 2023
From Adelaide to Global Power: Young Rupert Murdoch w/ Walter Marsh
Oct 17, 2023
Private vs public sector jobs, consulting scandals & economics as an ‘imperialist discipline’ w/ UQPPES - EP209
Oct 10, 2023
Growth or Degrowth? w/ Oliver Hartwich, NZ Initiative - EP208
Oct 03, 2023
How Ben Bernanke can bring Superforecasting to the Bank of England w/ Nicholas Gruen - EP207
Sep 26, 2023
Exploring the Energy Transformation: A Conversation with Tucker Perkins, Propane Education & Research Council - EP206
Sep 19, 2023
Gigi Foster estimates COVID lockdowns cost young people 116x any benefits - EP205
Sep 12, 2023
Business as Unusual: No such thing as Business as Usual anymore? w/ Rick Yvanovich - EP204
Sep 05, 2023
How to improve housing affordability and why the Greedflation thesis is wrong w/ Simon Cowan, CIS - EP203
Aug 29, 2023
Australia’s Net Zero transition: successes & challenges w/ Andrew Murdoch, Arche Energy - EP202
Aug 22, 2023
Experts and democracy: pandemics, monetary policy & AI w/ Peter Kurti, CIS - EP201
Aug 15, 2023
Highlights of last 100 incl. Brad DeLong, Sir David Hendry, Leonora Risse, Andrew May - EP200
Aug 08, 2023
The ESG puppet show & taking Liberty seriously w/ Nicholas Gruen - EP199
Aug 01, 2023
Sir David Hendry on economic forecasting & the net zero transition - EP198
Jul 25, 2023
Democratizing VC Investment Opportunities w/ James Kwan, VentureCrowd - EP197
Jul 18, 2023
Do central banks stabilize or destabilize economies? w/ Addison Wiggin, NYT-bestselling-author - EP196
Jul 11, 2023
The Paradox of Debt w/ Richard Vague, ex-Sec. of Banking & Securities, Pennsylvania - EP195
Jul 04, 2023
Invisible Hand, social media, Goldbacks, crypto & CBDC w/ John August - thoughts on recent episodes - EP194
Jun 27, 2023
The importance of physical & mental health for top CEO performance w/ Andrew May - EP193
Jun 20, 2023
Exploring the US Banking Crisis with Addison Wiggin - EP192
Jun 13, 2023
Immigration & Australia’s housing crisis w/ Alan Kohler - EP191
Jun 06, 2023
US debt ceiling & Gene’s Aussie debt ceiling experience in the GFC | Emerging economies debt crisis - EP190
May 30, 2023
French Journalist Guillaume Pitron argues the Digital World is Costing the Earth - EP189
May 23, 2023
Seaweed: the next big thing in sustainable agriculture? w/ Scott Spillias, University of Queensland - EP188
May 16, 2023
Gov’t wellbeing budgets & frameworks: useful or useless? w/ Nicholas Gruen - EP187
May 09, 2023
The Greedflation hypothesis - EP186
May 02, 2023
The Invisible Hand: economic, religious, or mystical concept? w/ Dan Sanchez, FEE - EP185
Apr 25, 2023
A new Monetary Policy tool to end Inflation and avoid Recession w/ Prof. Larry Marsh, Notre Dame - EP184
Apr 18, 2023
What are Goldbacks and who’s buying them - e.g. preppers, libertarians, collectors? w/ Goldback Founder Jeremy Cordon - EP183
Apr 11, 2023
Why we’re in the Decisive Decade with China & what the West should do w/ Dr Jonathan D. T. Ward - EP182
Apr 04, 2023
Using Coase’s 1937 theory to explain Hutchies doing its own concrete formwork - EP181
Mar 28, 2023
Odd way to fix housing crisis proposed by Aus. Gov’t: invest in stocks first w/ Dr Cameron Murray, Sydney Uni.
Mar 25, 2023
How to Defeat the Dictators w/ Charles Dunst, Asia Group - EP180
Mar 21, 2023
SVB & Credit Suisse | Bank runs & Moral hazard - Bonus episode
Mar 15, 2023
Why fiat money means higher inflation & why a radical Reserve Bank review is needed w/ Darren Brady Nelson - EP179
Mar 14, 2023
Crypto arbitrage searcher Dave Belvedere on crypto and dApps such as Wizards & Dragons - EP178
Mar 07, 2023
How performance-based pay can motivate employees, but there are risks - EP177
Feb 28, 2023
How to be a Superforecaster w/ Warren Hatch, CEO of Good Judgment - EP176
Feb 21, 2023
Values-based Capitalism: What is the Aussie Treasurer planning? w/ John Humphreys - EP175
Feb 14, 2023
China’s falling population & global population update - EP174
Feb 07, 2023
Normalization of interest rates & monetary policy - EP173
Jan 31, 2023
Do environmental and business sustainability go hand in hand? w/ John Engelander - EP172
Dec 30, 2022
Enterprise China: what western businesses need to know w/ Prof. Allen Morrison - EP171
Dec 23, 2022
Aussie energy crisis & Net Zero transition w/ Joshua Stabler, Energy Edge - EP170
Dec 16, 2022
Chokepoint Capitalism w/ Rebecca Giblin - EP169
Dec 09, 2022
Understandable Economics w/ Howard Yaruss, NYU - EP168
Dec 02, 2022
Modern markets for all w/ Wingham Rowan - EP167
Nov 26, 2022
The Progress Illusion w/ Prof. Jon Erickson, University of Vermont - EP166
Nov 18, 2022
Innovative cities, coffee shops & entrepreneurs w/ Christopher Hire - EP165
Nov 11, 2022
Structural budget deficits - EP164
Nov 04, 2022
Slouching Towards Utopia w/ Brad DeLong - EP163
Oct 28, 2022
Preparing the National Accounts w/ Robert Ewing, Australian Bureau of Statistics - EP162
Oct 21, 2022
White Elephant Stampede w/ Scott Prasser - EP161
Oct 14, 2022
Regional divergence: why cities are growing faster than regions w/ Robert Sobyra | EP160
Oct 07, 2022
The future US fiscal crisis & how to avert it w/ Romina Boccia, Cato Institute | EP159
Sep 30, 2022
Hyperinflation: what causes it, how to prevent it & how to stop it - EP158
Sep 23, 2022
Bitcoin & books w/ author & ex-fighter pilot Lars Emmerich - EP157
Sep 16, 2022
The Aussie electricity market malfunction of June 2022 - EP156
Sep 09, 2022
EV taxes, congestion charges & taking high-polluting trucks off the roads w/ Marion Terrill - EP155
Sep 02, 2022
Fuel prices & electric vehicles (EVs) - EP154
Aug 26, 2022
GDP & the National Accounts: What they are and why they matter w/ Brendan Markey-Towler - EP153
Aug 19, 2022
ROI of education: how economists estimate it + US economic update - EP152
Aug 12, 2022
US recession, climate change & monetary policy w/ Darren Brady Nelson - EP151
Aug 05, 2022
Global economic outlook + Aussie inflation & house prices - EP150
Jul 29, 2022
Reserve Bank of Australia being reviewed after big mistakes w/ Peter Tulip - EP149
Jul 22, 2022
Aussie Conference of Economists wrap-up w/ Leonora Risse & Cameron Murray - EP148
Jul 15, 2022
Charter Cities: A Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model w/ Kurtis Lockhart - EP147
Jul 08, 2022
China, Taiwan & the Indo-Pacific w/ Dr Greta Nabbs-Keller - EP146
Jul 01, 2022
ESG: useful concept or greenwashing? w/ Rachel Baird & Stephen Howell, Effective Governance - EP145
Jun 24, 2022
Advertising & surveillance capitalism w/ John August - EP144
Jun 17, 2022
Stagflation: be alert, not alarmed - EP143
Jun 10, 2022
Is a US recession imminent? w/ Michael Knox, Chief Economist, Morgans Financial - EP142
Jun 03, 2022
How I became an economist + advice for aspiring economists w/ show host Gene Tunny - EP141
May 27, 2022
Economic development through savings and credit groups w/ World Neighbors CEO Kate Schecter - EP140
May 20, 2022
The Go Woke, Go Broke hypothesis w/ Darren Brady Nelson - EP139
May 13, 2022
The Pirate Party’s economic policy platform w/ John August - EP138
May 06, 2022
UBI advocate Michael Haines on its benefits and costs - EP137
Apr 29, 2022
Wider economic benefits of infrastructure projects - EP136
Apr 22, 2022
Nominal GDP targeting w/ Stephen Kirchner - EP135
Apr 15, 2022
The high cost of housing and what to do about it w/ Peter Tulip, CIS Chief Economist - EP134
Apr 08, 2022
Investing for success w/ Paul Mladjenovic, author of Stock Investing for Dummies - EP133
Apr 01, 2022
The virtues of the free market w/ David Bahnsen - EP132
Mar 25, 2022
Concorde’s economic lessons: a closer look - EP131
Mar 18, 2022
Thriving w/ Wayne Visser, Cambridge & Antwerp sustainable business expert - EP130
Mar 11, 2022
Top 10 insights from economics - EP129
Mar 04, 2022
Risk, Cost-benefit analysis, and the Enlightenment w/ Prof. Deb Brown - EP128
Feb 25, 2022
US Inflation, Woke Capitalism & China w/ Darren Brady Nelson + weird Aussie tax rules - EP127
Feb 18, 2022
UBI: Universal Basic Income w/ Ben Phillips, ANU - EP126
Feb 11, 2022
Price controls to fight inflation a bad idea + infrastructure lessons from POTUS 21 Chester Arthur w/ Larry Reed - EP125
Feb 04, 2022
Women in Economics w/ Dr Leonora Risse of RMIT, Melbourne - EP124
Jan 28, 2022
Truth (or the lack of it) in politics and how to think critically with help from Descartes - EP123
Jan 21, 2022
Dan Mitchell on the global tax cartel and California’s economic suicide - EP122
Jan 14, 2022
What is the Economy? And Why It Matters to You | EP121
Jan 07, 2022
120: Inflation, Covid, China & Crypto - looking back on 2021 and forward to 2022
Dec 31, 2021
What Tony Makin taught us about macroeconomics with ex-Ambassador to OECD, Alex Robson
Dec 23, 2021
EP118: The Skyscraper Curse and Austrian Economics with Mark Thornton, Mises Institute
Dec 17, 2021
COP26 Glasgow Climate Change Summit: Success or Failure?
Dec 10, 2021
The Great Resignation
Dec 03, 2021
The Opioid Crisis and the War on Drugs with Dr Jeffrey Singer
Nov 26, 2021
Tax rules benefiting tech titans and hedge fund managers in the US
Nov 19, 2021
Lithium and the new energy revolution with Lukasz Bednarski
Nov 12, 2021
Taxing the rich - Billionaire and inheritance taxes
Nov 05, 2021
Aussie Senator Matt Canavan - COP26 Dissenting Voices Part 2
Oct 27, 2021
COP26 Dissenting Voices Part 1 - Dr Alan Moran
Oct 22, 2021
Philosophy and Truth
Oct 15, 2021
COP26 climate change summit with Tony Wood, Grattan Institute
Oct 08, 2021
Gender differences in negotiation and policy for improvement
Oct 01, 2021
COVID lockdowns and vaccine mandates with Dr Gilbert Berdine
Sep 24, 2021
Why bad social norms such as FGM can persist
Sep 17, 2021
Victimless Crimes with Marc J. Victor
Sep 10, 2021
Why Ayn Rand's concept of self-esteem is unreasonable with Dr Michael Edelstein
Sep 03, 2021
Arrow's Impossibility Theorem
Aug 27, 2021
How do we know what's true or why trust science?
Aug 20, 2021
Incentivizing Vaccinations - Cash for Jabs
Aug 13, 2021
Carbon border taxes
Aug 06, 2021
Political legitimacy with Prof. Phillip LeBel
Jul 30, 2021
BS jobs critique + CBDC thoughts from Dr Nicholas Gruen
Jul 24, 2021
Managing Government Budgets
Jul 16, 2021
BS or pointless jobs
Jul 09, 2021
Economics of New Media
Jul 02, 2021
Public Choice theory with Dr Brendan Markey-Towler
Jun 25, 2021
Nuclear energy and decarbonizing economies
Jun 18, 2021
Negotiation and Design Thinking with David Johnson of Stanford
Jun 11, 2021
Lockdown Cost-Benefit Analysis with Professor Douglas Allen
Jun 04, 2021
CPI inflation concerns with Darren Brady Nelson
May 28, 2021
Evolutionary Economics with Dr Brendan Markey-Towler
May 21, 2021
Saving and Investing for Retirement: 401(k)s, IRAs, mutual funds, ETFs, etc.
May 15, 2021
Decarbonizing the Economy
May 08, 2021
Business cases for public infrastructure projects
Apr 30, 2021
Economics and Religion
Apr 22, 2021
Missing Middle Housing & other urban planning issues
Apr 14, 2021
Female Breadwinning with Prof. Gigi Foster
Apr 07, 2021
Freeing Fiscal Policy from political tinkering with Dr Nicholas Gruen
Mar 31, 2021
The Olympics - economic boon or burden?
Mar 24, 2021
Running the Numbers on COVID-19 Measures with Prof. Peter Swan
Mar 19, 2021
Anarcho-capitalism and a Libertarian analysis of COVID with Prof. Walter Block
Mar 10, 2021
The role of the Treasury in Economic Policy with Paul Tilley
Mar 04, 2021
Insights from behavioural economics & science regarding COVID responses
Feb 25, 2021
The Fed and Inflation Targeting
Feb 18, 2021
Industry Assistance and Crony Capitalism with Darren Brady Nelson
Feb 10, 2021
Fiscal Stimulus with Prof. Fabrizio Carmignani
Feb 03, 2021
Foreign Direct Investment & Productivity
Jan 27, 2021
Retail is Detail with Bruno Cortigiani of Merlai
Jan 20, 2021
The Circular Economy with Craig Lawrence
Jan 13, 2021
Financing the COVID-19 Government Debt
Jan 06, 2021
COVID and Wartime – Comparison of economic impacts
Dec 30, 2020
Regulating Big Tech
Dec 26, 2020
Money and Cryptocurrency
Dec 16, 2020
Behavioural Finance with Dr Tracey West of Griffith Business School
Dec 09, 2020
Adam Smith and Margaret Thatcher with Dr Eamonn Butler
Dec 02, 2020
The Great Reset
Nov 25, 2020
Megaprojects with Marion Terrill from Grattan Institute
Nov 18, 2020
Economics of the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Internet, AI and Blockchain
Nov 11, 2020
Minimum wages and employment
Nov 07, 2020
Natural rate of unemployment or NAIRU
Oct 30, 2020
Tech Giants challenged by the Media and Governments
Oct 21, 2020
Corporate governance & corporate social responsibility
Oct 14, 2020
Quantitative Easing as a long-term strategy with Michael Knox
Oct 07, 2020
The Precautionary Principle and COVID-19
Sep 30, 2020
Rationalising Regulation
Sep 23, 2020
COVID-induced border battle in Australia
Sep 16, 2020
Economics and Public Policy
Sep 09, 2020
What Economists do and why the world needs them
Sep 02, 2020
New Normal Post-COVID
Aug 26, 2020
Gold with Darren Brady Nelson
Aug 19, 2020
The Deficit Myth & Modern Monetary Theory – initial views
Aug 12, 2020
Re-opening economies in this time of COVID-19 with Joe Branigan
Aug 05, 2020
Challenges of Economic Forecasting in the COVID-19 Pandemic with Prof. Rodney Strachan
Jul 29, 2020
Valuing the Environment with Dr Boyd Blackwell
Jul 22, 2020
State Government Economic Responses to COVID-19
Jul 15, 2020
Dynamic Pricing
Jul 08, 2020
Unfreezing Discount Rates with Marion Terrill of the Grattan Institute
Jul 01, 2020
Fiscal Vaccine for COVID-19 with Prof. Tony Makin
Jun 24, 2020
Gender pay gap recap
Jun 17, 2020
Seven Habits of Highly Effective Economists
Jun 10, 2020
Picking winners: Industry policy with Craig Lawrence
Jun 03, 2020
Uncertainty and the perils of prediction with William M Briggs
May 27, 2020
US infrastructure: lessons from Australia, with Darren Brady Nelson
May 20, 2020
Working from home during & after the pandemic with Alison Pennington
May 13, 2020
Highlights of recent coronavirus-related episodes
May 06, 2020
Radical Uncertainty with Prof. John Kay CBE
Apr 29, 2020
Bailouts in this time of coronavirus with Dr Dan Mitchell
Apr 22, 2020
Paying for the coronavirus rescue measures with Joe Branigan
Apr 15, 2020
Certified Corona-Immunity as a Resource with Prof. Benno Torgler
Apr 08, 2020
Coronavirus responses with Joe Branigan, Tulipwood Economics
Apr 01, 2020
Coronavirus policy responses with Dr Nicholas Gruen of Lateral Economics
Mar 25, 2020
COVID-19, machine trading & financial markets with Michael Knox
Mar 18, 2020
City Infrastructure with Craig Lawrence
Mar 11, 2020
Climate change with Nicki Hutley from Deloitte Access Economics
Mar 04, 2020
The FIRE movement with Dr Di Johnson
Feb 26, 2020
Entrepreneurship with Professor Peter G. Klein
Feb 19, 2020
Antitrust with Danielle Wood from the Grattan Institute
Feb 12, 2020
Surveillance Capitalism with Darren Brady Nelson
Feb 05, 2020
Innovation + Equality with Dr Andrew Leigh MP
Jan 29, 2020
Cannabis with Dr Stephen Thornton
Jan 22, 2020
Government spending and economic growth with Dr Dan Mitchell
Jan 15, 2020
Global population growth
Jan 08, 2020
Big economic issues for the 2020s
Jan 01, 2020
Highlights of Economics Explained in 2019
Dec 26, 2019
Randomised controlled trials & economic development
Dec 18, 2019
The Gender Pay Gap with Dr Leonora Risse
Dec 11, 2019
Multinational and Personal Tax Avoidance and Evasion
Dec 04, 2019
The Media and Digital Disruption with Rebecca Archer
Nov 27, 2019
Economics in Two Lessons with John Quiggin
Nov 20, 2019
Job platforms and recruitment agencies
Nov 13, 2019
Behavioural Economics with Dr Brendan Markey-Towler
Nov 06, 2019
Innovation & digital public goods with Nicholas Gruen
Oct 30, 2019
Personal Finance
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