All the economic data are still strong, but how long can it last? Will Labour's plan for a minimum wage increase spark a wage-price spiral, and can the crypto rout bleed into the broader financial sector? Equity Mates Media has partnered with the ASX to deliver content for the ASX Sharemarket Game participants. For those that haven't participated before, The Game gives you an opportunity to learn about the sharemarket and how it works. How are the boys tracking in the ASX game and have you got i...
May 17, 2022•36 min•Season 3Ep. 18
What was behind the RBA's thinking last week, and are we going down the American road of jumbo hikes? Mike Cannon-Brooks with a new play for a take-over of AGL, and Labor's launched a new(ish) housing policy. Unpack this and more on this week's Comdian v Economist. If your life isn’t complete without charts, then you need to follow the Comedian V Economist instagram . Comments on the show? A question for Thomas or Adam? Just want to send some appreciative thoughts their way? G...
May 10, 2022•48 min•Season 3Ep. 17
Inflation came in scorching hot, but will it last and what does that mean for interest rates? Robinhood is real trouble.... is it the end of the meme-stock era? And what happens to first home buyers if rates rise? Will the government have blood on its hands? Equity Mates Media has partnered with the ASX to deliver content for the ASX Sharemarket Game participants. For those that haven't participated before, The Game gives you an opportunity to learn about the sharemarket and how it works. How ar...
May 03, 2022•38 min•Season 3Ep. 16
Virgin's CEO reckons we're going to have to get used to busy airports, sorry, not sorry. Clive Palmer reckons he'll cap mortgage rates at 3% because he's a magician, Sri Lanka's economy is in crisis, and some people reckon the end of US Dollar dominance is nigh. Are they right? All this and more on this week's Comedian v Economist. If your life isn’t complete without charts, then you need to follow the Comedian V Economist instagram . Comments on the show? A question for Thomas or Adam? Ju...
Apr 26, 2022•35 min•Season 3Ep. 15
Today we’re talking about what promises to be one of the most revolutionary technologies of our lifetime... self-driving cars. We’ve all imagined it, and seen it in movies. A car that drives itself. Enter your destination, sit back, relax and enjoy the ride. No more traffic accidents, no more drunk drivers, no more searching for a parking spot… It sounds incredible. Today Alec and Sascha explore how possible that is - and go through some of the recent updates to this new technology. There's...
Apr 20, 2022•19 min•Season 3Ep. 14
Aussie start ups have had a record breaking funding quarter... where is all that money coming from? One of Australia's economic grey-beards reckons housing in Australia is a travesty of natural justice, China might already be in recession, and Freddo Frogs are getting smaller. What's up with that? All this and more on this week's Comedian V Economist. Equity Mates Media has partnered with the ASX to deliver content for the ASX Sharemarket Game participants. For those that haven't participated be...
Apr 12, 2022•38 min•Season 3Ep. 13
The yield curve inverted this week. Is that bad news or really bad news? The Solomon Islands has inked a security pact with China that has a lot of people in Canberra worried, and mega-globalist BlackRock reckons that globalisation is dead. What do they know that we don't? All this and more on this week's Comedian v Economist. If your life isn’t complete without charts, then you need to follow the Comedian V Economist instagram . Comments on the show? A question for Thomas or Adam? Just wa...
Apr 05, 2022•32 min•Season 3Ep. 12
In this special mashup episode, Thomas and Adam are joined by Charles, from The Chaser Report to unpack the Federal Government's Budget. They play the game Adam carefully devised - Budget or Budget - and then they chat about the winners and losers (as they see them). If your life isn’t complete without charts, then you need to follow the Comedian V Economist instagram . Comments on the show? A question for Thomas or Adam? Just want to send some appreciative thoughts their way? Go ahead and...
Mar 31, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Equity Mates Media has partnered with the ASX to deliver content for the ASX Sharemarket Game participants. For those that haven't participated before, The Game gives you an opportunity to learn about the sharemarket and how it works. How are the boys tracking in the ASX game and have you got involved? Also on the show, Twiggy Forrest has launched plans for an infinity train, who's getting on board? Consumers and businesses are seeing the world very differently right now, and why are we still in...
Mar 29, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Supermarkets are set to benefit from inflation... what's up with that? Economists are quitting glroious public service careers to work on saving the planet, the NY Times bought Worlde, and women are driving a boom in the labour force participation rate. All this and many more mysteries on this week's Comedian v Economist. Equity Mates Media has partnered with the ASX to deliver content for the ASX Sharemarket Game participants. For those that haven't participated before, The Game gives you an op...
Mar 22, 2022•35 min•Season 3Ep. 9
How are the boys tracking in the ASX game and have you got involved? Equity Mates Media has partnered with the ASX to deliver content for the ASX Sharemarket Game participants. For those that haven't participated before, The Game gives you an opportunity to learn about the sharemarket and how it works. Then Thomas and Adam consider why is consumer confidence down if no one can remember the news, and how has the commodity crisis gone everywhere? All this and more on this week's Comedian v Economi...
Mar 16, 2022•37 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Thomas' home town has been smashed by floods, GDP was out but no one seemed to care, and what is stagflation and the business cycle anyway. All this and more on this week's Comedian v Economist. To donate to the Mullumbimby District Centre, click here . If your life isn’t complete without charts, then you need to follow the Comedian V Economist instagram . Comments on the show? A question for Thomas or Adam? Just want to send some appreciative thoughts their way? Go ahead and send them to ...
Mar 08, 2022•33 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Equity Mates Media has partnered with the ASX to deliver content for the ASX Sharemarket Game participants. For those that haven't participated before, The Game gives you an opportunity to learn about the sharemarket and how it works. In this week's episode, the war in Ukraine is the major topic in markets this week, how the effects are far reaching into the Australian Sharemarket. The boys also look at the takeover bid for AGL, the latest wages data, and why beer prices are going up in Amsterda...
Mar 01, 2022•40 min•Season 3Ep. 6
BNPL is struggling to survive in a world of rising rates, BHP welcomes a 'decade of inflation', Lark Distillery is rocked by a drug scandal, and a doghouse sells for $300,000. All this and more on this week's Comedian v Economist. If your life isn’t complete without charts, then you need to follow the Comedian V Economist instagram . Comments on the show? A question for Thomas or Adam? Just want to send some appreciative thoughts their way? Go ahead and send them to [email protected] ***...
Feb 22, 2022•38 min•Season 3Ep. 5
US inflation continues to run hot, but proponents of MMT are consdering doing a 'victory lap'. Inflation in Turkey is running at close to 50%, but the President wants to do something radical, while at home wages growth might come from this surprising place. All this and Donkeys! on this week's Comedian v Economist. If your life isn’t complete without charts, then you need to follow the Comedian V Economist instagram . Comments on the show? A question for Thomas or Adam? Just want to send s...
Feb 15, 2022•29 min•Season 3Ep. 4
One US economist reckons BTC could trigger the next sub-prime crisis. Is he right? Why do markets still think Phil Lowe is kidding himself, why did Facebook's share price tank, can Scomo deliver an unemployment rate with a three in front of it, and what are consumers looking for post-Covid? All this and more on this week's Comedian v Economist. If your life isn’t complete without charts, then you need to follow the Comedian V Economist instagram . Comments on the show? A question for Thoma...
Feb 08, 2022•36 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Equity Mates Media has partnered with the ASX to deliver content for the ASX Sharemarket Game participants. For those that haven't participated before, The Game gives you an opportunity to learn about the sharemarket and how it works. In this week's episode, Thomas and Adam join Bryce and Alec from Equity Mates to discuss how they are going to approach The Game. Visit the ASX website to read the rules and register. Sign up to the Equity Mates league with the League ID: 34788 and the password: EM...
Feb 03, 2022•25 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Markets have had something of a shakeout over the summer, without a regular CVE to guide them, but is it the beginning of something much larger? What will the RBA do now the data is a full two years ahead of their forecasts? How has China been tracking over the summer, and why are these millionaires asking us to tax them more? All this and more on this week's Comedian v Economist. If your life isn’t complete without charts, then you need to follow the Comedian V Economist instagram . Comme...
Feb 01, 2022•38 min•Season 3Ep. 1
How do we make sense of a media landscapes that profits on confusion? Live from Renewfest in Mullumbimby, Thomas hosts a panel discussion with Australia's most successful documentary producer Damon Gameau, philosopher and radical parenting advocate Robin Grille, and research scientists and international campaigner Craig Mason. Special thanks to Renewfest.org.au If your life isn’t complete without charts, then you need to follow the Comedian V Economist instagram . Comments on the show? A q...
Jan 25, 2022•31 min•Season 2Ep. 54
How do we make sense of a media landscapes that profits on confusion? Live from Renewfest in Mullumbimby, Thomas hosts a panel discussion with Australia's most successful documentary producer Damon Gameau, philosopher and radical parenting advocate Robin Grille, and research scientists and international campaigner Craig Mason. Special thanks to Renewfest.org.au If your life isn’t complete without charts, then you need to follow the Comedian V Economist instagram . Comments on the show? A q...
Jan 17, 2022•33 min•Season 2Ep. 53
Live from Renewfest in Mullumbimby, Thomas hosts a panel discussion on the future of economics, with Impact Investor Danny Almagor, Local Futures and Economics of Happiness founder Helena Norberg-Hodge, and social change activist Erfan Daliri. Special thanks to Renewfest.org.au. CVE will return with normal programming on the 2 February 2022. If your life isn’t complete without charts, then you need to follow the Comedian V Economist instagram . Comments on the show? A question for Thomas o...
Jan 11, 2022•26 min•Season 2Ep. 52
Live from Renewfest in Mullumbimby, Thomas hosts a panel discussion on the future of economics, with Impact Investor Danny Almagor, Local Futures and Economics of Happiness founder Helena Norberg-Hodge, and social change activist Erfan Daliri. If your life isn’t complete without charts, then you need to follow the Comedian V Economist instagram . Comments on the show? A question for Thomas or Adam? Just want to send some appreciative thoughts their way? Go ahead and send them to cve@equity...
Jan 04, 2022•37 min•Season 2Ep. 51
Hundreds of people would have opened up a game of Monopoly this Christmas. But did you know that Monopoly was initially a teaching device? But what was it trying to teach?The boys unpack the weird economics of the Monopoly Boardgame and try not to get in a fight. If your life isn’t complete without charts, then you need to follow the Comedian V Economist instagram . Comments on the show? A question for Thomas or Adam? Just want to send some appreciative thoughts their way? Go ahead and sen...
Dec 28, 2021•36 min•Season 2Ep. 50
The second part of the interview where Thomas talks with the University of Queensland Economics Society about his time at UQ, his career as an economist, the mysterious missing decade and his advice to young economists. Special thanks to UQES and their Worldonomics Podcast. If your life isn’t complete without charts, then you need to follow the Comedian V Economist instagram . Comments on the show? A question for Thomas or Adam? Just want to send some appreciative thoughts their way? Go ah...
Dec 21, 2021•29 min•Season 2Ep. 49
Thomas talks with the University of Queensland Economics Society about his time at UQ, his career as an economist, the mysterious missing decade and his advice to young economists. Special thanks to UQES and their Worldonomics Podcast. If your life isn’t complete without charts, then you need to follow the Comedian V Economist instagram . Comments on the show? A question for Thomas or Adam? Just want to send some appreciative thoughts their way? Go ahead and send them to [email protected]...
Dec 14, 2021•22 min•Season 2Ep. 48
Thomas outlines the 7 big themes of 2021, plus the boys have a crack at a bunch of "Ask Me Anything" questions in the last regular show of the year. All this and more on this week's Comedian v Economist. If your life isn’t complete without charts, then you need to follow the Comedian V Economist instagram . Comments on the show? A question for Thomas or Adam? Just want to send some appreciative thoughts their way? Go ahead and send them to [email protected] ***** In the spirit of reconci...
Dec 07, 2021•52 min•Season 2Ep. 47
New Zealand is leading the world on raising rates, so why is Australia different? There's $200bn dollars worth of companies on the ASX300 that are making no money - should we be worried. Is The Great Resignation actually a thing, and why is the Housing Inquiry arguing about whether houses are like mandarins or not? All this and more on this week's Comedian v Economist. If your life isn’t complete without charts, then you need to follow the Comedian V Economist instagram . Comments on the s...
Nov 30, 2021•38 min•Season 2Ep. 46
Adam is bludging this week, so Thomas has his mate Tim on, who's an expert in energy economics. They take stock of COP26 and see where markets are front-running the governments (lack of) action. And what does Australia as a Clean Energy SuperPower look like? If your life isn’t complete without charts, then you need to follow the Comedian V Economist instagram . Comments on the show? A question for Thomas or Adam? Just want to send some appreciative thoughts their way? Go ahead and send the...
Nov 23, 2021•28 min
Why are coffee prices sky-rocketing and why is Thomas paying $5 bucks for a latte? What do the boys make of Rivian - the biggest IPO since Facebook, why did CBA upgrade their forecasts, and why is 4/5ths of cash "missing in action"? All this and more on this week's Comedian v Economist. If your life isn’t complete without charts, then you need to follow the Comedian V Economist instagram . Comments on the show? A question for Thomas or Adam? Just want to send some appreciative thoughts the...
Nov 16, 2021•34 min•Season 2Ep. 44
Elon Musk is up for chipping in $6bn if it would solve world hunger, but would it? How did Australia fare on the medal tally at the COP26 climate summit, is CBA's new crypto offering the insitutional tick of approval Crypto has been looking for, and why are there so many psychopaths in the finance industry. All this and more on this week's Comedian v Economist. If your life isn’t complete without charts, then you need to follow the Comedian V Economist instagram . Comments on the show? A q...
Nov 09, 2021•40 min•Season 2Ep. 43
