Rental Crisis
The rental crisis. Why is it happening and what can be done about it?
Nov 03, 2022•30 min
The Economy, Stupid
Formerly The Money, The Economy, Stupid is your weekly guide to the world of business, economics and finance. Every Thursday, economist Peter Martin is joined by a team of sharp young thinkers for a fresh conversation about the financial stories making headlines and how they might affect you.
Episodes
Rental Crisis
The rental crisis. Why is it happening and what can be done about it?
Nov 03, 2022•30 min
Delivering a budget during difficult times
What makes this federal budget different from previous ones and how do you accommodate domestic and international economic pressures. And, a pivotal moment for world economic policy.
Oct 27, 2022•30 min
Economic implications of the Chinese Communist Party Congress
The wider implications for the global economy coming out of the Chinese Communist Party Congress.
Oct 20, 2022
How much tax is enough?
The taxing question of how much tax we should be paying and what type of tax. And book publishing, how is the industry adapting to increased paper prices and supply and issues.
Oct 13, 2022•30 min
How much tax is enough?
The taxing question of how much tax we should be paying and what type of tax. And book publishing, how is the industry adapting to increased paper prices and supply and issues.
Oct 13, 2022•30 min
How copper may be the roadblock for a greener global economy
Why aren't the banks passing on higher savings rates; copper demand and supply rates are problematic for a greener economy and sovereign capabilities.
Oct 06, 2022•30 min
How copper may be the roadblock for a greener global economy
Why aren't the banks passing on higher savings rates; copper demand and supply rates are problematic for a greener economy and sovereign capabilities.
Oct 06, 2022•30 min
Beyond GDP
Measuring the health of an economy and of a nation, what are the variables that should be included, beyond GDP?
Sep 29, 2022•30 min
The big business of online sports betting
The big business of sports betting and all that it involves.
Sep 22, 2022•30 min
The big business of online sports betting
The big business of sports betting and all that it involves.
Sep 22, 2022•30 min
The value of the British monarchy and streaming services
What economic value does the British monarch bring to the UK economy and the complexities of streaming services
Sep 15, 2022•30 min
The value of the British monarchy and streaming services
What economic value does the British monarch bring to the UK economy and the complexities of streaming services
Sep 15, 2022•30 min
Deciphering the Reserve Bank's language; China's economy and the bank of mum and dad
What is the RBA Governor Philip Lowe actually saying? What's happening within the Chinese economy and the bank of mum and dad.
Sep 08, 2022•30 min
Deciphering the Reserve Bank's language; China's economy and the bank of mum and dad
What is the RBA Governor Philip Lowe actually saying? What's happening within the Chinese economy and the bank of mum and dad.
Sep 08, 2022•30 min
The Job Summit: changing jobs and the care economy; and financial stress despite low unemployment
Changing jobs can help improve wages but there needs to be better support in place to help people make the leap. Better support with increased wages and better working conditions will also be discussed for those, mainly women, working in the care economy. And why are we still so financially and mentally stressed with the re-opening of the economy and record high employment levels?
Sep 01, 2022•30 min
The Job Summit: changing jobs and the care economy; and financial stress despite low unemployment
Changing jobs can help improve wages but there needs to be better support in place to help people make the leap. Better support with increased wages and better working conditions will also be discussed for those, mainly women, working in the care economy. And why are we still so financially and mentally stressed with the re-opening of the economy and record high employment levels?
Sep 01, 2022•30 min
Andrew Leigh on a more dynamic economy; Europe's drought economies; inflationary psychology
Labor MP Andrew Leigh discusses why Australia's productivity has slowed down and most importantly how we can reignite the economy.
Aug 25, 2022•30 min
ALP changes to the safeguard mechanism; repairing the environment from the Black Summer Fires; and Green Capitalism
The Albanese Government has released a discussion paper outlining changes to the safeguard mechanism ensuring high industrial polluters decarbonise to levels set. Hugh Grossman from RepuTex Energy explains what this means. Meanwhile the University of Queensland in conjunction with the WWF-Australia have put a dollar figure on how much funding is needed to repair the damage to habitat caused by the Black Summer Fires. Dr Michelle Ward breaks down the numbers. And green capitalism. Adrienne Buller...
Aug 18, 2022
Getting digital with the RBA; CPI data; and simplifying the WTO
With the increasing popularity of digital currencies, the RBA is exploring its own central bank digital currency. The Deputy Governor of the RBA Michele Bullock, explains how it might work. To assist in preparing for increases in inflation, the ABS will release monthly CPI indicators. Australia's Statistician Dr David Gruen talks through the advantages. And how to improve trade between countries. Economist at the ANU Andrew Stoeckel discusses what steps we should take.
Aug 11, 2022
Comparisons with New Zealand's interest rates; Warwick McKibbin on the RBA and targeting inflation and Russia's economy
New Zealand is not only two hours ahead of the east cost of Australia, it's also seven months ahead of us when it comes to increasing interest rates. Can we learn anything from their experience? ANZ economist Madeline Dunk talks about the Demand across the ditch report. Meanwhile economist and former RBA board member Warwick McKibbin discusses the RBA's pursuit of its inflation target and whether there's a better way? And the Russian economy. Some commentators say sanctions and the exit of globa...
Aug 04, 2022•29 min
Comparisons with New Zealand's interest rates; Warwick McKibbin on the RBA and targeting inflation and Russia's economy
New Zealand is not only two hours ahead of the east cost of Australia, it's also seven months ahead of us when it comes to increasing interest rates. Can we learn anything from their experience? ANZ economist Madeline Dunk talks about the Demand across the ditch report. Meanwhile economist and former RBA board member Warwick McKibbin discusses the RBA's pursuit of its inflation target and whether there's a better way? And the Russian economy. Some commentators say sanctions and the exit of globa...
Aug 04, 2022•29 min
Economy update, the cost of FMD and corruption with the enablers
Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivered his 'confronting' statement on the economy and budget outlook at Parliament today. Economist Danielle Wood from the Grattan Institute provides her analysis. On top of these economy woes is a potential outbreak of foot and mouth disease. A worse case scenario estimates a cost of eighty billion dollars over ten years. That doesn't include the costs to tourism or mental health but it does put into perspective why we spend so much on biosecurity measures. The Univers...
Jul 28, 2022•28 min
How to solve our health crisis and labour factors involved in WFH
Health staff across Australia have been telling us for years, there's a crisis within our health system, particularly with our public hospitals. It does have a lot to do with our funding model but there are also problems outside the hospital system that need attention. Jennifer Doggett from the Centre for Health Policy Development explains. And the debate about working from home continues with disparities between what employers and employees want. Some interesting studies in the US have highligh...
Jul 21, 2022•29 min
How to solve our health crisis and labour factors involved in WFH
Health staff across Australia have been telling us for years, there's a crisis within our health system, particularly with our public hospitals. It does have a lot to do with our funding model but there are also problems outside the hospital system that need attention. Jennifer Doggett from the Centre for Health Policy Development explains. And the debate about working from home continues with disparities between what employers and employees want. Some interesting studies in the US have highligh...
Jul 21, 2022•29 min
Wellbeing budget, gig agreement and multinationals
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers plans to introduce a Wellbeing Budget, based on New Zealand's experience. Suzi Morrissey, from the Wellbeing Economy Alliance Aotearoa, explains what this entails. Caleb Goods from the University of Western Australia discusses what the agreement between food delivery company Uber and the Transport Workers Union means to gig workers and how a new Federal Government might drive some of these changes? And multinationals. They are a large part of the Australian economy...
Jul 14, 2022•28 min
The limitations of central banks and living and developing on floodplains
Interest rates are on the rise not just here in Australia but in other parts of the globe as central banks and governments grapple with rising inflation. But what can central banks actually achieve? Former deputy governor of the Bank of England and now chair of NatWest Group, Sir Howard Davies discusses. And just as interest rates keep rising so do water levels. The Nepean-Hawkesbury valley is once again flooded. Dr Brian Cook from the University of Melbourne explains how among other factors, ma...
Jul 07, 2022•29 min
Thirty years of superannuation and from free to fair markets
In 1992, the Keating Government passed the Superannuation Guarantee Act insuring at the time retirement savings to seventy two percent of workers. Thirty years on, as the super guarantee is about to increase, is it still the best way to ensure sufficient retirement income for all? Brendan Coates from the Grattan Institute discusses the pros and the cons. And how to twin efficiency and equity. Professor of Law Rosalind Dixon and Professor of Economics Richard Holden have proposed in their book re...
Jun 30, 2022•29 min
Energy and capacity mechanisms; the RBA interest rates and jobs and insurance companies and online data
Energy capacity mechanisms, what are they and what are the concerns about them and why is the Australia's Institute Polly Hemming slightly optimistic about Australia's future climate and energy policies? Jobs, jobs, jobs and 270,00 missing ones. Economist Isaac Gross with the ALP's Andrew Leigh have analysed the RBA's use of interest rates over the last twenty years. This monetary tool hasn't always worked as it should. And we all know big brother is watching what we're doing online. But how doe...
Jun 23, 2022•29 min
Consumer sentiment, the cost of gun violence in the US and the price of vegetables
Interest rates are rising and not just in Australia. So how do people feel about the economy and their own financial situation? Bill Evans, Chief Economist at Westpac, talks about consumer sentiment. The tragedy of gun violence in the US is impossible to measure, but what about the economic cost? Ted Miller from the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation has been crunching the data with a price tag of $557 billion based on 2019 figures. And what factors are contributing to the skyrocketin...
Jun 16, 2022•29 min
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