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.

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Episodes

The next Reserve Bank Governor might be underestimated. She shouldn’t be. The French passion for their pensions. Tax groupthink.

Why Michele Bullock, the next Governor of the Reserve Bank is ‘more than just a seasoned econocrat’.How do the French and Australian pensions compare and why are the French so passionate about theirs.The board which advises government on the tax system is certainly made up of experts in their field but is their collective thinking too narrow and are their backgrounds too similar?

Jul 20, 2023•29 min

A slowing economy? Debanking financial abusers. Taking on the money launderers.

Have repeated interest rate rises succeeded in slowing inflation and the economy? Debanking and the push back against financial abusers. Adding teeth to inadequate money laundering laws.

Jul 13, 2023•29 min

HECS: Can we fix it?

As the number of students attending university has grown so has their debt and while the HECS / HELP system has worked well in the past - does it now need reform?

Jul 06, 2023•29 min

July 1st changes. Hedging investments against inflation. Why asset managers own the world.

Changes to government transfer payments, programs and policies kick in on July 1st. Just how bad is inflation for the investment economy and can you hedge against it? The downside of living in an 'asset managed society'.

Jun 29, 2023•31 min

July 1st changes. Hedging investments against inflation. Why asset managers own the world.

Jun 29, 2023•31 min

The next Reserve Bank Governor. A global minimum corporate tax. Are top shelf sports stars worth it?

Who might be the next head of Australia’s central bank? How does a proposed global minimum tax work and will it bring in more revenue. Does paying big money to a sport star improve a team’s performance and the club’s bottom line?

Jun 22, 2023•29 min

WA and its share of the GST pie. China’s hopes for reserve currency status. The payment system gets an upgrade.

How does Canberra distribute revenue from the Goods and Services Tax and is it fair? The U.S dollar has long been the dominant currency for world trade but can China change that? The system behind how Australians pay for everything is about to be modernised.

Jun 15, 2023•29 min

When a perfect storm hits the rental market

Why are we in a rental crisis and what can be done to improve the situation?

Jun 08, 2023•29 min

When a perfect storm hits the rental market

Why are we in a rental crisis and what can be done to improve the situation?

Jun 08, 2023•29 min

Who is the World Bank's new boss? Crunch time for aged care. Insuring against cyber attacks.

Can Ajay Banga, the new head of the World Bank, end poverty? Why the aged care sector continues to struggle. Cyber attacks — a risk that can be managed ?

Jun 01, 2023•31 min

Why the Reserve bank wants unemployment to go higher. The case for long term thinking.

Two economists unpack and debate the idea that higher unemployment is needed to contain inflation. Short term thinking might be expedient in business and politics but could taking a really long view be better?

May 25, 2023•30 min

Blowout: Mega projects that don't deliver. Spending, cost of living and who's really under pressure

Cost of living increases are forcing many to change their spending. But not everything is down and not all groups are under pressure. Wade Tubman crunches the numbers. Why mega projects so often fail to deliver on time and on budget. Dan Gardner investigates what's going wrong and how to get it right.

May 18, 2023•29 min

Budget review and budget hits with George Megalogenis and Frank Bongiorno

George Megalogenis and Frank Bongiorno provide their analysis on this budget and where they sit in history.

May 11, 2023•29 min

The US teetering on a catastrophe; inequality in Australia and increasing productivity

The US government debit limit and increasing inequality in Australia and how to improve overall productivity.

May 04, 2023•29 min

The US teetering on a catastrophe; inequality in Australia and increasing productivity

The US government debit limit and increasing inequality in Australia and how to improve overall productivity.

May 04, 2023•29 min

The link between economics and Mona Lisa and Wales striding towards a better future

What is the latest prediction of where the global economy is heading? The clues are in Mona Lisa's smile. And how to protect future generations? Wales is leading the way.

Apr 27, 2023•29 min

The RBA review and what does full employment look like in Australia

The RBA review is in with 51 recommendations. Full employment is discussed but what does this look like in Australia?

Apr 20, 2023•30 min

Credit card debt; reducing the fiscal gap and the risky business of insurance

Credit card debt is on the rise so too is the interest paid federally to service our debt. What can be done to reduce both? And the cat and mouse game of insurance.

Apr 13, 2023•33 min

RBA's decision, international banks and a manufacturing revival

Insights into the RBA's recent decision; why are we so blase to another banking crisis and a manufacturing revival.

Apr 06, 2023•29 min

RBA's decision, international banks and a manufacturing revival

Insights into the RBA's recent decision; why are we so blase to another banking crisis and a manufacturing revival.

Apr 06, 2023•29 min

Interest rates, university incentives and CPI comparisons

A Vice-Chancellor shares his ideas on how to ease the pain when attaining a degree and how does a family of four compare to CPI weightings on household expenditure.

Mar 30, 2023•29 min

Interest rates, university incentives and CPI comparisons

A Vice-Chancellor shares his ideas on how to ease the pain when attaining a degree and how does a family of four compare to CPI weightings on household expenditure.

Mar 30, 2023•29 min

Bank contagion, submarines and jobs and the future of the workplace with AI

Banking contagion and the question of job creation either through submarines and then, AI.

Mar 23, 2023•30 min

How to improve the future for young Australians and central bankers are talking

How young Australians can reclaim their uncertain future and what are central bankers talking about amongst themselves?

Mar 16, 2023•30 min

How to improve the future for young Australians and central bankers are talking

How young Australians can reclaim their uncertain future and what are central bankers talking about amongst themselves?

Mar 16, 2023•30 min

Re-thinking insurance and improving migration systems for all

How to better equip countries and regions with insurance for climate disasters and reviewing the migration system.

Mar 09, 2023•30 min

A financial crisis in the aged care sector

The aged care sector is haemorrhaging money. Why?

Mar 02, 2023•30 min

A financial crisis in the aged care sector

The aged care sector is haemorrhaging money. Why?

Mar 02, 2023•30 min

Mariana Mazzucato on the Big Con and an economic view of the Russian invasion

How the consulting industry has taken centre state in the private and public sphere and how has the Russian invasion of Ukraine twelve months on affected the economy.

Feb 23, 2023•30 min

Could the RBA be getting it right?

What are the reasons behind the interest rate increases and why has the narrative recently shifted in how we're talking about it?

Feb 16, 2023•30 min

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