Inheritocracy: The lasting generational advantages of home ownership
Are we returning to the days of the landed gentry when property is increasingly concentrated in families that can afford it?
Oct 12, 2023•29 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
Competition in Australia. When a few financial institutions control everything.
Competition is good for an economy and consumers but are Australians getting it? Index funds and private equity are on track to dominate the US economy – should they be reigned in?
Oct 05, 2023•29 min
Getting to sustained full employment. Financial contagion and the GFC. Golf participation climbs when people are ‘working’ from home.
How does the recent white paper plan to address under and unemployment? A former RBA board member reflects on the early days of the GFC when financial contagion threatened the global economy. Mid-week golf is booming but shouldn’t you be at work?
Sep 28, 2023•29 min
Menopause is costing the economy a fortune. El Nino weather and its impact. Central Bank Digital Currencies explained.
How women and their employers are paying a big price because of menopause. El Nino weather and its impact on economic staples. What are Central Bank Digital Currencies and could they change the financial landscape?
Sep 21, 2023•29 min
We shouldn’t be as alarmed about an economic slowdown in China: Here’s why.
What a slowdown in China means for Australia. How the rapid rise of the consumer class will change the world. How companies profit from our inattention to auto renewed subscriptions.
Sep 14, 2023•29 min
Sucked in by drip pricing.
Are we still on the narrow path to a soft landing? What the latest figures tell us. The psychology behind drip pricing and how not to get tricked by it. Why big shifts in Ireland’s economic data are causing concern for Eurozone economists.
Sep 07, 2023•29 min
What’s holding up the green energy transition?
By 2030, 82 per cent of our power is supposed to come from renewables. We’re not on track.
Aug 31, 2023•29 min
The 2023 Intergenerational report: Getting ready for 2063
For future generations, what is the legacy of our current public policies and what issues might Australia have to confront in forty years time? What makes Islamic banking different?
Aug 24, 2023•29 min
The job market softens (a bit). Why we prefer tax agents. Would you trust an economist?
What do the latest indicators tell us about the state of the labour market? How we embrace the online world in almost everything- except lodging our tax returns. Why aren’t economists more highly regarded?
Aug 17, 2023•29 min
Overdue invoices and what they signal. Working from home – employers v workers. The hidden costs of online shopping returns.
The rise in debt collection and the late payment of invoices could be the canary in the coal mine for some industries. How are workplaces responding to working from home and what are the tensions? Why returning unwanted goods bought online isn’t really free.
Aug 10, 2023•29 min
The move to higher mortgage costs. The value of name and place. Inequality and the reporting of finance
As interest rates rise are home owners coping with the transition from low to higher mortgage costs? What the trade row with the EU over geo-indicators means for Australian food producers. How financial news reporting favours the rich and fuels inequality.
Aug 03, 2023•29 min
Gigonomics and the Swifties
Taylor Swift is on track to make $US 1 billion from her world tour. Here’s how she (and other superstars) make so much.
Jul 27, 2023•29 min
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.
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
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
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