Different generations talking about future generations
Sophie Howe and Alison Pennington, women from different generations but with the same goal to improve the living conditions of younger and future generations.
Episodes
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
Subscriptions, drip pricing and the cost of returning online shopping
Pay attention to what you're subscribing to, what you're buying and the cost of online returns.
The cost of tertiary education
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?
The cost of live music
Taylor Swift is on track to make over $US1 billion from her world tour. Here’s how she (and other superstars) make so much.
Presentenomics
The economics of present giving.
PNG and the IMF and, the future of cities
Disagreement between PNG and the IMF and why our future depends on how we shape our cities.
Moves to make the RBA independent and The World Ahead report
Making the RBA independent from the government and The World Ahead report.
Improving competition both in Australia and within the EU and what shoppers want
Improving competition both in Australia and within the EU and what shoppers want from their main street.
The economies of Gaza and Israel and the new Chair of the Productivity Commission
The economic relationship between Gaza and Israel and the new Chair of the Productivity Commission, Danielle Wood.
Headwinds and interest rates; consultancy companies and changes in the CPI
Making sense of what is influencing inflation, consultancy competition and changes in the CPI.
Superannuation funds; interest rate decisions and business expenses
Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones on what super funds need to do; what will the RBA do about interest rates and a cautionary tale about business expenses.
Reporting ESG, global tax evasion and road charges
It's a numbers game when it comes to reporting ESG and paying taxes, or not. And how do you better charge for road usage.
The economic crises that shaped globalisation. Beyond the now: The case for long term thinking.
What we learn from seven economic crashes. Why we should expand our horizons and embraced the long view.
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?
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?
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?
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?
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.
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.
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.
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?
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?
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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?
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'.
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'.