Dollars & Sense
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Dollars & Sense is a news podcast hosted by The Australia Institute. It has 100 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.
Economic data can tell us a lot about what's happening the economy and society, but it's easy to get lost in data. Dollars and Sense dives into the latest economic figures to explain how they impact you and what they tell us about the state of the Australian economy, with host Greg Jericho, Chief Economist at the Australia Institute and the Centre for Future Work and popular columnist of Grogonomics with Guardian Australia.
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Will Trump send Australia into recession?
It’s time to tax gas properly
Fuel price gouging is…legal?!
Double pain for Australians as interest rate and oil price hikes bite
FFS: fossil fuel subsidies cost Australia $30,000 a minute
Future uncertain as US says war on Iran has ‘only just begun'
Why the wealthiest don’t need another tax cut
Real wages are down, but apparently inflation is all your fault
Are record property prices on the way (again)?
How Australian high schools became the most expensive in the developed world
BREAKING: Australia's housing market still cooked
It's a time for bravery
Is this growth...good?!
This inequality isn't inevitable
The gas industry’s “huge con”
How bad policy created a housing crisis
Inflation beats employment by the length of the straight (sigh)
Reddit to the rescue: watchdog sues Microsoft after AI price-hike complaints
How gold became a memecoin
Pots and kettles: Trump trades barbs with China over trade
Housing affordability to get worse as big corporates do annual tax magic
The housing market just got more cooked
How ScoMo stuffed the GST
The biggest risk to Australia’s economy
Robodebt and super tax: Rob the poor, feed the rich?
Productivity crisis? Australia’s “lazy” oligopolies could step up
How not to impose a tariff
Red mist over the red tape cop-out
Price gouging is profitable, more news at 11
The problem with productivity
Lowest inflation since Covid, but will the RBA act?
Australia is a low-taxing nation
Special treatment: why are defence dollars different?
RBA moves goalposts and keeps rates on hold
Negative gearing is back, baby!
The rich cry poor; the media laps it up
The rich are getting richer
Greg's productivity wishlist
Why Australia's economic growth is "pathetic"
Rates are down (Elinor still can’t afford a house)
Is the fight against inflation over?
The economy (it still exists)
If not now, when?
Your election questions answered
Defence: too much is never enough
Crushing the Australian (and Elinor's) dream
Actually though, what the hell is going on in the economy?
Trump's tariffs won't wreck Australia's economy. But America's could be cooked.
A Budget that does no harm (sort of)
Greg's budget wishlist
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