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Economics Explored — 323 episodes
Gig Economy Pay Rises, Café Closures and the Zero-Sum Fallacy
How Good Tax Policy Gets Made and How It Doesn't: GST vs Capital Gains Tax in Australia
Dams, Development & Hyper Australia w/ Senator Matt Canavan, National Party Leader
Taxing Capital More in a Productivity Slump? Perverse Policy in Australia
Debt and Deficits: Have We Lost Discipline? w/ Sinclair Davidson & John Humphreys
Have We Gone Too Far on Free Trade?
Housing Crisis: Supply, Demand, or Both? w/ John Humphreys and Tom Switzer
Fuel, Fertiliser, and Fear Down Under - ep314
AI, Jobs, and the Value of Ideas w/ Benjamin Shiller, Brandeis University
Why Productivity Matters for Living Standards | Australia’s Productivity Problem
Argentina’s Radical Economic Turnaround
A Pro-Growth Tax Reform Agenda for Australia
What Would Adam Smith Make of Australia? | A C+ Scorecard
What Counts as Economic Activity — and What Doesn’t
Why Economists Defend Free Speech
Auckland Upzoning: Hype or Housing Fix?
AI, Power & the Future of Politics w/ Bruce Schneier, Harvard Kennedy School
Why Roman Interest Rates Collapsed After Augustus Won | Fertility Economics Questions Answered | Friedman & Reagan on the Gold Standard – ep 304
Is Gold Flashing a Warning Sign? ep303
Should Australia “Make Things Again”? - ep302
The AI Boom: Innovation or Irrational Exuberance? w/ Aman Verjee - ep301
The Great Baby Bust: Why It Happened and What It Means for Us - ep300
Shutdown Showdown: What It Really Means - ep299
Is Net Zero Achievable—or Just a Slogan? Highlights from episodes with Matt Canavan, Nicki Hutley, Tony Wood & John Humphreys - ep298
Debt, Inflation & Unrest: Western Warnings - ep297
Don’t Fight the Market: A Price Mechanism Masterclass - ep296
Beyond the Roundtable: Real Solutions for Australia’s Productivity Plunge - ep295
AI’s Economic Disruption: Infinite Intelligence at our Fingertips? w/ Prof. Chris Berg & John Humphreys - ep294
Cash Flow Tax, Gas Bans & Big Government w/ John Humphreys - ep293
Raleigh’s Rise: America’s #1 Best-Performing City w/ Kyle Touchstone, Raleigh Economic Development
Interest Rates, Australia’s 3 Biggest Challenges, Global Fertility Crash, & the Tobin Tax Debate w/ John Humphreys, Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance
Listener Mailbag: Starve the Beast, Property Tax, and NDIS & Productivity Debates
Chaos is Costly: Navigating Economic Uncertainty w/ Rebecca Homkes, Duke Corporate Education
Australia’s Productivity Problem: Can It Be Fixed? w/ John Humphreys, Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance
What if Fort Knox Gold is Impure or Missing?
The Global Economic Chessboard: Trump, Trade, and Transformation w/ Emmanuel Daniel
Beyond Stocks and Bonds: Exploring Alternative Assets, e.g. private credit, VC, farmland, infrastructure w/ Kim Flynn, XA Investments
Exploring the Future of Personalized AI w/ Lotic CEO Bill Welser
Smarter Density: A Blueprint for Better Cities w/ top US architect Kevin Kennon
Rethinking Property and Taxation: The Georgist Approach w/ John August
The Gangster Method in Tariff and Trade Negotiations: w/ Nicholas Gruen
Trump’s Tariffs: Art of the Deal or Economic Disaster? w/ Darren Brady Nelson - Bonus Episode
Inside Project FASTT: Real-Time Payments for All w/ the World Bank's Nilima Ramteke - EP278
Fixing Australia’s Housing Crisis: Fusion’s Plan w/ Owen Miller - EP277
Gallium, Hafnium & the Strategic Metals Shaping Our World w/ Louis O’Connor, Strategic Metals Invest - EP276
What HS2, Channel Tunnel & Sydney Opera House Teach Us about Project Management w/ Adam Boddison OBE - EP275
Patriarchy Inc. - Gender and Workplace Dynamics w/ Cordelia Fine - EP274
Bang for Your Buck in Economic Development: Access to Town Water, Roads to Connect Isolated Communities w/ Kate Schecter, World Neighbors - EP273
Does Free Trade Benefit Everyone? A Deep Dive into the Stolper-Samuelson Theorem - EP272
Industrial Policy vs Free Trade w/ Ian Fletcher, Coalition for a Prosperous America - EP271
How LBOs, Share Buybacks & Private Equity Revolutionized Corporate America: Don Chew’s Case for Transformation - EP270
Jimmy Carter the Great Deregulator, AmFest, MAGA & Migration, and Why Competition? w/ Darren Brady Nelson - EP269
US Debt Ceiling: Why Trump is Right to Call for its Abolition & Gene’s Experience with Aussie Debt Ceiling - EP268
How Global Events are Affecting Coffee Prices w/ Raihaan Esat, International Coffee Traders - EP267
Trump & Trade, France in Crisis, Global Capitalism’s Flaws & Job Losses from AI w/ Jean-Baptiste Wautier - EP266
2024 Highlights: Reagan’s Budget Boss on Trump | Greedy Jobs | Super Abundance | Buffett in Omaha | Housing & Immigration
Uncertainty and Enterprise: Harnessing Imagination and Narrative w/ Prof. Amar Bhidé - EP264
Elite Networks: The Hidden Driver of Inequality? w/ Vuk Vukovic - EP263
Is DeFi the Future of Finance? Exploring VirtuSwap’s Vision w/ Prof. Evgeny Lyandres - EP262
Trump 2.0 w/ Top Wisconsin Door-Knocker & Economist Darren Brady Nelson - EP261
Japan’s Corporate Comeback: Inside the Resolute Japan Model, w/ Wharton Prof. Michael Useem - EP260
The China Business Conundrum: One Bed, Two Dreams w/ Ken Wilcox, former CEO, SVB - EP259
Abundance Mindset: Exploring the Super Abundance Thesis w/ Marian Tupy, Cato Institute - EP258
UBI Experiment: Success or Failure? Insights from Sam Altman’s Trial - EP257
The Future of VC: Blockchain, Web3, and Emerging Markets w/ Qin En Looi, Partner, Saison Capital - EP256
Balancing Needs & Wants: Chris Ball, Hoxton Wealth, on Global Wealth Management in an Uncertain World - EP255
Efficiency and Externalities: A Q&A on Market Failures - EP254
China’s Economic Future Under Xi & the Australia-China Relationship w/ Emmanuel Daniel - EP253
Franchising Fitness: Lessons from the Expansion of Spartans Boxing Clubs w/ Russell Harrison, CEO - EP252
From Academia to Impact: Transforming Workplaces w/ Achyuta Adhvaryu, Good Business Lab - EP251
RBA Deputy Governor’s ‘Beware False Prophets’ talk: Reactions w/ Michael Knox - EP250
Navigating Volatile Crypto Markets & Avoiding Scams w/ Ben Simpson, Collective Shift - EP249
Australia's Lost Policy Exceptionalism w/ Nicholas Gruen - EP248
Government vs. Private Sector: Who Generates Wealth? - EP247
Dollar Dominance: Can the US Keep Its Edge? w/ Stephen Kirchner - EP246
Popularizing Keynes: How Alvin Hansen and Evsey Domar Shaped Post-War Macroeconomics - EP245
Economic Freedom & Efficiency: Lessons from Australia’s Competition Reforms - EP244
The Revival of Industrial Policy: Should Governments Pick Winners? - EP243
Helping Seattle Aquarium & Others Go to Net Zero and Beyond w/ Daniel Lawse, Verdis Group - EP242
Unveiling Shrinkflation: How Companies Sneak in Price Hikes - EP241
Incubating Startups at the Intersection of Insurance and Technology - Insurtech Gateway w/ Stephen Brittain - EP240
How Good was Adam Smith? 4 Tax Maxims from 250 Years Ago that are Still Fresh - EP239
Reagan, Supply-Side Economics, and Trump w/ Ed Oswald - EP238
The Tax Guru the WSJ says has Wall Street’s “Strangest Hustle”: w/ Andy Lee, Parallaxes Capital - EP237
Housing Crisis and Immigration: Australia's Tough Choices w/ John August - EP236
Is Uncle Sam Running a Ponzi Scheme with the National Debt? w/ Dr Dan Mitchell - EP235
What’s the Future for Charter Cities after the Honduran ZEDE controversy? w/ Jeffrey Mason, Charter Cities Institute - EP234
America’s Retirement Crisis: The Pressing Need to Address Social Security's Financial Woes - EP233
Unlocking the Financial Black Box: Transforming Business Efficiency w/ Andrew Walker - EP232
Alternative Investments & Investable Mega-Trends w/ Ben Fraser, Aspen Funds - EP231
The Gender Pay Debate: Understanding the Factors Behind the Gap w/ Dr Leonora Risse - EP230
AI in Finance: Empowering Investors with Real-time Market Insights w/ Andrew Einhorn, LevelFields - EP229
The Tax Reform Debate: Cutting Through the Spin w/ Simon Cowan, CIS - EP228
Revisiting Ricardo: The Rise and Fall of Ricardian Equivalence
From Jekyll to Hyde: Exploring the Dual Nature of Finance | The Bankers' Club w/ Prof. Gerald Epstein - EP226
How Wall Street Can Help Democracies Survive w/ Marcos Buscaglia - EP225
Reagan’s Budget Boss David Stockman on Trump’s Economic Policies - EP224
Nature Tech and the Future of Business w/ Handprint Tech founder Simon Schillebeeckx - EP223
The Limits of Fiscal Policy: Insights from Tony Makin, Alex Robson & others - EP222
The Power of Economics: A Look Back at the Past 20 Episodes - EP221
Nuclear Power, COVID Policies, & Outsourcing: Thoughts on recent episodes w/ John August - EP220
Exploring Investment Opportunities in 2024 and Beyond, w/ Will Nutting, Nutstuff - EP219
Free Markets & Limited Government: Lessons from the Founding Fathers for Today - EP218
Understanding Income & Growth Stats & How Bad Incentives Can Disadvantage the Poor w/ Josh Crotts, Obsidian Productions - Bonus episode
The Future of Coffee: Climate Change & Rising Prices w/ Raihaan Esat, International Coffee Traders - EP217
Digital Money Demystified w/ Prof. Tonya Evans - EP216
Iceland's Secret: The Untold Story of the World's Biggest Con w/ Jared Bibler - EP215
John Cochrane on Free Markets & Economic Growth and the Fiscal Theory of the Price Level - EP214
Is the American Dream a Broken Promise for Latinos? w/ Dr Paul Rivera - EP213
Carbon as an emerging, liquid asset class w/ Michael Azlen, Carbon Cap Management - EP212
Uncovering the Secrets of Valuing and Selling Businesses w/ Arthur Petropoulos, Hill View Partners - EP211
From Adelaide to Global Power: Young Rupert Murdoch w/ Walter Marsh
Private vs public sector jobs, consulting scandals & economics as an ‘imperialist discipline’ w/ UQPPES - EP209
Growth or Degrowth? w/ Oliver Hartwich, NZ Initiative - EP208
How Ben Bernanke can bring Superforecasting to the Bank of England w/ Nicholas Gruen - EP207
Exploring the Energy Transformation: A Conversation with Tucker Perkins, Propane Education & Research Council - EP206
Gigi Foster estimates COVID lockdowns cost young people 116x any benefits - EP205
Business as Unusual: No such thing as Business as Usual anymore? w/ Rick Yvanovich - EP204
How to improve housing affordability and why the Greedflation thesis is wrong w/ Simon Cowan, CIS - EP203
Australia’s Net Zero transition: successes & challenges w/ Andrew Murdoch, Arche Energy - EP202
Experts and democracy: pandemics, monetary policy & AI w/ Peter Kurti, CIS - EP201
Highlights of last 100 incl. Brad DeLong, Sir David Hendry, Leonora Risse, Andrew May - EP200
The ESG puppet show & taking Liberty seriously w/ Nicholas Gruen - EP199
Sir David Hendry on economic forecasting & the net zero transition - EP198
Democratizing VC Investment Opportunities w/ James Kwan, VentureCrowd - EP197
Do central banks stabilize or destabilize economies? w/ Addison Wiggin, NYT-bestselling-author - EP196
The Paradox of Debt w/ Richard Vague, ex-Sec. of Banking & Securities, Pennsylvania - EP195
Invisible Hand, social media, Goldbacks, crypto & CBDC w/ John August - thoughts on recent episodes - EP194
The importance of physical & mental health for top CEO performance w/ Andrew May - EP193
Exploring the US Banking Crisis with Addison Wiggin - EP192
Immigration & Australia’s housing crisis w/ Alan Kohler - EP191
US debt ceiling & Gene’s Aussie debt ceiling experience in the GFC | Emerging economies debt crisis - EP190
French Journalist Guillaume Pitron argues the Digital World is Costing the Earth - EP189
Seaweed: the next big thing in sustainable agriculture? w/ Scott Spillias, University of Queensland - EP188
Gov’t wellbeing budgets & frameworks: useful or useless? w/ Nicholas Gruen - EP187
The Greedflation hypothesis - EP186
The Invisible Hand: economic, religious, or mystical concept? w/ Dan Sanchez, FEE - EP185
A new Monetary Policy tool to end Inflation and avoid Recession w/ Prof. Larry Marsh, Notre Dame - EP184
What are Goldbacks and who’s buying them - e.g. preppers, libertarians, collectors? w/ Goldback Founder Jeremy Cordon - EP183
Why we’re in the Decisive Decade with China & what the West should do w/ Dr Jonathan D. T. Ward - EP182
Using Coase’s 1937 theory to explain Hutchies doing its own concrete formwork - EP181
Odd way to fix housing crisis proposed by Aus. Gov’t: invest in stocks first w/ Dr Cameron Murray, Sydney Uni.
How to Defeat the Dictators w/ Charles Dunst, Asia Group - EP180
SVB & Credit Suisse | Bank runs & Moral hazard - Bonus episode
Why fiat money means higher inflation & why a radical Reserve Bank review is needed w/ Darren Brady Nelson - EP179
Crypto arbitrage searcher Dave Belvedere on crypto and dApps such as Wizards & Dragons - EP178
How performance-based pay can motivate employees, but there are risks - EP177
How to be a Superforecaster w/ Warren Hatch, CEO of Good Judgment - EP176
Values-based Capitalism: What is the Aussie Treasurer planning? w/ John Humphreys - EP175
China’s falling population & global population update - EP174
Normalization of interest rates & monetary policy - EP173
Do environmental and business sustainability go hand in hand? w/ John Engelander - EP172
Enterprise China: what western businesses need to know w/ Prof. Allen Morrison - EP171
Aussie energy crisis & Net Zero transition w/ Joshua Stabler, Energy Edge - EP170
Chokepoint Capitalism w/ Rebecca Giblin - EP169
Understandable Economics w/ Howard Yaruss, NYU - EP168
Modern markets for all w/ Wingham Rowan - EP167
The Progress Illusion w/ Prof. Jon Erickson, University of Vermont - EP166
Innovative cities, coffee shops & entrepreneurs w/ Christopher Hire - EP165
Structural budget deficits - EP164
Slouching Towards Utopia w/ Brad DeLong - EP163
Preparing the National Accounts w/ Robert Ewing, Australian Bureau of Statistics - EP162
White Elephant Stampede w/ Scott Prasser - EP161
Regional divergence: why cities are growing faster than regions w/ Robert Sobyra | EP160
The future US fiscal crisis & how to avert it w/ Romina Boccia, Cato Institute | EP159
Hyperinflation: what causes it, how to prevent it & how to stop it - EP158
Bitcoin & books w/ author & ex-fighter pilot Lars Emmerich - EP157
The Aussie electricity market malfunction of June 2022 - EP156
EV taxes, congestion charges & taking high-polluting trucks off the roads w/ Marion Terrill - EP155
Fuel prices & electric vehicles (EVs) - EP154
GDP & the National Accounts: What they are and why they matter w/ Brendan Markey-Towler - EP153
ROI of education: how economists estimate it + US economic update - EP152
US recession, climate change & monetary policy w/ Darren Brady Nelson - EP151
Global economic outlook + Aussie inflation & house prices - EP150
Reserve Bank of Australia being reviewed after big mistakes w/ Peter Tulip - EP149
Aussie Conference of Economists wrap-up w/ Leonora Risse & Cameron Murray - EP148
Charter Cities: A Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model w/ Kurtis Lockhart - EP147
China, Taiwan & the Indo-Pacific w/ Dr Greta Nabbs-Keller - EP146
ESG: useful concept or greenwashing? w/ Rachel Baird & Stephen Howell, Effective Governance - EP145
Advertising & surveillance capitalism w/ John August - EP144
Stagflation: be alert, not alarmed - EP143
Is a US recession imminent? w/ Michael Knox, Chief Economist, Morgans Financial - EP142
How I became an economist + advice for aspiring economists w/ show host Gene Tunny - EP141
Economic development through savings and credit groups w/ World Neighbors CEO Kate Schecter - EP140
The Go Woke, Go Broke hypothesis w/ Darren Brady Nelson - EP139
The Pirate Party’s economic policy platform w/ John August - EP138
UBI advocate Michael Haines on its benefits and costs - EP137
Wider economic benefits of infrastructure projects - EP136
Nominal GDP targeting w/ Stephen Kirchner - EP135
The high cost of housing and what to do about it w/ Peter Tulip, CIS Chief Economist - EP134
Investing for success w/ Paul Mladjenovic, author of Stock Investing for Dummies - EP133
The virtues of the free market w/ David Bahnsen - EP132
Concorde’s economic lessons: a closer look - EP131
Thriving w/ Wayne Visser, Cambridge & Antwerp sustainable business expert - EP130
Top 10 insights from economics - EP129
Risk, Cost-benefit analysis, and the Enlightenment w/ Prof. Deb Brown - EP128
US Inflation, Woke Capitalism & China w/ Darren Brady Nelson + weird Aussie tax rules - EP127
UBI: Universal Basic Income w/ Ben Phillips, ANU - EP126
Price controls to fight inflation a bad idea + infrastructure lessons from POTUS 21 Chester Arthur w/ Larry Reed - EP125
Women in Economics w/ Dr Leonora Risse of RMIT, Melbourne - EP124
Truth (or the lack of it) in politics and how to think critically with help from Descartes - EP123
Dan Mitchell on the global tax cartel and California’s economic suicide - EP122
What is the Economy? And Why It Matters to You | EP121
120: Inflation, Covid, China & Crypto - looking back on 2021 and forward to 2022
What Tony Makin taught us about macroeconomics with ex-Ambassador to OECD, Alex Robson
EP118: The Skyscraper Curse and Austrian Economics with Mark Thornton, Mises Institute
COP26 Glasgow Climate Change Summit: Success or Failure?
The Great Resignation
The Opioid Crisis and the War on Drugs with Dr Jeffrey Singer
Tax rules benefiting tech titans and hedge fund managers in the US
Lithium and the new energy revolution with Lukasz Bednarski
Taxing the rich - Billionaire and inheritance taxes
Aussie Senator Matt Canavan - COP26 Dissenting Voices Part 2
COP26 Dissenting Voices Part 1 - Dr Alan Moran
Philosophy and Truth
COP26 climate change summit with Tony Wood, Grattan Institute
Gender differences in negotiation and policy for improvement
COVID lockdowns and vaccine mandates with Dr Gilbert Berdine
Why bad social norms such as FGM can persist
Victimless Crimes with Marc J. Victor
Why Ayn Rand's concept of self-esteem is unreasonable with Dr Michael Edelstein
Arrow's Impossibility Theorem
How do we know what's true or why trust science?
Incentivizing Vaccinations - Cash for Jabs
Carbon border taxes
Political legitimacy with Prof. Phillip LeBel
BS jobs critique + CBDC thoughts from Dr Nicholas Gruen
Managing Government Budgets
BS or pointless jobs
Economics of New Media
Public Choice theory with Dr Brendan Markey-Towler
Nuclear energy and decarbonizing economies
Negotiation and Design Thinking with David Johnson of Stanford
Lockdown Cost-Benefit Analysis with Professor Douglas Allen
CPI inflation concerns with Darren Brady Nelson
Evolutionary Economics with Dr Brendan Markey-Towler
Saving and Investing for Retirement: 401(k)s, IRAs, mutual funds, ETFs, etc.
Decarbonizing the Economy
Business cases for public infrastructure projects
Economics and Religion
Missing Middle Housing & other urban planning issues
Female Breadwinning with Prof. Gigi Foster
Freeing Fiscal Policy from political tinkering with Dr Nicholas Gruen
The Olympics - economic boon or burden?
Running the Numbers on COVID-19 Measures with Prof. Peter Swan
Anarcho-capitalism and a Libertarian analysis of COVID with Prof. Walter Block
The role of the Treasury in Economic Policy with Paul Tilley
Insights from behavioural economics & science regarding COVID responses
The Fed and Inflation Targeting
Industry Assistance and Crony Capitalism with Darren Brady Nelson
Fiscal Stimulus with Prof. Fabrizio Carmignani
Foreign Direct Investment & Productivity
Retail is Detail with Bruno Cortigiani of Merlai
The Circular Economy with Craig Lawrence
Financing the COVID-19 Government Debt
COVID and Wartime – Comparison of economic impacts
Regulating Big Tech
Money and Cryptocurrency
Behavioural Finance with Dr Tracey West of Griffith Business School
Adam Smith and Margaret Thatcher with Dr Eamonn Butler
The Great Reset
Megaprojects with Marion Terrill from Grattan Institute
Economics of the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Internet, AI and Blockchain
Minimum wages and employment
Natural rate of unemployment or NAIRU
Tech Giants challenged by the Media and Governments
Corporate governance & corporate social responsibility
Quantitative Easing as a long-term strategy with Michael Knox
The Precautionary Principle and COVID-19
Rationalising Regulation
COVID-induced border battle in Australia
Economics and Public Policy
What Economists do and why the world needs them
New Normal Post-COVID
Gold with Darren Brady Nelson
The Deficit Myth & Modern Monetary Theory – initial views
Re-opening economies in this time of COVID-19 with Joe Branigan
Challenges of Economic Forecasting in the COVID-19 Pandemic with Prof. Rodney Strachan
Valuing the Environment with Dr Boyd Blackwell
State Government Economic Responses to COVID-19
Dynamic Pricing
Unfreezing Discount Rates with Marion Terrill of the Grattan Institute
Fiscal Vaccine for COVID-19 with Prof. Tony Makin
Gender pay gap recap
Seven Habits of Highly Effective Economists
Picking winners: Industry policy with Craig Lawrence
Uncertainty and the perils of prediction with William M Briggs
US infrastructure: lessons from Australia, with Darren Brady Nelson
Working from home during & after the pandemic with Alison Pennington
Highlights of recent coronavirus-related episodes
Radical Uncertainty with Prof. John Kay CBE
Bailouts in this time of coronavirus with Dr Dan Mitchell
Paying for the coronavirus rescue measures with Joe Branigan
Certified Corona-Immunity as a Resource with Prof. Benno Torgler
Coronavirus responses with Joe Branigan, Tulipwood Economics
Coronavirus policy responses with Dr Nicholas Gruen of Lateral Economics
COVID-19, machine trading & financial markets with Michael Knox
City Infrastructure with Craig Lawrence
Climate change with Nicki Hutley from Deloitte Access Economics
The FIRE movement with Dr Di Johnson
Entrepreneurship with Professor Peter G. Klein
Antitrust with Danielle Wood from the Grattan Institute
Surveillance Capitalism with Darren Brady Nelson
Innovation + Equality with Dr Andrew Leigh MP
Cannabis with Dr Stephen Thornton
Government spending and economic growth with Dr Dan Mitchell
Global population growth
Big economic issues for the 2020s
Highlights of Economics Explained in 2019
Randomised controlled trials & economic development
The Gender Pay Gap with Dr Leonora Risse
Multinational and Personal Tax Avoidance and Evasion
The Media and Digital Disruption with Rebecca Archer
Economics in Two Lessons with John Quiggin
Job platforms and recruitment agencies
Behavioural Economics with Dr Brendan Markey-Towler
Innovation & digital public goods with Nicholas Gruen
Personal Finance
Money on the Screen - Film Industry Economics
The Gig Economy with Darren Brady Nelson
Economics of Infrastructure - Part 2
Economics of apartment living
Economics of Infrastructure - Part 1