All 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