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Fresh Economic Thinking — 129 episodes
Aziz Sunderji makes housing Great Again
FET #78: Reddit finance discovers superannuation's failures, plus Reddit responses and a note on One Nation
FET #77: What's the modern monetary theory (MMT) view on inflation and the interest burden of public debt?
FET #76: Moses Sternstein on the housing shortage myth, demographics, and debt
FET #75: Inheritance taxes seem fair, but policing them seems unfair. Why?
FET #74: How to think about scenarios in the Iran as an economist and scientist, with Paul Frijters
FET #73: Steve Keen on why economists are often blind to the macro cycle (plus housing and more)
FET #72: Jim Penman on zoning, politics and fertility
FET #71: Crémieux on how bad science and fraud lead to bad policy
FET #70: Tim Sneesby is a real life town planner. Why is he making housing so unaffordable?
FET #69: David Maywald explains how the war on masculinity affects health, education, and families
FET #68: Mark Changizi on the Hidden Logic Behind Emotion, Language, and Social Order
Supply starts when speculation ends: Searching for a theory of housing production
FET #67: The story of building a new academy for free thinkers, in a castle, X-Men style
FET #66: Energy, economics, and policy blindspots with Ben Beattie
FET #65: Reaction to "There is no housing crisis"
FET #64: Woke university cancels man for health science research - a chat with James Nuzzo
Economist Cameron Murray on Housing
FET #63: Is Canada's housing market a glimpse into the future for Australia?
FET #62: Does economic complexity mean good jobs and high wages?
FET #61: How investment returns shape housing markets with Mike Fellman
FET #60: The shakedown business
FET #59: Unlearning Economics explains the rent control taboo
FET #58: How to beat the "cost of living crisis" and get financially independent
FET #57: Is it crazy to tax unrealised gains in superannuation? Talking tax with John Humphreys
FET #56: Why does Ben Phillips reckon there is no Australian housing crisis?
FET #55: Daniel Hess on whether housing density destroys fertility
FET #54: Aussie political elections just work
FET #53: How foreign aid fails and why scrapping USAID could empower development
FET #52: Can we save 300 lives and $20 billion a year using basic economics to reduce road fatalities?
FET #51: Paul Frijters on the CORONA PANIC DEBACLE after FIVE years
FET #50: Mark Diesendorf on why a renewables grid is economical
FET #49: Explaining rental inflation
Audiobook: Rigged (Ch 12 & 13 - Consequences and Costs)
FET #48: The "cheap renewables grid" myth with Ben Beattie
Audiobook: Rigged (Ch 11 - Other mates)
Audiobook: Rigged (Ch 10 - Myths)
FET #47: Should you leave Australia? The economics of lifestyle arbitrage
Audiobook: Rigged (Ch 9 - Banking)
FET #46: World-first kids social media ban is unworkable and silly
Audiobook: Rigged (Ch 8 - Burning Money)
FET #45: Why the Aussie construction sector is defying predictions with Rob Sobyra
Audiobook: Rigged (Ch 7 - Mining Games)
Audiobook: Rigged (Ch 6 - Mates)
FET #44: Why bicycle helmet laws are BAD and other violations of Aussie "common sense"
Audiobook: Rigged (Ch 5- Superannuation)
FET #43: Australia's burnout economy with Tarric Brooker
Audiobook: Rigged (Ch 4- Grey gifts)
Audiobook: Rigged (Ch 3- Transport game)
FET #42: Will Australia's TRUTH COMMISSION silence me?
Audiobook: Rigged (Ch 2- Property game)
Explainer: Markets efficiently delay building feasible new homes
Audiobook: Rigged
FET #41: Are the Georgist economic concepts of ATCOR and EBCOR useful in 2024?
FET #40: Wild things the superannuation lobby will say to protect their gravy train
FET #39: Is Cameron just another lazy two-faced economist?
Audiobook: The Great Housing Hijack (Ch23 + Ch24 + Ch25)
FET #38: Michael Matusik talks property cycles and the state of our debate
Audiobook: The Great Housing Hijack (Ch21 + Ch22)
FET #37: Economic facts on housing, childcare, and welfare with Ben Phillips
Audiobook: The Great Housing Hijack (Ch19 + Ch20)
FET #36: Coherent thinking about housing markets with Aziz Sunderji
Audiobook: The Great Housing Hijack (Ch17 + Ch18)
Why are some homes empty?
FET #35: Steven Hail and insights from Modern Monetary Theory
Audiobook: The Great Housing Hijack (Ch15 + Ch16)
A legacy of bad economics from Adam Smith’s Pin Factory
FET #34: UBI, welfare, and economic disruption from AI
Audiobook: The Great Housing Hijack (Ch13 + Ch14)
FET #33: Productivity and its measurement
Audiobook: The Great Housing Hijack (Ch11 + Ch12)
Please stop confusing supply and density in housing debates
FET #32: What is Punter's Politics?
Audiobook: The Great Housing Hijack (Ch9 + Ch10)
Audiobook: The Great Housing Hijack (Ch7 + Ch8)
Audiobook: The Great Housing Hijack (Ch5 + Ch6)
Audiobook: The Great Housing Hijack (Ch3 + Ch4)
Oh no, home prices are above marginal cost!
FET #31: Where is the 'abolish superannuation' lobby?
Are Australian supermarkets the "bad boys" of the economy?
FET #30: Tax fallacies
FET #29: Energy pseudo-market
The United States is still stimulating its economy with Covid-era policy
FET #28: Dangerous housing ideas in the fragile Kiwi ecosystem
FET #27: The Great Housing Hijack chat
Academia Libera Mentis: An oasis for learning
Make welfare better with a Universal Basic Income (UBI)
Finding the Money: Can a film about modern monetary theory change our economic debates?
FET #26: Wallerstein and the terminal crisis of capitalism
FET #25: What's the deal with YIMBYs?
FET #24: Immigration surprise with Leith van Onselen
FET #23: A chat with Aussie FIREBUG about financial Independence
FET #22: Property problems with buyers agent Pete Wargent
FET #21: Aidan Morrison explains the problematic analysis behind the cheap renewables story
FET #20: Tim Helm on why housing supply starts when speculation ends
FET #19: Duty of care to future generations
FET #18: Housing future fund and COVID updates
FET #17: Upzoning case studies
FET #16: Interview with Misha Saul on economics, family, and culture
The great superannuation debate— Part 2
The great superannuation debate— Part 1
FET #15: Can a "f**k up levy" stop our experts failing us?
FET #14: Property investing, cycles, and the legacy of Henry George with guest Catherine Cashmore
FET #13: Degrowth, decoupling, and how to get good environmental outcomes
FET #12: The great unwinding of COVID and crypto
FET #11: And no one cares...
FET #10: What's your EMTR?
FET #9: Do expensive houses make us all rich?
FET #8: Should we vote for policies or people?
FET #7: Local relevance syndrome
FET #6: Rigged: How Australia really works
FET #5: Why we need a public housing developer
FET #4: Gas supply crisis and corruption
FET #3: Will Bitcoin ever be a real currency?
FET #2: Do we need more waste?
FET #1: Is superannuation a scam?
A fresh direction for the pod
Dystopian nightmare of zero covid in China
China's social credit system
NZ protests and High Court ruling
Canada update - emergency powers and protest
William Partlett: Victoria's pandemic response bill should concern everyone
Dr Sascha Callaghan: bioethicist on limits of health expertise
Misha Saul: don't handcuff dudes who are alone in the bush
Julian Burnside QC: trust the authorities on protest ban
Bonus: George Williams - the biosecurity emergency
James Allan: the case against bills of rights
Charles Firth on Comedy and Free Speech
Cameron Murray questions lockdown