All Episodes

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