All Episodes
The Economists — 55 episodes
“Mugged by reality”: COVID choices that are hard to make
Richard Thaler on "Nudging" the pandemic, climate change and retirement saving
GDP figures strong but difficult days ahead
Big data
Valuing nature
Why are home prices soaring?
Australia’s trade tensions with China
Is the inflation dragon coming back?
How is the immigration pause affecting Australia's economy?
Unemployment: How low can we go?
The decline of high school economics
Australia 2061: older, smaller and more in debt
Lockdowns and the path forward
Economic 'Armageddon' as we head towards recession. Now what?
Why you shouldn't need a degree to understand economics
Who will suffer the most from the COVID shutdown?
A recession like no other
After the COVID-19 shut down, what will work look like?
Finding the right incentives to navigate COVID-19
Will market co-operation lead to post-pandemic collusion?
Why young people will struggle the most in the COVID-19 recovery
War chest or treasure chest? Is the answer to COVID-19 more debt?
Surviving COVID-19: how much is a human life 'worth'?
As the coronavirus marches on, can wartime measures save us from a depression?
It's not about the debt, it's the way that you pay it: economic survival in the age of coronavirus
The contagious recession — Will coronavirus cause a global financial crisis?
Dissecting the GDP 'sausage'- what do financial growth numbers actually mean?
How coronavirus is damaging the dollar and the 'wage theft' hot potato
Australia's post-election economic outlook: how to remain recession-free
Productive ideas for the new government
Where's my pay rise? The economics of wages
Climate policy and Australia's energy future
Immigration nation
Debt, deficits and good housekeeping: what's the fuss about?
The joy of tax
Elections and economics
The economics of expectations and norms
When it comes to spending money, do we care what other people think?
Can we be happy without money?
Why we will never solve inequality
The economics of love and loyalty
The tyranny of measurement
Ageing Australia
Today or later? Time preference economics
A nudge is all we need
The economics of expectations and norms
What is money?
When it comes to spending money, do we care what other people think?
Is Medicare really 'unsustainable'?
Why we will never solve inequality
The economics of gender and the invisible work force
The joy of tax: why we are happy to pay it
Can we be happy without money?
Is education a waste of time and money?
The economics of love and loyalty