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Is Labour right to cut tax incentives for housing speculators?
Season 1 Episode 508
This week Phil and Steve dig into the storm of controversy over Australia's new budget rules targeting property speculators. The Labor government has…
2 months, 1 week ago
Hedging an Uncertain Future
Season 1 Episode 507
This week Phil challenges Steve on how the futures market handles terminal risk, pointing out that oil prices slope downward over time simply because…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Conditioned to borrow, not save
Season 1 Episode 506
This week Phil and Steve dismantle the structural shift of the global economy toward a permanent state of debt dependence. Following a critique of St…
3 months ago
Improving Productivity
Season 1 Episode 505
In this episode of Debunking Economics, Steve Keen dismantles the mainstream economic obsession with "Total Factor Productivity" (TFP), labeling it a…
3 months, 1 week ago
Beating inflation?
Season 1 Episode 504
Phil and Steve analyze the 2026 return of double-digit inflation, characterizing it as a structural cost-push crisis rather than the result of excess…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
More Central Bank Independence?
Season 1 Episode 503
In this episode, Phil Dobbie and Steve Keen dissect Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey’s push for greater central bank independence, a move Baile…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Energy - the AI Achille's Heel
Season 1 Episode 502
In this episode of the Debunking Economics podcast, Phil Dobbie and Professor Steve Keen explore the precarious intersection of the ongoing global en…
4 months ago
The looming diesel disaster
Season 1 Episode 501
Phil and Steve discuss the escalating global energy crisis and Australia’s precarious response. They critique the government’s move to lower fuel pri…
4 months, 1 week ago
Understanding the Value of Value
Season 1 Episode 500
In this episode of the Debunking Economics podcast, Phil Dobbie and Steve Keen explore the core of economic theory: the definition of value. They con…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Compound Growth in a Finite World
Season 1 Episode 499
This week Phil and Steve examine the concept of compound interest and its inextricable link to exponential growth in a world with finite resources. T…
4 months, 3 weeks ago