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The good news for Australian Labor voters
Season 1 Episode 150
Scott Morrison, or ScoMo as he is colloquially known, is staying on as Australian Prime minister for the next four years, or until his party oust him…
7 years, 3 months ago
Will higher oil prices drive alternative energy investment?
Season 1 Episode 149
Oil prices are pushing back up to the US$80/barrel mark. If they stay above that level could it drive energy producers to more realistically pursue r…
7 years, 3 months ago
Why are some countries rich and others poor?
Season 1 Episode 148
It’s a simple question. Why do some countries, rich is resources, still end up poor? Can we blame it all on dictatorships, corruption and war, or did…
7 years, 3 months ago
UBI and a Debt Jubilee – an economic solution or a reward for sloth?
Season 1 Episode 147
Is a debt jubilee really the best way of ridding the world of near stagnant growth? Would a reset revitalise the economies of the world? And how do w…
7 years, 3 months ago
Does outsourcing create a problem for local economies?
Season 1 Episode 146
There’s an argument that outsourcing to cheaper countries overseas creates job losses and disadvantages the local economy. That’s part of the argumen…
7 years, 3 months ago
Why Steve Keen is voting Liberal in the Aussie election
Season 1 Episode 145
Steve Keen believes the Australian economy is about to tank. If there's a Labor government in charge they will be blamed for the mismanagement of the…
7 years, 4 months ago
Fixing housing affordability
Season 1 Episode 144
House prices are crashing down in Australia, with forecasts for Sydney that they’ll have fallen by 20% from their peak by the end of this year, with …
7 years, 4 months ago
Getting out of the monopoly rut
Season 1 Episode 143
In a recent podcast Phil Dobbie suggested that Australia suffers for its relatively small population size, which restricted competition and meant peo…
7 years, 4 months ago
Interest rates – have they anywhere to go?
Season 1 Episode 142
Interest rates have been low in most parts of the world for some time now – in many places they are actually negative. So, what do central banks do n…
7 years, 5 months ago
The next big recession – when, where and how
Season 1 Episode 141
It seems like we’re due another recession. If you include the dot-com bust then we’ve had significant downturns every 78-9 years since the 1970s. So,…
7 years, 5 months ago