Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchESG: useful concept or greenwashing? w/ Rachel Baird & Stephen Howell, Effective Governance - EP145
Episode 145
ESG, short for environmental, social, and governance, is proving difficult for companies to implement in practice, and some have been accused of gree…
4 years, 3 months ago
Advertising & surveillance capitalism w/ John August - EP144
Episode 144
What does economics have to say about the huge amount of advertising directed at us everyday, much of it specifically targeted in this age of surveil…
4 years, 3 months ago
Stagflation: be alert, not alarmed - EP143
Episode 143
The World Bank has downgraded its global economic growth forecast and has warned of the rising risk of stagflation. What is stagflation and how likel…
4 years, 4 months ago
Is a US recession imminent? w/ Michael Knox, Chief Economist, Morgans Financial - EP142
Episode 142
Michael Knox, Chief Economist of Morgans Financial, explains how he predicted high US inflation based on the magnitude of the federal deficit compare…
4 years, 4 months ago
How I became an economist + advice for aspiring economists w/ show host Gene Tunny - EP141
Episode 141
Economics Explored host Gene Tunny discusses his career path as an economist and offers advice for aspiring economists in an interview with Francisco…
4 years, 4 months ago
Economic development through savings and credit groups w/ World Neighbors CEO Kate Schecter - EP140
Episode 140
Kate Schecter leads World Neighbors, an international NGO helping poor communities in developing economies lift their living standards through local …
4 years, 4 months ago
The Go Woke, Go Broke hypothesis w/ Darren Brady Nelson - EP139
Episode 139
Companies are being pushed by their employees and by influencers to take positions on social issues - to go woke, so to speak. Sometimes, as occurred…
4 years, 5 months ago
The Pirate Party’s economic policy platform w/ John August - EP138
Episode 138
What does the economic policy platform of a Pirate Party look like? What does it say about intellectual property protection (i.e. copyright and paten…
4 years, 5 months ago
UBI advocate Michael Haines on its benefits and costs - EP137
Episode 137
Universal Basic Income (UBI) advocate Michael Haines chats with show host Gene Tunny about the benefits and costs of a UBI, with an extensive discuss…
4 years, 5 months ago
Wider economic benefits of infrastructure projects - EP136
Episode 136
Wider economic benefits are increasingly being estimated in economic assessments of infrastructure projects. Show host Gene Tunny and his colleague A…
4 years, 5 months ago