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Back to SearchUBI: Universal Basic Income w/ Ben Phillips, ANU - EP126
Episode 126
The economics of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) is explored with Ben Phillips, Associate Professor at the Australian National University, and a leadi…
4 years, 8 months ago
Price controls to fight inflation a bad idea + infrastructure lessons from POTUS 21 Chester Arthur w/ Larry Reed - EP125
Episode 125
Price controls are being suggested by some commentators as a way to fight inflation. But, as Lawrence W. Reed, President Emeritus of the Foundation f…
4 years, 8 months ago
Women in Economics w/ Dr Leonora Risse of RMIT, Melbourne - EP124
Episode 124
RMIT’s Dr Leonora Risse, formerly of Harvard’s Women and Public Policy Program, argues greater gender diversity in economics would improve the qualit…
4 years, 8 months ago
Truth (or the lack of it) in politics and how to think critically with help from Descartes - EP123
Episode 123
Why politicians need to stop lying and cut the endless BS. A conversation with Philosophy Professor Deb Brown, Director of the Critical Thinking Proj…
4 years, 8 months ago
Dan Mitchell on the global tax cartel and California’s economic suicide - EP122
Episode 122
136 countries have agreed to implement a global minimum corporate tax rate of 15%. Renowned US public policy economist Dr Dan Mitchell explains why h…
4 years, 9 months ago
What is the Economy? And Why It Matters to You | EP121
Episode 121
What is the Economy? And Why It Matters to You is a new book from UK economics writers Beth Leslie and Joe Richards, who are interviewed in this epis…
4 years, 9 months ago
120: Inflation, Covid, China & Crypto - looking back on 2021 and forward to 2022
Episode 120
2021 saw accelerating inflation in advanced economies, the pandemic continuing, cracks appearing in the Chinese economic model, and massive price gro…
4 years, 9 months ago
What Tony Makin taught us about macroeconomics with ex-Ambassador to OECD, Alex Robson
Episode 119
The late Professor Tony Makin was a leading Australian economist who made major contributions to the economic policy debate in Australia on the balan…
4 years, 9 months ago
EP118: The Skyscraper Curse and Austrian Economics with Mark Thornton, Mises Institute
Episode 118
There is an eerie correlation between the construction of a new world’s tallest building and economic crisis, the so-called Skyscraper Curse. Prof. M…
4 years, 10 months ago
COP26 Glasgow Climate Change Summit: Success or Failure?
Episode 117
The COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow in 2021 disappointed many advocates for strong action on climate change. Economics Explored host Gene Tunn…
4 years, 10 months ago