Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchClimate change with Nicki Hutley from Deloitte Access Economics
Episode 25
In an Australian ABC News story in early February, Deloitte Access Economics Partner Nicki Hutley referred to the potential cost of climate change as…
6 years, 7 months ago
The FIRE movement with Dr Di Johnson
Episode 24
Bloggers such as Mr Money Mustache and the Financial Samurai have been responsible for starting a new movement: the FIRE movement. FIRE stands for Fi…
6 years, 7 months ago
Entrepreneurship with Professor Peter G. Klein
Episode 23
Many universities now offer courses in entrepreneurship, as students have been inspired by tech entrepreneurs such as Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. …
6 years, 7 months ago
Antitrust with Danielle Wood from the Grattan Institute
Episode 22
The massive market power of the big tech companies, such as Google, Facebook, and Amazon, has prompted a renewed interest in antitrust laws. To help …
6 years, 8 months ago
Surveillance Capitalism with Darren Brady Nelson
Episode 21
So-called surveillance capitalism was one of the big issues for the 2020s identified in the first Economics Explained episode this year. Google, Face…
6 years, 8 months ago
Innovation + Equality with Dr Andrew Leigh MP
Episode 20
Australian economist and federal Member of Parliament Dr Andrew Leigh is interviewed about his new book with co-author Professor Joshua Gans Innovati…
6 years, 8 months ago
Cannabis with Dr Stephen Thornton
Episode 19
Several jurisdictions around the world, such as the US states of California and Colorado, have legalised cannabis, also known as marijuana. In Austra…
6 years, 8 months ago
Government spending and economic growth with Dr Dan Mitchell
Episode 18
Here’s a link to Dr Dan Mitchell’s International Liberty blog.
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1:40 – Gene mentions the Optimal …6 years, 9 months ago
Global population growth
Episode 17
There are currently around 7.7 billion people in the world. The UN is projecting global population will increase to 9.7 billion by 2050 and to nearly…
6 years, 9 months ago
Big economic issues for the 2020s
Episode 16
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2:15 – Larry Summers’s secular stagnation hypothesis (see his Peterson Institute talk);4:10 – dis…6 years, 9 months ago