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White Elephant Stampede – podcast chat w/ Scott Prasser

Posted on October 15, 2022 by Gene Tunny

Queensland has had more than its fair share of white elephant projects, including the Toowooomba Wellcamp quarantine facility and the Gold Coast desalination plant. The economics and politics of white elephants are considered in a new book from Connor Court … Continue reading →

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Why the National Accounts matter: podcast chat with Brendan Markey-Towler

Posted on August 20, 2022 by Gene Tunny

This century’s great trends in the Australian economy are evident in the National Accounts data (Chart 1):  a halving of the relative economic contribution of domestic manufacturing, partly due to the car industry shutdown;  the periodic resources booms which have … Continue reading →

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Global stagflation risk increasing – my latest podcast episode

Posted on June 11, 2022 by Gene Tunny

Earlier this week, the World Bank cut its global economic growth forecast and warned of the risk of 1970s-type global stagflation, with a coincidence of high inflation and low growth and high unemployment. I had already decided to cover stagflation … Continue reading →

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RBA’s next move: 25, 40, or 50 basis points? Michael Knox says 50 on Economics Explored

Posted on June 4, 2022 by Gene Tunny

Next Tuesday, the RBA will increase the cash rate again, but it’s uncertain by just how much. Reuters is reporting RBA to raise rates a modest 25 bps in June, some call for 40 bps, where bps stands for basis … Continue reading →

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Thriving, a new book by Wayne Visser, Cambridge pracademic and sustainability expert – my latest podcast episode

Posted on March 14, 2022 by Gene Tunny

Wayne Visser, of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and Antwerp Management School, has written a thoughtful and informative new book Thriving: The Breakthrough Movement to Regenerate Nature, Society, and the Economy. Wayne is reassuringly optimistic about the future of … Continue reading →

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UBI podcast chat w/ Ben Phillips, ANU Associate Professor and microsimulation modeller

Posted on February 12, 2022 by Gene Tunny

My latest podcast episode features a conversation about the pros and cons of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) with my old UQ economics classmate Ben Phillips, now an Associate Professor at the ANU. Ben is one of Australia’s leading modellers … Continue reading →

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Women in economics podcast chat with Leonora Risse (RMIT, ex-Harvard Women and Public Policy program)

Posted on January 29, 2022 by Gene Tunny

Earlier this week, I spoke with Australian Women in Economics Network (WEN) chair Dr Leonora Risse, of RMIT and formerly of Harvard’s Women and Public Policy program, about how WEN is promoting greater gender diversity in the economics profession. Leonora’s … Continue reading →

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UQ’s brilliant Critical Thinking Project explored in my latest podcast episode

Posted on January 22, 2022 by Gene Tunny

In my latest podcast conversation with Philosophy Professor Deb Brown, I learned about the Critical Thinking Project run out of the University of Queensland. This is much needed in these confusing times, in which no one trusts politicians or traditional … Continue reading →

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US libertarian public finance expert Dan Mitchell slams the “global tax cartel” Australia has joined

Posted on January 15, 2022 by Gene Tunny

Last year, Australia signed up to the OECD-led push for a global minimum corporate tax rate of 15%, a measure designed to reduce the profit-shifting to low-tax countries which occurs and disadvantages higher corporate tax rate countries such as Australia, … Continue reading →

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Was COP26 just a talkfest? Latest podcast episode with Scott Hook, a former COP adviser for Pacific nations

Posted on December 11, 2021 by Gene Tunny

I caught up with my colleague Scott Hook recently to review the outcomes, or arguably lack of outcomes, of the COP26 climate change summit which was held in Glasgow last month (see Economics Explored episode 117). Scott has previously attended … Continue reading →

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