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Thriving, a new book by Wayne Visser, Cambridge pracademic and sustainability expert – my latest podcast episode
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
Posted in Environment, Macroeconomy
Tagged australia, business, carbonprice, climatechange, coal, deforestation, disruption, ecology, economics, environment, externalities, innovation, nature, queensland, sustainability
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UBI podcast chat w/ Ben Phillips, ANU Associate Professor and microsimulation modeller
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
Women in economics podcast chat with Leonora Risse (RMIT, ex-Harvard Women and Public Policy program)
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
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged economics, genderdiversity, genderpaygap, identitypolitics, women
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UQ’s brilliant Critical Thinking Project explored in my latest podcast episode
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
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged criticalthinking, economics, philosophy, politics, scientificmethod, truth
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US libertarian public finance expert Dan Mitchell slams the “global tax cartel” Australia has joined
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
Posted in Tax
Tagged australia, california, corporatetax, economics, government, publicchoice, publicfinance, spending, tax
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Was COP26 just a talkfest? Latest podcast episode with Scott Hook, a former COP adviser for Pacific nations
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
Posted in Climate change
Tagged australia, cairns, climatechange, cop26, economics, fiji, ghg, noosa, queensland, sealevel
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Great Resignation chat with Anthony Bersz and Louise Gibson, Remedy Resourcing
The Great Resignation is the label given to the record numbers of people leaving jobs in the US and the UK. For a variety of reasons, many people have re-evaluated their lives and careers during the pandemic. People have quit … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market
Tagged covid-19, economics, employment, greatresignation, jobs, pandemic, recruitment, wfh, work, workingfromhome
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COP26 chat with Grattan’s Tony Wood – climate change, renewables, nuclear, and coal
In Economics Explored Episode 108, leading Australian energy and climate change policy expert Tony Wood from the Grattan Institute explains what COP26, the 2021 climate change conference in Glasgow, is all about and why it’s important. Tony discusses what “Net Zero … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Energy, Mining
Tagged australia, carbonprice, china, climatechange, cop26, economics, greenhousegases, netzero, nuclearenergy, renewables
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Why trust science podcast discussion
I expect the Queensland Government will find it very hard to resist the pressure to end border restrictions once we reach the 80% vaccination target, but the report in The Australian today reminds us that even that isn’t guaranteed: Jab … Continue reading
Posted in Health
Tagged climatechange, covid-19, economics, evidence, experiments, falsification, rct, science, scientificmethod
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Cash for Jabs and other incentives for vaccinations against COVID-19
Governments around the world are experimenting with various incentives such as cash and free beer to encourage vaccinations against COVID-19. In episode 100 of my Economics Explored podcast, I chat with Melbourne-based economist and regulatory economics expert Isaac Katz about … Continue reading
Posted in Health
Tagged cashforjabs, coronavirus, covid-19, economics, incentives, pandemic, vaccination, vaccine
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