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Tag Archives: usa
Gender pay gap recap – latest podcast episode
Andrew Leigh MP’s Inequality Bites video Underpaid & Over It prompted me to have another look at the gender pay gap in my latest Economics Explained podcast episode. Resources mentioned in the episode include: Blau and Kahn JEL article on … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market
Tagged australia, bias, discrimination, genderpaygap, genderwagegap, industry, jobs, labourmarket, men, occupation, pay, usa, women
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Seven Habits podcast discussion
In the latest episode of my podcast, I discuss one of my all-time favourite books, Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, with regular podcast guest Tim Hughes. I focus on the relevance of the 7 Habits to economists. … Continue reading
Posted in Productivity, Uncategorized
Tagged 7habits, australia, coronavirus, covid-19, habits, marginalcost, productivity, tariffs, trade, trump, usa
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US infrastructure: lessons from Australia, with Darren Brady Nelson – Economics Explained EP36
I recently spoke with Darren Brady Nelson about his new Heartland Institute Policy Brief How to fix America’s crumbling infrastructure: lessons from Australia. You can now listen to our conversation which I’ve published as Economics Explained EP36. Darren is an … Continue reading
Posted in Competition policy, Infrastructure, Uncategorized
Tagged airports, america, assetrecycling, competition, efficiency, heartlandinstitute, infrastructure, monopoly, nationalcompetitionpolicy, ncp, optus, privatization, productivitycommission, telecommunications, telstra, us, usa, vodafone
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Highlights of recent coronavirus-related podcast episodes
In my latest Economics Explained podcast episode, I review some of the big issues covered in recent episodes on coronavirus. Brisbane-based businessman Tim Hughes of Urban Ergo and I react to excerpts of recent episodes and discuss the important policy … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged australia, bailouts, coronaimmunity, coronavirus, covid-19, covidsafe, debt, mmt, modernmonetarytheory, moneyprinting, nz, quantitytheoryofmoney, radicaluncertainty, uk, usa
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COVID-19, machine trading & financial markets with Michael Knox – Economics Explained EP27
Why are financial markets swinging so wildly in response to the novel coronavirus, COVID-19? Yesterday I spoke with Michael Knox, Chief Economist of Morgans, who thinks it’s related to the machine trading programs which dominate financial markets. Today, I’ve published … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomy, Uncategorized
Tagged australia, bonds, china, coronavirus, covid-19, equities, fed, liquidity, machinetrading, momentum, sharemarket, stockmarket, usa
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Entrepreneurship with Prof. Peter G. Klein – latest Economics Explained episode
My latest Economics Explained episode on entrepreneurship featuring Professor Peter G. Klein of Baylor University is now available. Many universities now offer courses in entrepreneurship, as students have been inspired by tech entrepreneurs such as Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. … Continue reading
Posted in Industry policy, Macroeconomy, Tax, Uncategorized
Tagged austin, australia, creativedestruction, economicgrowth, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, innovation, siliconvalley, usa
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Cannabis with Dr Stephen Thornton – latest Economics Explained episode
Several jurisdictions around the world, such as the US states of California and Colorado, have legalised cannabis, also known as marijuana. In Australia, the Australian Capital Territory will become the first Australian jurisdiction to legalise recreational cannabis use on the … Continue reading
Posted in Social policy, Tax
Tagged act, australia, california, cannabis, cannpal, colorado, marijuana, medicinalcannabis, mentalhealth, organizedcrime, pot, queensland, recreationalcannabis, regulateandtax, supplyanddemand, usa
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The Fight on the Right – latest International Liberty post features my interview with Dr Dan Mitchell
Well known US economist and pundit Dr Dan Mitchell has featured my Economics Explained interview with him in the latest instalment of his Fight on the Right series of posts on his International Liberty blog: Fight on the Right part … Continue reading
Posted in Tax, Uncategorized
Tagged capitalism, denmark, government, sizeofgovernment, statecapacitylibertarianism, supplyside, tax, usa, usright
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