The Economists Podcast
1) “Mugged by reality”: COVID choices that are hard to make
Economics is called the dismal science in part because it is about hard choices — situations where we can't have our cake and eat it too. Last year it seemed as if COVID wasn't one of them. Keeping th...Show More
2) Richard Thaler on "Nudging" the pandemic, climate change and retirement saving
Professor Richard Thaler has spent his career investigating how people really behave – how we save for retirement, what we choose to eat, how we use energy. Through understanding the many reasons for ...Show More
Richard Thaler on "Nudging" the pandemic, climate change and retirement saving
30:08 | Sep 9th, 2021
3) GDP figures strong but difficult days ahead
The underlying strength in the Australian economy has again beat many expectations; the nation's economy rose 0.7 per cent in the June quarter. However, the figures are like a look in the rear-view mi...Show More
4) Big data
Huge amounts of information, known as administrative data, are being used by government and researchers to know what you need, even before you need it. How are linkages between data sets, and trackin...Show More
5) Valuing nature
A landmark report has urged the world's governments to come up with a better form of national accounting from GDP, to reflect the value and depletion of nature. Plus, an update on carbon markets and t...Show More
6) Why are home prices soaring?
House prices in Australia are climbing at rates we’ve seldom seen. In all age groups, there is more renting and less home ownership than there used to be. Is housing supply part of the problem? Guest...Show More
7) Australia’s trade tensions with China
China has argued the tariffs on Australian goods such as wine and barley, are justified by Australia “dumping” products at low cost on the Chinese market and propping up the sectors with unfair subsid...Show More
8) Is the inflation dragon coming back?
Australia's annual inflation rate has jumped to 3.8%, up from just 1.1%. Inflation is also rising in the United States – but is it really a worry? Plus, the Australian-led innovation to bring the Cons...Show More
9) How is the immigration pause affecting Australia's economy?
The closure of Australia’s border to immigration has provided a rare chance to assess in stark terms how important immigration is to Australia. So far, unemployment is at record lows and we’re spendin...Show More
10) Unemployment: How low can we go?
Australia's unemployment rate has fallen to 4.9 per cent, with almost 30,000 jobs created in June according to the official Bureau of Statistics data. The last time it was this low was a decade ago. C...Show More