Swagman and Twagets Podcast

John Huwson is an economist with a phd from johns hopkins university. He was leader of the federal liberal party from 19 90 to 19 94. Before being elected to parliament, he worked for the i m f, the r b a, the praser government as an economic adviser. When he left politics in 19 94, a few months before he was due to qualify for the pension paid to former parliamentarians whov served for a particular length of time and went back to work. In this wide ranging conversation, John and i reflect on the degeneration of politics in australia. We discuss australia's housing bubble and precarious position in which it leaves our society