The Economy, Stupid
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Formerly The Money, The Economy, Stupid is your weekly guide to the world of business, economics and finance. Every Thursday, economist Peter Martin is joined by a team of sharp young thinkers for a fresh conversation about the financial stories making headlines and how they might affect you.
Episodes
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Jan 26, 2023 • 30min
International trade and China's growing loneliness economy
Major shifts in global trading blocs and how is the loneliness epidemic affecting China's economy?
Jan 19, 2023 • 30min
Beyond GDP: the health of a nation
What should be included when measuring the health of an economy and nation?
Jan 12, 2023 • 30min
The big business of online sports betting
The business model of online sports betting.
Jan 5, 2023 • 30min
Streaming Services both video and music
What is the economic model of streaming, both music and video, and who benefits?
Dec 29, 2022 • 30min
Economics and the environment
Devastating floods, droughts and storms have been a feature of 2022. How can economics help, or not, with the effects of climate change?
Dec 22, 2022 • 30min
Sanctions and Oligarchs
The economics of sanctions and how the West enables oligarchs.
Dec 15, 2022 • 30min
Energy caps; Christmas spend and edible economics
The Money explains how the Australian economy and everything in it works.
Dec 8, 2022 • 30min
Energy prices; affordable housing and The World Ahead report
There are increases in energy prices and in the number of people sleeping rough. Both of these topics will be discussed as well as what lies ahead next year.
Dec 1, 2022 • 0sec
Inflation, jobs, and tax and government
Inflation, jobs and taxation. What is the latest data telling us and what are the challenges for a tax state like Australia in the near future?
Nov 24, 2022 • 30min
Wages; the IMF; and climate change and democracy
The Money looks at what else can be done about wages; where countries are turning for financial assistance and the correlation between climate change and autocratic rule.
