The Economy, Stupid
ABC
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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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.
Nov 17, 2022 • 30min
Costly floods and Chokepoint Capitalism
The cost of this year's floods and how we're been caught up in chokepoint capitalism.
Nov 10, 2022 • 30min
The very expensive US mid-term elections and IR in Denmark
Industrial relations in Denmark and the very expensive US mid-term elections.
Nov 3, 2022 • 30min
Rental Crisis
The rental crisis. Why is it happening and what can be done about it?
Oct 27, 2022 • 30min
Delivering a budget during difficult times
What makes this federal budget different from previous ones and how do you accommodate domestic and international economic pressures. And, a pivotal moment for world economic policy.
Oct 20, 2022 • 0sec
Economic implications of the Chinese Communist Party Congress
The wider implications for the global economy coming out of the Chinese Communist Party Congress.
