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.
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Feb 10, 2022 • 29min
How wages actually increase; the finances of aged care and the importance of economic history
Economist Jim Stanford argues supply and demand will not increase wages. What is needed is the political will and policies to lift wages, structures and institutions and an expanding public sector.
Feb 3, 2022 • 13min
Economic Weapons
How globalisation has altered the effectiveness of economic sanctions.
Feb 3, 2022 • 8min
Stephen Duckett and aged care
What needs to be done to improve the care in aged care.
Feb 3, 2022 • 29min
RBA predictions; aged care and Economic Weapons
Feb 3, 2022 • 7min
Sarah Hunter's analysis of the RBA Governor's speech
Predictions and expectations abound from the Reserve Bank of Australia chief's speech this week.
Jan 27, 2022 • 8min
The economic lessons from the film Don't Look Up
What can the satirical film about a comet hurtling to earth teach us about economics?
Jan 27, 2022 • 9min
What vaccine nationalism is costing the global economy
The inequality of COVID-19 vaccinations is having a devasting affect on many developing countries. It is also costing the global economy in its trillions.
Jan 27, 2022 • 29min
Sorting through economic indicators to determine where we are going and how has vaccine nationalism affected the global economy
Jan 27, 2022 • 10min
How to decipher recent economic indicators
What do the recent economic indicators tell us about the state of our economy?
Jan 20, 2022 • 29min
Indigenous business sector worth billions
Meet an award winning, Aboriginal-owned construction and maintenance services business that’s part of the booming $4.8 billion Indigenous business sector. How the Nobel economics prize winners better estimated the effects of immigration and the minimum wage. Plus, the retail sector takes trust extremely seriously and is thinking about it in increasingly sophisticated ways.Guests: Gerard Matera, Director, building services company MarawarProfessor Michelle Evans, University of Melbourne Indigenous Business Research GroupProfessor Richard Holden, Future Fellow, UNSW Business SchoolProfessor Michael Roseman, Director, Centre for Future Enterprise, QUT
