Laissez Faire Go Mate
Australians talk of giving everyone a fair go. But it has different meanings for different people. For some, it implies freeing up the ability for people to get on with making a dollar without governm...
1 Elo 201729min
So, what is Post Keynesian economics anyway?
Most of us tend to have a vague notion of what Keynes stood for. Why, even neo-classic economists seem to be using his theories to rescue the economy from the ravages of the global financial crisis. S...
25 Heinä 201723min
Have women made life more expensive?
Okay, this is a deliberately provocative title, but it relates to how the increase in two income households hasn’t necessarily made us better off. Hasn’t it simply reduced real wages and increased ass...
17 Heinä 201725min
Why we shouldn't worry (too much) about government debt
Governments everywhere are preoccupied with keeping their spending under control. We are conditioned into thinking about the massive levels of interest being paid on the money that our governments owe...
11 Heinä 201732min
Four ideas for the G20
The G20 is meeting in Berlin right now. With expectations of any constructive outcomes set to low, maybe there’s a better way forward. In this edition of the Debunking Economics podcast Phil Dobbie an...
7 Heinä 201719min
We’ve got it all wrong on the role of tax
In this edition Prof Steve Keen explains to Phil Dobbie how tax levels are really more to do with the government controlling the level of inflation in the economy and less to do with raising revenue t...
4 Heinä 201725min
Central banks ignore credit at our peril
The world’s Central Bankers have been meeting up in Portugal this week and seem to have colluded on the idea of raising interest rates sometime soon. It looks like the UK, Europe and Canada are in on ...
30 Kesä 201717min
Adjusting to the rise of the machines
Automation, it seems, is taking its toll. For example, based on its turnover Amazon employs less than half the staff levels of the broader retail sector – and they are driving efficiency gains all the...
26 Kesä 201727min
