Australia's Property Tax Shake-Up: Will Negative Gearing and CGT Survive?
Australia's housing market is at the center of a fierce debate. In this episode, we examine the proposed changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax, why economists want reform, why investors ar...
15 Kesä 21min
How Anti-Elite Rhetoric Protects the Elite
What if the most successful defense of concentrated wealth isn't defending the rich at all—but changing who the public sees as "the elite"?In this deep dive, we trace the evolution of anti-elite polit...
11 Kesä 52min
Rebranding of the Elite: The Hidden Engine Behind Culture Wars
What if the people we've been taught to see as "the elite" aren't the ones holding the most power?In this deep dive, we explore how political narratives around power, class, and influence have changed...
11 Kesä 22min
Mobility Envy, Multiculturalism & Paranoid Nationalism: Understanding Australia Through Ghassan Hage's Lens
In this Deep Dive, we explore the ideas of Australian anthropologist Ghassan Hage and his analysis of multiculturalism, belonging, social mobility, and nationalism.Drawing from Hage's work, we examine...
8 Kesä 21min
Why Your Neighbor's Success Fuels Resentment: Ghassan Hage on Multiculturalism, Mobility Envy & Modern Nationalism
Today we're exploring the ideas of anthropologist Ghassan Hage. This episode examines his framework for understanding multiculturalism, social mobility, and nationalism. These ideas are influential bu...
8 Kesä 50min
The Housing Myth: Foreign Buyers, Migrants & What Actually Drives Prices
This episode cuts through the political noise and viral misinformation around housing affordability, foreign investment, and migrant homebuyers. Using parliamentary debates, fact-checks, housing data,...
7 Kesä 37min
Is the Housing Market Rigged? Myths, Migrants & What Actually Drives Prices
This episode unpacks viral claims that immigrants and foreign buyers are “pricing out” locals at property auctions. Using fact-checks, government housing data, and global academic research, it breaks ...
7 Kesä 20min
The Minimum Wage Paradox: How Higher Pay Can Trap Workers in Poverty
A higher minimum wage sounds like an obvious win—but what if some workers are financially better off unemployed? In this deep dive, we unpack Australia's 2026 wage rise, the hidden mechanics of welfar...
6 Kesä 40min
