Steve Bannister Pours Cold Fusion on Climate Deniers
Steve Bannister, from the University of Utah, is special guest on this week’s Debunking Economics podcast. He talks to Phil Dobbie about his approach to climate change modelling, based on GDP growth, ...
9 Jun 201947min
US v China. How will it end?
The trade war between the US and China is having massive ramifications on the world economy, but neither side seems to be in a hurry to back down. On today’s Debunking Economics Podcast Phil Dobbie as...
4 Jun 201933min
The not so caring sharing economy
The emergence of the gig economy is one downside of the internet, although you could argue that it gives access to jobs that might otherwise be there. But what about collaboration? Phil Dobbie suggest...
27 Mai 201932min
The good news for Australian Labor voters
Scott Morrison, or ScoMo as he is colloquially known, is staying on as Australian Prime minister for the next four years, or until his party oust him, which is becoming a bit of a tradition. But to ma...
19 Mai 201937min
Will higher oil prices drive alternative energy investment?
Oil prices are pushing back up to the US$80/barrel mark. If they stay above that level could it drive energy producers to more realistically pursue renewable sources with more vigour. In other words, ...
12 Mai 201937min
Why are some countries rich and others poor?
It’s a simple question. Why do some countries, rich is resources, still end up poor? Can we blame it all on dictatorships, corruption and war, or did those regimes occur because of poverty? Why is so ...
7 Mai 201929min
UBI and a Debt Jubilee – an economic solution or a reward for sloth?
Is a debt jubilee really the best way of ridding the world of near stagnant growth? Would a reset revitalise the economies of the world? And how do we stop ourselves getting into this situation again?...
1 Mai 201939min
Does outsourcing create a problem for local economies?
There’s an argument that outsourcing to cheaper countries overseas creates job losses and disadvantages the local economy. That’s part of the argument Donald Trump is using to negotiate a new trade de...
24 Apr 201927min
