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Economics Explored

Gene Tunny

Hard-headed economic analysis applied to important economic, social, and environmental issues.

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Episodios

329 episodios

  1. The Hidden Productivity Cost of Working From Home 39:51
  2. Why Governments Should Fear the Bond Market 30:10
  3. Career Advice for Aspiring Economists in the AI Age 1:09:16
  4. How Economic Growth Saved Us from the Grim Old Days w/ Chelsea Follett, Cato Institute 46:40
  5. When Money Disappears: Lessons from a War 43:53
  6. Will AI Finally Show Up in Productivity? With Chris Berg 50:47
  7. Gig Economy Pay Rises, Café Closures and the Zero-Sum Fallacy 27:16
  8. How Good Tax Policy Gets Made and How It Doesn't: GST vs Capital Gains Tax in Australia 43:47
  9. Dams, Development & Hyper Australia w/ Senator Matt Canavan, National Party Leader 32:54
  10. Taxing Capital More in a Productivity Slump? Perverse Policy in Australia 46:26
  11. Debt and Deficits: Have We Lost Discipline? w/ Sinclair Davidson & John Humphreys 56:52
  12. Have We Gone Too Far on Free Trade? 39:09
  13. Housing Crisis: Supply, Demand, or Both? w/ John Humphreys and Tom Switzer 25:10
  14. Fuel, Fertiliser, and Fear Down Under - ep314 53:57
  15. AI, Jobs, and the Value of Ideas w/ Benjamin Shiller, Brandeis University 55:30
  16. Why Productivity Matters for Living Standards | Australia’s Productivity Problem 39:43
  17. Argentina’s Radical Economic Turnaround 30:53
  18. A Pro-Growth Tax Reform Agenda for Australia 50:24
  19. What Would Adam Smith Make of Australia? | A C+ Scorecard 58:39
  20. What Counts as Economic Activity — and What Doesn’t 41:29
  21. Why Economists Defend Free Speech 43:41
  22. Auckland Upzoning: Hype or Housing Fix? 46:59
  23. AI, Power & the Future of Politics w/ Bruce Schneier, Harvard Kennedy School 26:20
  24. Why Roman Interest Rates Collapsed After Augustus Won | Fertility Economics Questions Answered | Friedman & Reagan on the Gold Standard – ep 304 52:39
  25. Is Gold Flashing a Warning Sign? ep303 29:45
  26. Should Australia “Make Things Again”? - ep302 56:05
  27. The AI Boom: Innovation or Irrational Exuberance? w/ Aman Verjee - ep301 45:57
  28. The Great Baby Bust: Why It Happened and What It Means for Us - ep300 44:07
  29. Shutdown Showdown: What It Really Means - ep299 38:42
  30. Is Net Zero Achievable—or Just a Slogan? Highlights from episodes with Matt Canavan, Nicki Hutley, Tony Wood & John Humphreys - ep298 51:04
  31. Debt, Inflation & Unrest: Western Warnings - ep297 47:26
  32. Don’t Fight the Market: A Price Mechanism Masterclass - ep296 42:05
  33. Beyond the Roundtable: Real Solutions for Australia’s Productivity Plunge - ep295 53:07
  34. AI’s Economic Disruption: Infinite Intelligence at our Fingertips? w/ Prof. Chris Berg & John Humphreys - ep294 46:18
  35. Cash Flow Tax, Gas Bans & Big Government w/ John Humphreys - ep293 55:04
  36. Raleigh’s Rise: America’s #1 Best-Performing City w/ Kyle Touchstone, Raleigh Economic Development 56:12
  37. Interest Rates, Australia’s 3 Biggest Challenges, Global Fertility Crash, & the Tobin Tax Debate w/ John Humphreys, Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance 57:25
  38. Listener Mailbag: Starve the Beast, Property Tax, and NDIS & Productivity Debates 51:20
  39. Chaos is Costly: Navigating Economic Uncertainty w/ Rebecca Homkes, Duke Corporate Education 54:35
  40. Australia’s Productivity Problem: Can It Be Fixed? w/ John Humphreys, Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance 59:39
  41. What if Fort Knox Gold is Impure or Missing? 55:23
  42. The Global Economic Chessboard: Trump, Trade, and Transformation w/ Emmanuel Daniel 42:53
  43. Beyond Stocks and Bonds: Exploring Alternative Assets, e.g. private credit, VC, farmland, infrastructure w/ Kim Flynn, XA Investments 56:10
  44. Exploring the Future of Personalized AI w/ Lotic CEO Bill Welser 58:06
  45. Smarter Density: A Blueprint for Better Cities w/ top US architect Kevin Kennon 55:45
  46. Rethinking Property and Taxation: The Georgist Approach w/ John August 53:52
  47. The Gangster Method in Tariff and Trade Negotiations: w/ Nicholas Gruen 1:16:40
  48. Trump’s Tariffs: Art of the Deal or Economic Disaster? w/ Darren Brady Nelson - Bonus Episode 1:07:45
  49. Inside Project FASTT: Real-Time Payments for All w/ the World Bank's Nilima Ramteke - EP278 33:39
  50. Fixing Australia’s Housing Crisis: Fusion’s Plan w/ Owen Miller - EP277 52:47