About this podcast
Dollars & Sense demystifies the latest economic figures, how they impact you and what they can tell us about the economy, with host with Greg Jericho, Chief Economist at the Australia Institute and author of Guardian Australia's Grogonomics column.
Presented by the Australia Institute.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 142 episodes
- New world, same Reserve Bank · 30 min · Episode 140There’s a war on Iran choking global oil supplies, an artificial intelligence boom, and a US president torpedoing the global trading system, but inflation simply MUST be normal…
- Will Australia "keep up and succeed"? Lessons from the Intergenerational Report · 30 min · Episode 139Artificial intelligence dominates the latest Intergenerational report – but are multi-decade predictions about the rapidly changing technology any more than just a stab in the…
- A shocking number of Australians on Jobseeker are dying – it doesn’t have to be this way · 34 min · Episode 138By lifting the rate of Jobseeker, the Australian government could save lives.
- The cost-of-living lesson for the government in early super access debate · 31 min · Episode 137Early super access proposals would ultimately make people worse off – but the government could do more to help Australians currently in need.
- EVs driving “discretionary” spending, so will the RBA slam the brakes? · 34 min · Episode 136Australia’s economy is not overheating, so why are experts predicting a rate hike?
- Will the data centre “boom” make us better off? · 33 min · Episode 135Profits are surging and living standards are not. Will the AI boom be any different?
- Wage earners falling behind as major corporations rake it in · 35 min · Episode 134The latest data show real wages are going backwards, but Reserve Bank keeps seeing ghosts.
- Should superannuation be used to control inflation? · 35 min · Episode 133Interest rates are the bluntest, sharpest tool. Is there a better way?
- Confused about interest rates and inflation? You’re not alone · 33 min · Episode 132A new Reserve Bank survey shows most Australians don’t assess the relationship between inflation and interest rates “correctly” – but there’s much more to it.
- We're quadrillionaires. Also, things seem terrible. · 29 min · Episode 131Wealth on Earth is up, apparently.
- Labor contemplates a "fairer return" for Australia's resources · 29 min · Episode 130Despite no action on a gas export tax in the government’s May budget, calls are growing louder for a fair return on Australia’s resources from within the Labor Party.
- BONUS | What's the point of a gas export tax? · 22 minIntroducing The Australia Institute's new podcast series, What's the Point? with Richard Denniss.
- Big Tech promises the world with AI. Australians shouldn’t believe them. · 28 min · Season 4 Episode 129The tech industry talks about huge investment in Australia. That sounds great, but who’ll actually benefit?
- Australia’s gambling toll grows as government sidesteps total ad ban · 26 min · Season 4 Episode 128Banning gambling advertising would be extremely popular – so why isn’t the government doing it?
- BREAKING: Housing slightly more affordable · 27 min · Season 4 Episode 127Some in the media are treating it like the beginning of a housing apocalypse, but a slight drop in house prices shows that the government’s housing investor tax reforms are doing…
- Inflation falls, tax changes pass & Greg loses his fancy parking spot · 32 min · Season 4 Episode 126Plus: how the One Nation leader got all tangled up over childcare and paid parental leave.
- What is 'middle income' in Australia? · 34 min · Season 4 Episode 125A new data drop by the Australian Tax Office has A) brought Greg great joy and B) shed new light on Australians’ incomes.
- The impact of the government’s massive NDIS cuts · 32 min · Season 4 Episode 124Cuts to National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) funding would have a serious, lasting impact on people living with disabilities and their families.
- Data centre boom widens gap between growth figures and reality · 28 min · Season 4 Episode 123With what little economic growth there is being driven by data centres, is it really a net positive for most Australians?
- How about we just tax gas? Examining One Nation’s gas policy · 34 min · Season 4 Episode 122Coverage of One Nation’s gas policy made it sound like the beginning of some kind of people’s revolution, but without a 25% gas export tax, Australians will get short-changed.
