This year’s Budget tries to do several things at once. In the short term it offers cost-of-living relief but tries not to contribute to inflation. In the longer term it departs from decades of economic orthodoxy by picking industries to invest in. Specifically, green hydrogen and critical minerals.
But will it work? And how responsible is it? Three of the country’s leading economists offer their views.
Guests:
Shane Oliver, Chief Economist, AMP
Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Business School
Luci Ellis, Chief Economist, Westpac Banking Group
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The TikTok Economy
Diamond Disruption: Lab Grown vs Mined, which gem would you choose?
The Sleepless Economy: The High Costs of Losing Shut Eye
Global Growth: The Benefits vs The Consequences
All By Myself: The Economics of Loneliness.
Hackenomics
Puffed out: The Costs of Vaping
The Economics of Daylight Saving: It’s All In The Timing
Choconomics: The Rising Cost Of Chocolate
Inheritocracy: The lasting generational advantages of home ownership
Sharing the Benefits of Innovation
The Cost of Wage Theft
Market Concentration of the Beer Industry
The Economic Cost of Illiteracy
A material world
The Cost of Loyalty Programs
Climate Change Costs
Supermarket prices
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