Research shows loneliness costs the Australian economy $2.7 billion per year or $1565 per person.
The World Health Organisation has also declared loneliness to be a global health concern. And it’s estimated loneliness has an equivalent health impact on the body to smoking 15 cigarettes a day.
Before the pandemic older Australians were found to be the loneliest in the nation. But now the data now shows this has shifted and younger Australians are the feeling the effects of being alone and isolated.
Technology has allowed us to be more connected than before, but has all this left us lonelier than ever?
Guests:
Andrew Dempster, Principal Director & Leader of the National Mental Health Advisory Business, KPMG
Roger Wilkins, Professorial Fellow at Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, and Co-Director of the HILDA Survey
Liesel Sharabi, from the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University.
Lixia Qu, Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Supermarket prices
Influence of the consulting industry and the long view
Different generations talking about future generations
Subscriptions, drip pricing and the cost of returning online shopping
The cost of tertiary education
The cost of live music
Presentenomics
PNG and the IMF and, the future of cities
Moves to make the RBA independent and The World Ahead report
Improving competition both in Australia and within the EU and what shoppers want
The economies of Gaza and Israel and the new Chair of the Productivity Commission
Headwinds and interest rates; consultancy companies and changes in the CPI
Superannuation funds; interest rate decisions and business expenses
Reporting ESG, global tax evasion and road charges
The economic crises that shaped globalisation. Beyond the now: The case for long term thinking.
Inheritocracy: The lasting generational advantages of home ownership
Competition in Australia. When a few financial institutions control everything.
Getting to sustained full employment. Financial contagion and the GFC. Golf participation climbs when people are ‘working’ from home.
Menopause is costing the economy a fortune. El Nino weather and its impact. Central Bank Digital Currencies explained.
We shouldn’t be as alarmed about an economic slowdown in China: Here’s why.
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