Twice a year most Australians are made to deliberately mess with our body clocks. When we go into daylight saving and when we come out.
Many of us love the longer summer evenings. What we don’t love is the sleep adjustment that makes us feel tired, fuzzy and out of sorts.
There are plenty of arguments about whether daylight saving is a good or bad thing.
So in this episode we look at the costs and benefits and whether it’s time to rethink the concept.
Guests:
Dr Thomas Sigler, Associate Professor, University of Queensland
Allison Schrager, Economist & Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute
Dr Yevgeny Mugerman, Senior Lecturer, Bar-Ilan University
Dr Jayanta Sarkar, Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Disaster payments for Melbourne, and how sunshine affects corporate decision making
Growing Indigenous business sector worth billions
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India’s economic pain as the pandemic rages
No more tax returns: a proposal for standard deductions
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America’s $2 trillion infrastructure package; young people post-pandemic; and what the price of coffee can tell you
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Mariana Mazzucato's mission economy; China's 5-year plan
Rare opportunity for Australia as demand for critical materials soar
Top salaries for tech workers but no pay rise in sight for most workers
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Jobkeeper subsidy "straight to the bottom line"
What if Google packed up its search engine and went home?
Child poverty in Australia and strong demand for TAFE courses
Biden’s economic plan, and the banking Royal Commission two years on
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