What do the Hong Kong protests mean, and why are they so important? (2:17-18:25) Facebook releases Libra - how much of a threat is this to the current banking system and what does it mean for the future of money (18:25-39:34)? And what is regulatory dark matter and why is it holding back Australia's economy? (39:34-46:45) Dr Chris Berg and Scott Hargreaves are joined by Professor Sinclair Davidson and IPA Research Fellow Kurt Wallace to discuss these topics and share their culture picks including John Wick, Poverty Inc, A podcast from the Mercatus Centre and Solaris.
SHOW NOTES:
Rein in regulators to cut red tape, Kurt Wallace:
https://ipa.org.au/publications-ipa/media-releases/reign-in-regulators-to-cut-red-tape
John Wick
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2911666/
Poverty, Inc.
https://www.povertyinc.org/
Elinor Ostram as an intellectual, podcast from the Mercatus Centre:
https://ppe.mercatus.org/podcasts/06122019/elinor-ostrom-intellectual
Elinor Ostrom: An Intellectual Biography, Vlad Tarko:
https://www.amazon.com/Elinor-Ostrom-Intellectual-Vlad-Tarko/dp/1783485892
Solaris, Stanislaw Lem
https://www.bookdepository.com/Solaris-Stanislaw-Lem/9780571311576
The Looking Forward Podcast Episode 73: High Court Next Step For Ridd
The Looking Forward Podcast Episode 72 "Parliament Must Do Its Job"
The Looking Forward Podcast Episode 71 "Conspiracy Theories Dismissed (Again)"
Looking Forward Episode 70 "Double Déjà vu in Dan's Victoria"
Looking Forward Episode 69 “Would You Like Fries With That?”
Ep 68: Falling Statues & Falling Elites
Ep 67: Policing Under Pressure
Ep 66: Where to Now?
Ep 65: Liberalising Australia: Then and Now.
Ep 64: Can WHO Be Cured?
Ep 63: A Return To Freedom?
Ep 62: Let's Get Back to Work
Ep 61: Download Or Else
Ep 60: Restoring Dynamism After Deep Freeze
Ep 59: Only the First to Bail Out?
Ep 58: Government Models Can't Guide Us Back
Ep 57: Of Moral Panics and Spendathons
Ep 56: Our Values will Sustain Us
Ep 55: The Patient Needs to Survive the Cure
Ep 54: The Cracks in Our Ivory Towers
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