Burgernomics

The Reserve Bank Of Australia researched why interest in economics has fallen off a cliff. Interest in studying economics at secondary school has declined 70% in the last 30 years. The authors of the research, Reserve Bank Of Australia economists Tanya Livermore and Mike Major discuss with Ross MacDowell whats caused economics to decline in interest? Why economics is crucial to solving the biggest...

Electric Vehicles in 55 seconds with Burgernomics host Ross MacDowell. A 55 second 'cheat note' great for dinner party conversation, impressing your boss...or anyone else! There are a lot of myths, controversy and opinions surrounding electric vehicles. At this stage most can be disregarded because of one simple fact which is revealed in this cheat note. After the 'cheat note' listen to our detail...

Australia has one of the worlds slowest up takes of electric vehicles. Independent electric vehicle expert, Bryce Gaton discusses with Burgernomics host Ross MacDowell the owner, manufacturer and government issues causing the slow electric vehicle adoption in Australia. Bryce targets E.V. myths, explains ownership costs, driving range issues and when we can expect everyone to be driving electric v...

Foot & Mouth Disease in 75 seconds. A 75 second 'cheat note' great for dinner party conversation, impressing your boss...or anyone else! Foot & Mouth Disease is widespread in Bali, on Australia's door step. Tourists can unwittingly bring FMD back into Australia. Why not close the border with Bali? What are the economic ramifications if Australia gets one case. Will our meat export market e...

Foot & Mouth Disease. Is it Australian agricultures $80 bn armageddon? Richard Norton, a beef producer and ex-CEO of Meat & Livestock Australia is one of Australia's best positioned experts to discuss the reality versus the hysteria. Many describe a situation where all $30 bn plus meat export markets are instantly lost with just one case of foot & mouth disease. Vivid descriptions of c...

Interest Rates. A 150 second 'cheat note' great for dinner party conversation, impressing your boss...or impressing your employees.  Interest rates are going up, up, up. Can they be predicted? Many say the bond markets are the clairvoyants of interest rates. How accurate are bond yields in predicting interest rates? For a detailed discussion on interest rates please listen to episode 24, Interest...

Alan Oster, National Australia Banks Chief Economist and Burgernomics host Ross MacDowell candidly discuss whether bond traders are interest rate clairvoyants. Bonds usually put most people to sleep. This discussion won’t! Australian’s pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in interest on their mortgages. What if there was a way to predict future interest rate rises? If the Reserve Bank sets Austral...

Carbon Net Zero. A 55 second 'cheat note' guide by Burgernomics host Ross MacDowell. What is net zero? What happens if enterprises can't meet net zero? What are carbon credits? Great for business meetings, dinner parties or whenever you need just a little bit of knowledge to get you through. Want to know more? Please listen to the full podcast, Carbon Net Zero with Tony Wood, Energy Program Direct...

Tony Wood, Energy Program Director at the Grattan Institute demystifies Net Zero Carbon with Burgernomics host Ross MacDowell. Straightforward explanations, highlighting the problems and defining responsibilities. This is a fascinating conversation. Climate experts believe 6 bn tonnes of carbon dioxide needs to be removed from the atmosphere by 2050 if climate change is to be avoided. To date 0.00...

Petrol Prices. Are you being taken for a ride? A 25 second 'cheat note' guide by Ross MacDowell. Do petrol companies collude setting petrol prices? How do they orchestrate price rises without government prosecution? What would be the price of petrol if there was no collusion? Great for business meetings, dinner parties or whenever you need just a little bit of knowledge to get you through. Want to...

David Byrne Professor of Economics at Melbourne University is Australia’s leading expert in retail petrol pricing. With Burgernomics host, Ross MacDowell they discuss collusion, cartels and the associated costs to the Australian motorist. Professor Byrne has conducted empirical studies proving exactly what most people believe, there is something ‘funny’ going on with the price of the petrol we buy...

Inflation. Is it here to stay? A 60 second 'cheat note' guide by Ross MacDowell, on inflation that is reappearing worldwide. Is it temporary or permanent? Why has it happened? What can you expect in terms of interest rate rises? What will happen to your mortgage repayments and income? Great for business meetings, dinners parties or whenever you need just a little bit of knowledge to get you throug...

Cherelle Murphy Chief Economist Oceania EY and Burgernomics host Ross MacDowell discuss Your Monthly Budget. Is Inflation About To Make It Explode? Every economists nightmare is the 1930’s black & white photo of German women stuffing her stove with banknotes to boil the kettle. Inflation had made her banknotes worthless. Now, after decades of almost no inflation, inflation is back and lots of...

A 75 second 'cheat note' guide by Ross MacDowell, on how economic warfare (sanctions) rather than military warfare is being used to defeat Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine. What are the consequences for the rest of the world? Great for business meetings, dinners parties or whenever you need just a little bit of knowledge to get you through. Want to know more? Please listen to the Burgernomics podc...

Steven Hamilton Assistant Professor of Economics at The George Washington University in Washington DC and a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University discusses how the world is reeling from the the largest conventional military attack in Europe since World War 2. Russia has invaded the Ukraine. Just about every country in the world is outraged about this invasion...with China sitting o...

Your 60 second 'cheat note' on life after COVID by Ross MacDowell. Great for business meetings, dinners parties or whenever you need just a little bit of knowledge to get you through. Want to know more? Please listen to the Burgernomics podcast on What Post COVID Australia Looks Like with leading social commentator, demographer and columnist,  Bernard Salt AM. Out now on the Burgernomics Podcast....

Bernard Salt AM, Australia’s leading social commentator draws upon demographic, economic and social statistics to help us understand where Australian society is headed. Bernard is a columnist for The Australian newspaper, author of 6 best selling books on generational change and famous for describing millennials difficulty in saving for house deposits through his Smashed Avocado Effect. Bernard wi...

A 50 second 'cheat note' guide by Ross MacDowell, why Australia steak and beef is the most expensive beef prices in the world. Great for business meetings, dinners parties or whenever you need just a little bit of knowledge to get you through. Want to know more? Please listen to the Burgernomics podcast, Why Australian Steaks Are The Most Expensive In The World. Out Now. Please subscribe and revie...

Nutrien Agriculture Managing Director, Rob Clayton discusses with Burgernomics host Ross MacDowell If Australia is the ‘land of plenty’, why do we pay more for our steaks than every other major country? Is it droughts, corporate farm buy outs, supermarket profiteering, the Aussie dollar or is Australia feeding the rest of the world before our own domestic market? Rob Clayton runs one of Australia’...

A 'cheat note' guide to Crypto Currency by Ross MacDowell in 79 seconds. Great for business meetings, dinners parties or whenever you need just a little bit of knowledge to get you through.

Part 3. Distinguished Professor Jason Potts Co Director of RMIT's Blockchain Innovation Hub and Burgernomics host Ross MacDowell explain the difference between a stable coins and crypto currency. Why every Australian will be using crypto currencies alongside our current government currency sooner than they think - or potentially already are without even realising it! Crypto causes transaction fees...

In Part 2 Distinguished Professor Jason Potts Co Director of RMIT's Blockchain Innovation Hub and Burgernomics host Ross MacDowell talk about mining cryptocurrency and how the mining process creates security for the currency giving it value through scarcity. As Bitcoins are finite, when will the last Bitcoin be mined? Will cryptocurrencies eventually replace government 'fiat' currency or do we nee...

A 'cheat note' guide to Blockchain in 58 seconds by Ross MacDowell Great for business meetings, dinner parties or whenever you need just a little bit of knowledge to get you through.

In this 3 part series, Distinguished Professor Jason Potts, Co Director of RMITs Innovation Hub Australia's is  Australia's leading expert on blockchain and crypto currency. Together with Ross MacDowell thy demystify blockchain and cryptocurrencies. In Part 1 we discuss our natural human hesitancy and negativity towards new 'tech' concepts we don't understand, comparing our eventual acceptance of...

A 'cheat note' guide by Ross MacDowell why Australia is undergoing a house price boom. Great for business meetings, dinner parties or whenever you need just a little bit of knowledge to get you through. Listen to the full podcast to become an expert!