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The Economy, Stupid

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Formerly The Money, The Economy, Stupid is your weekly guide to the world of business, economics and finance. Every Thursday, economist Peter Martin is joined by a team of sharp young thinkers for a fresh conversation about the financial stories making headlines and how they might affect you.

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Latest episode

Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

Mariana Mazzucato on the Big Con and an economic view of the Russian invasion 23.02.2023

How the consulting industry has taken centre state in the private and public sphere and how has the  Russian invasion of Ukraine twelve months on affected the economy.

Could the RBA be getting it right? 16.02.2023

What are the reasons behind the interest rate increases and why has the narrative recently shifted in how we're talking about it?

Medicare reform; the great inflation debate and the fuel tax credit scheme 09.02.2023

How to better reform Medicare; why we should reform the fuel tax credit scheme and the great inflation debate.

Sustainable financial taxonomies and buy now, pay later regulation 02.02.2023

What are sustainable financial taxonomies and why do we need them and why we need to regulate buy now pay later services. 

International trade and China's growing loneliness economy 26.01.2023

Major shifts in global trading blocs and how is the loneliness epidemic affecting China's economy?

Beyond GDP: the health of a nation 19.01.2023

What should be included when measuring the health of an economy and nation? 

The big business of online sports betting 12.01.2023

The business model of online sports betting.

Streaming Services both video and music 05.01.2023

What is the economic model of streaming, both music and video, and who benefits?

Economics and the environment 29.12.2022

Devastating floods, droughts and storms have been a feature of 2022. How can economics help, or not, with the effects of climate change? 

Sanctions and Oligarchs 22.12.2022

The economics of sanctions and how the West enables oligarchs.

Energy caps; Christmas spend and edible economics 15.12.2022

The Money explains how the Australian economy and everything in it works.

Energy prices; affordable housing and The World Ahead report 08.12.2022

There are increases in energy prices and in the number of people sleeping rough. Both of these topics will be discussed as well as what lies ahead next year.

Inflation, jobs, and tax and government 01.12.2022

Inflation, jobs and taxation. What is the latest data telling us and what are the challenges for a tax state like Australia in the near future? 

Wages; the IMF; and climate change and democracy 24.11.2022

The Money looks at what else can be done about wages; where countries are turning for financial assistance and the correlation between climate change and autocratic rule.

Costly floods and Chokepoint Capitalism 17.11.2022

The cost of this year's floods and how we're been caught up in chokepoint capitalism. 

The very expensive US mid-term elections and IR in Denmark 10.11.2022

Industrial relations in Denmark and the very expensive US mid-term elections. 

Rental Crisis 03.11.2022

The rental crisis. Why is it happening and what can be done about it? 

Delivering a budget during difficult times 27.10.2022

What makes this federal budget different from previous ones and how do you accommodate domestic and international economic pressures. And, a pivotal moment for world economic policy.

Economic implications of the Chinese Communist Party Congress 20.10.2022

The wider implications for the global economy coming out of the Chinese Communist Party Congress. 

How much tax is enough? 13.10.2022

The taxing question of how much tax we should be paying and what type of tax. And book publishing, how is the industry adapting to increased paper prices and supply and issues. 

How copper may be the roadblock for a greener global economy 06.10.2022

Why aren't the banks passing on higher savings rates; copper demand and supply rates are problematic for a greener economy and sovereign capabilities. 

Beyond GDP 29.09.2022

Measuring the health of an economy and of a nation, what are the variables that should be included, beyond GDP? 

The big business of online sports betting 22.09.2022

The big business of sports betting and all that it involves.

The value of the British monarchy and streaming services 15.09.2022

What economic value does the British monarch bring to the UK economy and the complexities of streaming services

Deciphering the Reserve Bank's language; China's economy and the bank of mum and dad 08.09.2022

What is the RBA Governor Philip Lowe actually saying? What's happening within the Chinese economy and the bank of mum and dad.

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