September 10, 202629 min
One Nation wants to allow early access to super. Is it a good idea?
Many younger Australians are in financial freefall - has superannuation become a parachute that opens too late?
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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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September 3, 202629 min
What is your digital life worth?
We don't measure our social media activity in GDP. But what would happen if we did? And are we richer or poorer because of consumer tech?
August 27, 202629 min
How abusive partners turn the tax system into a weapon
The government has promised to crack down. But victims can still be left owing debts they never created.
August 20, 202629 min
What can save the NDIS?
How did a world-leading disability fund find itself in peril? And what can be done to save it?
August 13, 202629 min
This is what worries Australians most about the economy
Consumer sentiment remains at fifty year lows. The Reserve Bank has surveyed Australians to find out why.
August 6, 202629 min
Will AI really take our jobs?
The first computer revolution was supposed to bring mass unemployment but didn't. Is this time really different?
July 30, 202629 min
What can convict Australia tell us about the manosphere?
Australia's early settlements were radical experiments in almost exclusively male societies. Their impact is still felt today.
July 23, 202629 min
Harbour views and the full pension
Australia's social safety net is designed for those most in need - but increasingly the benefits are flowing to the wealthiest households.
July 16, 202629 min
Why not tax wealth, and why not start with billionaires?
California is seeking to introduce a tax on the wealth of billionaires. Is it time we did the same?
July 9, 202629 min
The tricks they use to stop us getting cheaper petrol
You're driving around looking for petrol, and you notice station after station charging exactly the same price.That could be because they are competing fiercely, and have cut prices to the point where they can't cut them anymore.Or it could be because they've coordinated. Professor David Byrne examined 1.6 million prices in order to find out. Guests: David P. Byrne, Ritchie Chair of Economic Research, The University of Melbourne. Megan Flamer, Senior industry fellow, RMIT University. Referred to: Negotiating Coordination: A Study in Retail Gasoline , David P. Byrne, Nicolas de Roos et al, The University of Melbourne, March 14, 2026 Learning to Coordinate: A Study in Retail Gasoline , David P. Byrne, Nicolas de Roos, The American Economic Review, July 23, 2018 Price Discrimination by Negotiation: a Field Experiment in Retail Electricity , David P Byrne , Leslie A Martin , Jia Sheen Nah, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, April 19, 2022 Consumer search and income inequality , International Journal of Industrial Organization, David P. Byrne, Leslie A. Martin, International Journal of Industrial Organization December 2021
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