Episodes

Burgernomics describes what happens to the price of products & services when Dynamic Pricing and A.I. are combined.

Dynamic Ticket Pricing personalises the airline ticket price you are being quoted based on the trail of your personal information which can be data mined. It is a system which maximises revenue for the airline industry and is widely used overseas.

Welcome to the latest episode of Burgernomics! Today, we delve into the harsh reality that economics, not notions of good or evil, often dictates the outcome of wars. Recent developments, including Vladimir Putin allocating a...

Ukraines Battlefield Economics. Tactics When Your Enemy Has More. Retired Major General Mick Ryan takes us for a journey through the battlefields of Ukraine, the tactics, planning and munitions supply status. The economic the...

Follow the beef money trail in 150 seconds. Beef producers doing it tough, supermarkets making huge beef profits, while cost of living increases smash their customers. Using basic economic principles to provide an insightful cut through of Australia's beef situation guaranteed to make you the insta…

Beef prices paid to the farmer have dropped 46% in 15 months. However retail prices for beef have not dropped anywhere near 46%. Why hasn’t the beef price drop been passed through to retail prices? Angus Gidley-Baird Senior P...

Low Earth Orbit Satellites are providing Australians the broadband service the NBN hasn't. This 96 second podcast makes you an instant expert on Low Earth Orbit Satellites. Great for dinner party conversations or to impress y...

Podcast Discussion Points What are LEO’s and why are they so revolutionary? LEO benefits to the NBN. Why hasn’t the NBN delivered the internet service originally promised? LEO vs land based internet infrastructure? Price and ...

Connor Slattery is an expert valuer and auctioneer for Abbeys Auctions, a company that specialises in clearing houses of their contents. Downsizing, deceased estates and decluttering, Connor has seen and valued it all! Househ...

A 100 second cheat note guide to Australia's development relying on organisations that were monopolistic.

Professor Allan Fels, inaugural Chairman of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission discusses with Burgernomics host Ross MacDowell the realities of policing restrictive business practices that harm Australian consum...

House prices are a function of the law of supply & demand. Why did the RBA create the demand for which it is named the villain? But that's only half the supply & demand equation. Who takes the responsibility for house supply? A 146 second cheat sheet that will make you sound the economic expert on …

Peter Maddison, host of the award winning television series Grand Designs discusses Australian housing affordability. Attitudes will need to change regarding the style & size of Australian housing. This will effect how Austra...

Australia’s renewable energy debate is a dizzying, multi faceted topic. Highly emotive arguments are forcefully voiced, each declaring theirs is the only rationale argument. Any disagreement can label you a climate denier or ...

Renewable energy can only be 100% implemented in Australia when its costly transmission infrastructure has been erected. This will keep power bills high for decades. But this community cost should be offset by massive export opportunities of both renewable energy & net zero produced products.

Burgernomics host, Ross MacDowell summarises how the airlines Dynamic Ticket Pricing Model is now being adopted by the live entertainment industry. The system adjusts ticket prices based on supply and demand, but while musici...

Michael Newton, founder of A Day On The Green, provides an exclusive backstage pass to the economics of staging 500 live outdoor shows with 4 million ticket sales. Elton John, Rod Stewart, Rick Astley, Fleetwood Mac, Bryan ...

Working From Home In 156 Seconds. Burgernomics host Ross MacDowell explains how both employees and companies have changed their attitudes toward employees working from home. A 156 second 'cheat note' great for dinner party conversation, impressing your boss or just because you need to understand w…

Professor Mark Wooden from the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research and Burgernomics host, Ross MacDowell discuss working from home, hybrid working and the Great Resignation. Does productivity increase ...

Falling House Prices. Should I feel less wealthy in 98 seconds. Burgernomics host Ross MacDowell explains the Wealth Effect and it’s relationship to house prices. How falling house prices are being caused by interest rate ri...

Dr Brendan Rynne, KPMG Chief Economist and Burgernomics host, Ross MacDowell discuss 'The Wealth Effect' when we increase our spending based on our homes rising value, which recently have skyrocketed. Interest rates have rise...

A non traditional view of the 2022 Australian Federal Government Budget. Burgernomics host Ross MacDowell explains the different types of budgets, their accuracy in predicting government income & expenditure and their effect on our economy.

Plumbers earning similar incomes to G.P's in 95 seconds. Burgernomics host Ross MacDowell discusses how the incomes of plumbers has converged toward highly educated doctors. A 95 second 'cheat note' great for dinner party con...

Plumbers incomes have quickly converged toward that of general practitioners, yet it’s a lot easier and less expensive to become a plumber than a doctor. How have  Australia’s labour markets rapidly increased incomes of plumbers, who stop our tap dripping, compared to doctors, who prolong our life?…