Episodes

How economics can save the world in 120 seconds with Burgernomics host Ross MacDowell. A 2 minute 'cheat note' great for dinner party conversation, impressing your boss...or anyone else! Economics is the solution to most of the worlds issues, net zero, poverty, famine, to name a few. Yet younger Australians are not studying economics enabling these problems to be solved quicker. After the 'cheat note' listen to our detailed podcast when Reserve Bank economists Tanya Livermore & Mike Major discus...

Reserve Bank Of Australia economists Tanya Livermore and Mike Major discuss why interest in studying economics at secondary school has declined 70% in the last 30 years.

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 detailed podcast when EV expert, Bryce Gaton debunks the economic myths of electric vehicles with Burgernomics host Ross MacDowell.

Australia has one of the worlds slowest take ups of electric vehicles. Independent electric vehicle expert, Bryce Gaton discusses with Burgernomics host Ross MacDowell the consumer, 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 vehicles in Australia.

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 evaporate overnight? Will our livestock industry crash? Burgernomics host Ross MacDowell provides the answers...

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 cattle being killed and a $80 bn economic hit to our rural communities are published daily in the media. Richard...

Interest Rates. A 150 second 'cheat note' great for dinner party conversation, impressing your boss...or impressing your employees.

Alan Oster, National Australia Banks Chief Economist and Burgernomics host Ross MacDowell candidly discuss whether future interest rates can be predicted by bond yields. Bonds usually put most people to sleep. This discussion won’t!

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 Director at the Grattan Institute and Burgernomics host Ross MacDowell.

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.

Australian' have long believed that petrol prices are 'rigged', plain English for illegal collusion and cartel behaviour. Market forces are meant to change the price of petrol to reflect changing demand, the cost of production and the ability to supply petrol. An empirical study conducted by Professor David Byrne concluded the petrol market does not operate as a free market.

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 at the bowser. Australia's petrol market, a freely competitive market place benefiting the consumer? Probably not.

Are we about to enter a wage price spiral that Australia has seen many times before?

Cherelle Murphy Chief Economist Oceania EY and Burgernomics host Ross MacDowell discuss Your Monthly Budget. Is Inflation About To Make It Explode?

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 podcast, Russian Sanctions. Weaponised Economics with Steven Hamilton, Assoc Professor Of Economic...

Steven Hamilton Assoc Professor Of Economics The George Washington University. Russia has invaded the Ukraine. Western countries have targeted unprecedented sanctions against Russia the invader. Can economic sanctions force an invader to surrender without the use of weapons saving human life? Will economists sit beside Generals in the War Room in The Pentagon?

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. Please subscribe and review the Burgernomics podcast

Was COVID a pandemic that changed Australian lives forever? Our expert guest believes it has. Bernard Salt AM is Australia’s leading social commentator who 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 review the Burgernomics podcast.

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, Managing Director Nutrien Ag Solutions runs one of Australia’s largest agriculture businesses. Rob joins Ross MacDowell to cut through the myths and theories behind Australia's high beef prices to describe the battle b...

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. Professor Potts and 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 to plummet and payment transfer times to become instantaneous with total privacy. These advantages deprive banks, large institutions and governments of revenue, so there are many vested...

In Part 2 Prof. Jason Potts and 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 need both to have positive effects on economies, currency exchange rates and government policies that affect our daily lives.

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.