Episodes
31: How Economics Can Save The World In 120 Seconds
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 t...
30: Economists Can Save The World
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.
29: Electric Vehicles In 55 Seconds
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…
28: Electric Vehicles. Are they inevitable?
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. myth…
27: Foot & Mouth Disease In 75 Seconds
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 unwit...
26: Foot & Mouth Disease. Agricultures Armageddon?
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 h...
25: Interest Rates. Can you predict them in 150 Seconds
Interest Rates. A 150 second 'cheat note' great for dinner party conversation, impressing your boss...or impressing your employees.
24: Interest Rates. Where from here? Have bond traders got it wrong?
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!
23: Carbon Net Zero In 55 Seconds
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 t…
22: Net Zero Carbon. Demystified
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.
21: Petrol Prices In 25 Seconds
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 Profes…
20: Petrol Prices. Are you being taken for a ride?
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 exac…
19: Inflation. Is it here to stay? In 60 Seconds
Are we about to enter a wage price spiral that Australia has seen many times before?
18: Your Monthly Budget. Will inflation make it explode?
Cherelle Murphy Chief Economist Oceania EY and Burgernomics host Ross MacDowell discuss Your Monthly Budget. Is Inflation About To Make It Explode?
17: Russian Sanctions. Weaponised Economics In 75 Seconds
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?...
16: Russian Sanctions. Weaponised Economics.
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 …
15: Life After COVID In 60 Seconds
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 B...
14: What Does Post COVID Australia Look Like?
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 und...
13: Australia's Expensive Steak In 50 Seconds
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 t...
12: Why Australian Steaks Are The World’s Most Expensive
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 t...
11: Crypto In 80 Seconds
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.
10: Crypto Currency. It Will Change Your World Sooner Than You Think.
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 thi...
9: Crypto Currency. How It’s Made. Is It Really Worth Anything?
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...
8: Blockchain In 58 Seconds
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.