Episodes

In this 3 part series, Australia's leading expert on blockchain and crypto currency, Distinguished Professor Jason Potts, Co Director of RMITs Innovation Hub, together with Ross MacDowell demystify blockchain and cryptocurrencies. In Part 1 we discuss our natural human hesitancy and negativity towards new 'tech' concepts we don't understand, comparing our eventual acceptance of blockchain/crypto to when the internet was introduced. In simple language we explore what is blockchain, why we need it...

A 'cheat note' guide by Ross MacDowell why Australia is undergoing a house price boom. Great for business meetings, dinner parties or whenever you need just a little bit of knowledge to get you through. Listen to the full podcast to become an expert!

Part 2. Brendan Coates, Economic Policy Program Director of the Grattan Institute and Burgernomics host Ross MacDowell discuss the history of Australian housing booms and their subsequent busts. After a bust what is negative home equity, how do the banks react to mortgagees with negative equity - do they make you sell up? What is the current risk of a housing crash? The future of mortgages. Want to dig deeper? Check out what Brendan recommends. A Model Of The Australian Housing Market...

Part 1. Brendan Coates, Economic Policy Program Director of the Grattan Institute joins Burgernomics host Ross MacDowell to discuss why Australia is experiencing a housing price boom. Topics discussed are the effects of interest rates, bank lending policies, the Reserve Banks $4bn per week Quantitative Easing program, local government’s restrictive policies limiting permits for new housing, the effects of COVID on the housing market, the home ownership market versus the rental market for those w...

A 'cheat note' guide to Quantitative Easing by Ross MacDowell in 47 seconds. Great for business meetings, dinner parties or whenever you need just a little bit of knowledge to get you through.

Q.E. or Quantitative Easing. You’ve heard the term hundreds of times before. Ask anybody to explain it and they look at you blankly. In this episode of Burgernomics we explain how Q.E. is keeping your mortgage payments low, increasing the value of your home, making you feel wealthy, or if your trying to buy a home making you feel frustrated! How does quantitative easing achieve this? What if Q.E. stops? When could it stop? Why would it stop? Who better to demystify Q.E. than Head Of Economics...

Ross MacDowell and Australia's top experts demystify economic topics that affect your life. Todays media pushes complex economic terms at us....jargon we don't understand. Yet the concepts effect our mortgages, businesses, holidays, family life, even the political party we vote for. Burgernomics cuts through the economic jargon in an entertaining and informative way. Each podcast ends with the Burgernomics Test, when our expert applies their explanation to a simple hamburger guaranteeing you com...