Will cheaper energy drive growth?
In previous podcasts Professor Steve Keen has said the availability of energy is the key driver of growth. It fuelled the industrial revolution and inhibits growth in societies without sufficient acce...
17 Aug 201728min
The Perils of Population Growth
Do we need population growth to enjoy economic growth? Phil Dobbie puts the question to Professor Steve Keen, who argues it’s not necessary and it’s a misnomer that cannot be sustained. Yet many count...
14 Aug 201727min
Is Economics a Science? Really?
There’s an argument that economics can never be science because it involves the behaviour of humans. You can’t apply empirical rules in the way you do with physical sciences. In this episode of the De...
8 Aug 201728min
Laissez Faire Go Mate
Australians talk of giving everyone a fair go. But it has different meanings for different people. For some, it implies freeing up the ability for people to get on with making a dollar without governm...
1 Aug 201729min
So, what is Post Keynesian economics anyway?
Most of us tend to have a vague notion of what Keynes stood for. Why, even neo-classic economists seem to be using his theories to rescue the economy from the ravages of the global financial crisis. S...
25 Jul 201723min
Have women made life more expensive?
Okay, this is a deliberately provocative title, but it relates to how the increase in two income households hasn’t necessarily made us better off. Hasn’t it simply reduced real wages and increased ass...
17 Jul 201725min
Why we shouldn't worry (too much) about government debt
Governments everywhere are preoccupied with keeping their spending under control. We are conditioned into thinking about the massive levels of interest being paid on the money that our governments owe...
11 Jul 201732min
Four ideas for the G20
The G20 is meeting in Berlin right now. With expectations of any constructive outcomes set to low, maybe there’s a better way forward. In this edition of the Debunking Economics podcast Phil Dobbie an...
7 Jul 201719min
