This week the inflation rate in the UK hit one percent. It’s a long way from the high teens of the late seventies and early eighties. In this inaugural episode of The Debunking Economics Podcast, I suggest that low inflation is a good thing. It means prices aren’t going up. But, Prof. Steve Keen suggests there’s one reason we should be welcoming higher inflation. He also discusses the role of inflation in monetary decisions made by Reserve Banks around the world.
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Wired Brown Land: The podcast
Paul Fletcher has seen two sides of the telecommunications industry. First as an advisor to Senator Alston, the communications minister under the Howard Government, then he headed Regulatory Affairs for Optus. So what insights can he provide on the industry over the last decade?
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The Chinese Virus is Bad News For Trump
The US President seems to be blaming the Chinese for creating the virus and putting responsibility on the State Governors to fix it. So what’s his job, again?
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China “broke the deal”. Tariff deadline hours away.
A sharp reaction on the markets to Trump’s ‘China broke the deal’ comment. Can we expect a further reaction when tariff increases kick in? I talk to NAB’s Gavin Friend.
