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The Dismal Science

Dec 15, 2019

Are there any positives to take from the latest GDP numbers? Is the RBA about to embark on QE? And is the property market back?


Oct 27, 2019

With Mark back from holidays, we catch up on the RBA's historic rate cut early this month and do a Nobel edition of the number of the week.


Sep 8, 2019

Special guest Jamie Smyth of the Financial Times helps Mark and Ivan make sense of the Brexit omnishambles.

This episode was recorded on 4 September, the day after Boris Johnson's government lost its majority in the House of Commons and the morning of the start of the fourth Ashes test.


Aug 28, 2019

What the hell is an inverted yield curve and should we be worried?

This episode was recorded on 22 August.


Aug 15, 2019

Finally, we are back!

New AICD chief economist Mark Thirlwell joins Ivan to talk about why Mark fell in love with economics, the US-China trade war, whether the RBA has failed and the AICD's number of the week.

This comeback episode was recorded on 8 August.