A basic income, or the end of welfare?
The idea of a basic income is attracting interest in countries all around the world. But is it affordable, and what would it mean for the welfare state? (more…)
July 2016 53 minutes
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The idea of a basic income is attracting interest in countries all around the world. But is it affordable, and what would it mean for the welfare state? (more…)
July 2016 53 minutes
LISTENTim Hollo
Mark Howden
Sharon Bessell
Arnagretta Hunter
Economics and finance | Australia
Can we use economics to solve climate change? In this second episode of our Policy Forum Pod mini-series on the wellbeing economy, top climate experts Mark Howden and Tim Hollo join...
November 2020
LISTENTitik Anas
Joanna Octavia
Chris Manning
Martyn Pearce
Economics and finance | Australia
On this episode, we hear from leading Indonesia experts about the impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on jobs, particularly on vulnerable workers in the country’s massive informal sector. (more…)
July 2020
LISTENMatthew C Gray
John Falzon
Nicole Wiggins
Sharon Bessell
Martyn Pearce
Government and governance | Australia
On this week’s Policy Forum Pod, we look at tackling poverty in Australia: how we should measure it, what’s causing it, why there seems precious little political will to address it,...
October 2019
LISTENBob Gregory
Sue Olney
John Falzon
Sharon Bessell
Martyn Pearce
Economics and finance | Australia
Why do so many welfare systems end up punishing people rather than helping them, or doing more harm than good? (more…)
March 2019 53 minutes
LISTENSiobhan McDonnell
John Falzon
Sharon Bessell
Ian Chubb
Philip Alston
Desmond Manderson
David Caldicott
Tracy Beck Fenwick
Paul Wyrwoll
Julie Tongs
Virginia Marshall
Sue Regan
Julian Burnside
Anooshe Mushtaq
Yun Jiang
Martyn Kirk
Nick Coatsworth
Martyn Pearce
On this episode, we look back on some of our favourite Policy Forum Pod moments ahead of this year’s Australian Podcast Awards. (more…)
September 2020
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