
Economics Explored
Hosted by Gene Tunny and John Humphreys · Gene Tunny
4.6from 33 ratings
- 324
- Episodes
- 22
- Transcribed
- 33
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
About Economics Explored
Hard-headed economic analysis applied to important economic, social, and environmental issues.
- Publisher
- Gene Tunny
- Category
- business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 18 Sept 2019
- Latest episode
- 4 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
22 of 324 episodes have a transcript.

4 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Will AI Finally Show Up in Productivity? With Chris Berg

12 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Gig Economy Pay Rises, Café Closures and the Zero-Sum Fallacy

27 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT
How Good Tax Policy Gets Made and How It Doesn't: GST vs Capital Gains Tax in Australia
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Will AI Finally Show Up in Productivity? With Chris Berg
Published 4 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Now, I do think that we shouldn't overfit the AI story on those two distinct technological transitions, which was first, the introduction of the computer into the workplace, and then second, the creation of this global communication network and all that that did. I think if you look at them on their own terms, what's unique about them is how unique they are. The computer radically changes the way businesses operate. And the internet changes not just how businesses and individuals cooperate, but also what it does to politics and what it does to the financial sector and all these sorts of things. […]
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- Chris Berg
- Derek Francis
- Matt Canavan
- Benjamin Shiller
- Michael Arbon
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 11 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 22 ratings
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- 93
- Social presence
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- YouTube
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- Engagement
- 92
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Gene Tunny and John Humphreys host the show. Published by Gene Tunny.
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