Economics Explore‪d‬ Gene Tunny, Craig Lawrence

On how the US Federal Reserve now looks at inflation targeting, and why it is expected to allow the economy to run hot for a while during the recovery from the pandemic recession.

Should governments assist favoured industries such as the film industry with tax credits and subsidies? Is corporate welfare a sign of so-called Crony Capitalism? Darren Brady Nelson, Chief Economist at LibertyWorks and a Policy Adviser at the Heartland Institute, provides answers to these questions.

Reviewing the evidence on fiscal stimulus and the government spending multiplier with Professor Fabrizio Carmignani, Dean (Academic) at Griffith Business School.

New analysis of a database covering 576,000 manufacturing businesses in Europe finds Foreign Direct Investment can increase the productivity of domestic businesses - i.e. FDI creates productivity spillovers.

How the retail sector has been transformed over the last two decades and how emerging retailers can thrive with high-touch service, customisation, and an optimised global value chain. A discussion with Bruno Cortigiani, owner of up-and-coming made-to-measure menswear retailer Merlai.

What a Circular Economy would look like with Craig Lawrence, Managing Director of Lytton Advisory, a Brisbane-based consulting firm specialising in the economics of infrastructure, the environment, and waste.