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Sep 21, 2026

Neville JamesHOST
30:44
Yes, yes, yes.
Neville JamesHOST
30:46
But I just like the fact that Virgin Islands could sit down in any conversation, corporate, historical, Economics.
Neville JamesHOST
30:59
Educational.
Neville JamesHOST
31:02
And I could communicate with anybody, man.
Sarah HunterGUEST
38:27
Oh, I wish, sorry.
Sarah HunterGUEST
38:30
Economics is the dismal subject.
Sarah HunterGUEST
38:32
So, you know, we rarely have a good news story, but hopefully it's a good news story about inflation over the next couple of years.
Sarah HunterGUEST
38:39
Fingers crossed.
Ben O'SheaHOST
13:10
Some of us might not be here to witness them, that's for sure, if we're talking about 2066.
Ben O'SheaHOST
13:14
Economics reporter Stephen Johnson, always great to have you explain this stuff on Newsworthy.
Stephen JohnsonCORRESPONDENT
13:19
Thanks very much for having me.
Ben O'SheaHOST
13:21
63-year-old Greg O'Neill was killed in a shark attack off Sorrento Beach on Friday, and it prompted the WA government to issue a rare kill order for the animal.
Rhonda FedermanNARRATOR
89:56
But modern economic speculations have been very little under the direct influence of the theories of the ancients.
Rhonda FedermanNARRATOR
90:03
It is true that modern economics had its origin in common with other sciences at the time when the study of classic writers was reviving.
Rhonda FedermanNARRATOR
90:12
But an industrial system which was based on slavery and a philosophy which regarded manufacture and commerce with contempt had little that was congenial to the hearty burghers who were as proud of their handicrafts and their trade as they were of their share in governing the state.
Rhonda FedermanNARRATOR
90:30
These strong but uncultured men might have gained much from philosophic temper and the broad interests of the great thinkers of past times.
Rhonda FedermanNARRATOR
90:39
But as it was, they set themselves to work out their own problems for themselves, and modern economics had at its origin a certain rudeness and limitation of scope and a bias towards regarding wealth as an end rather than a means of man's life.
Rhonda FedermanNARRATOR
90:56
Its immediate concern was generally with the public revenue and the effects and yield of taxes.
Rhonda FedermanNARRATOR
91:01
And here the statesmen of the free cities and the great empires alike found their economic problems more urgent and more difficult, as trade became broader and war more expensive.

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Rhonda FedermanNARRATOR
97:47
To these advantages he added unsurpassed powers of observation, judgment, and reasoning.
Geoff ParkHOST
3:45
Each contribution carries uncertainty and this should arrive as ranges rather than being added to a central estimate later.
Geoff ParkHOST
3:52
Economics is therefore only as credible as the assumptions entering it.
Geoff ParkHOST
3:56
A precise net present value generated from inconsistent inputs is still a poor decision basis.
Geoff ParkHOST
4:03
This is also where commercial risk needs to be made explicit.
speaker_0HOST
0:20
Exactly.
speaker_0HOST
0:20
And that's precisely what a fascinating new working paper, Who's Earning Doctorates in Economics and What Factors Contribute to Success in This Field, by Kristen Braude explores.
speaker_1HOST
0:30
So it's looking at the pipeline for economics PhDs.
speaker_1HOST
0:33
Who is getting these degrees and what's helping or hindering them along the way?
speaker_1HOST
4:06
What's at the top of the list?
speaker_0HOST
4:07
Quantitative preparedness is paramount.
speaker_0HOST
4:09
Economics relies heavily on modelling human behaviour, hypothesis testing and data analysis.
speaker_0HOST
4:15
Students need to be comfortable with calculus, linear algebra, probability and even real analysis.
Julian MorrowHOST
2:10
The Coalition of Civil Society Groups under the banner Save Indonesian Education Coalition has called on the Indonesian government to halt the program's expansion and immediately undertake comprehensive reforms.
Julian MorrowHOST
2:21
Joining us this morning to discuss the free meals program is Elan Satriawan, Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Gajah Mada in Indonesia.
Julian MorrowHOST
2:33
Professor Satriawan, welcome to Sunday Extra.
Elan SatriawanGUEST
2:36
Thank you for having me, Julian.

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Julian MorrowHOST
13:31
Elan Satriawan, thank you so much for joining us on Sunday Extra.
Elan SatriawanGUEST
13:34
My pleasure.
Julian MorrowHOST
13:35
Elan is the Associate Professor in Economics at the University Gadjamata in Indonesia.
Julian MorrowHOST
13:49
Regional elections don't always make world headlines, but as the small German state of Saxony-Anhalt proved when the far-right party, the AFD, won, sometimes regional elections can be momentous.
Julian MorrowHOST
0:41
A coalition of civil society groups under the banner Save Indonesian Education Coalition has called on the Indonesian government to halt the program's expansion and immediately undertake comprehensive reforms.
Julian MorrowHOST
0:53
Joining us this morning to discuss the free meals program is Elan Satriawan, Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Gajah Mada in Indonesia.
Julian MorrowHOST
1:04
Professor Satriawan, welcome to Sunday Extra.
Elan SatriawanGUEST
1:08
Thank you for having me, Julian.

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Julian MorrowHOST
13:02
My
Elan SatriawanGUEST
13:02
pleasure.
Julian MorrowHOST
13:02
Elan is the Associate Professor in Economics at the University Gadjamata in Indonesia.
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13:12
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Greg GiordanoNARRATOR
37:47
In fashioning the report, present conditions were kept steadily in mind.
Greg GiordanoNARRATOR
37:52
Looking towards some uniformity in the program for history in our elementary schools, due praise must always be accorded to the report of the Madison Conference on History, Civil Government, and Economics, which was published in 1893, and to the supplementary report of the Committee of Seven.
Greg GiordanoNARRATOR
38:11
In these reports we find the first significant declarations that history is entitled to a place of dignity in all secondary and elementary school programs.
Greg GiordanoNARRATOR
38:21
Some 200 superintendents of schools in different parts of the country have submitted for the consideration of the committee what they believe to be the best programs, and many elementary history teachers have been consulted on various features of the report.
Larry KudlowHOST
34:13
I don't know that we have that much inflation anyway compared to Joe Biden.
Larry KudlowHOST
34:18
Let's talk to our two experts, John Carney, who is the Breitbart News Editor for Economics and Finance and co-author of the really fabulous daily Breitbart Business Digest, and my dear friend Steve Forbes, the great Steve Forbes, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Media.
Larry KudlowHOST
34:41
Steve's latest book is Inflation, What It Is, Why It's Bad, and How to Fix It.
Larry KudlowHOST
34:48
John Carney, let's start.

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