Shows
Clearer Thinking with Spencer GreenbergWhen voting fails (with Nicholas Gruen) Read the full transcript here. Which decisions should be made by election and which by random sampling? Where is competition healthy for choosing leaders, and where must rule-setting be unitary and impartial? What would credible umpires look like - judges, statisticians, pay reviewers - and how do we insulate them from parties? Can citizen juries and standing sampled councils surface red lines, negotiate overlap, and rebuild losers’ consent? Why does professional party culture normalize behavior individuals would reject, and can structured deliberation beat competitive groupthink? How do we measure success for rule-setters - accuracy, legitimacy, or a co...
2025-12-251h 35
The Bottleneck PodcastRory Sutherland, Elfried Samba and Nicholas Gruen on why systems break and how to fix themThis episode of The Bottleneck Podcast discusses the toxic nature of modern politics. Economist Nicholas Gruen joins Rory Sutherland and Elfried Samba to explain why debating now feels like a never-ending battle, where the centre ground gets drowned out by the most extreme voices and most people are trying to win arguments rather than solve problems.They also explore why everyday communities often handle difference better than the internet does, and why GDP is a weak guide to how well a country is really doing. Education and housing, they argue, have increasingly become status...
2025-11-2448 min
Nicholas GruenMe on Curious World ViewRyan Faulkner-Hogg asked me to join him on his long-form podcast show where, over nearly three hours, we spoke about many things.Here are his show notes:I joined the Australian economist Nicholas Gruen recently in his Melbourne home to host his first 'long-form' podcast (although I'm not sure at what hour it goes from short to long)At the core of Gruen's worldview is the “un-seriousness” he levels at Australian politics, the media landscape, institutions and in a word... bureaucracies.From his creation of the HALE Index to his decades inside Australia’s publ...
2025-08-132h 46
Curious WorldviewNicholas Gruen | Brilliant Australian Economist On Pokies, Citizen Juries, Institutional Lethargy, Superannuation & The HALE IndexSubscribe to Nicholas Gruen's Substack - https://nicholasgruen.substack.com/I joined the Australian economist Nicholas Gruen recently in his Melbourne home to host his first 'long-form' podcast (although I'm not sure at what hour it goes from short to long)At the core of Gruen's worldview is the “un-seriousness” he levels at Australian politics, the media landscape, institutions and in a word... bureaucracies.From his creation of the HALE Index to his decades inside Australia’s public institutions, Nicholas continuously challenges orthodox thinking.The podcast covers the (in my...
2025-08-132h 46
Economics ExploredThe Gangster Method in Tariff and Trade Negotiations: w/ Nicholas GruenGene Tunny and Nicholas Gruen dive deep into the economic implications of Trump's sweeping tariffs. They explore the micro and macroeconomic dimensions—from optimal tariff theory to trade deficits and geopolitical fallout. With humour, clarity, and urgency, they unpack why these tariffs will do more harm than good, both economically and politically. A video version of this episode will appear as an episode of the Uncomfortable Collisions with Reality podcast on Nicholas’s YouTube channel. Please let Gene know your thoughts on Trump’s tariffs and any questions or comments regarding this episode by emailing Gene at contact...
2025-04-111h 16Nicholas GruenKamala's and Donald's economic policiesI joined Peter Clarke and Margo Kingston on their Transitzone podcast. Here's their own description of our discussion.
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This last week of the election campaign has seen Donald Trump become even more overheated in his rhetoric. His fixation on whether Kamala Harris had a summer job working for McDonalds about 40 years ago, as she claims, has become a recurring feature of his rally rants. He has not relented an iota on the Springfield, Haitian attacks or his 2020, “rigged” election Big Lie, even as the voting machine company, Smartmatic, settles at the last minute a defamation case...
2024-09-3040 minEconomics ExploredAustralia's Lost Policy Exceptionalism w/ Nicholas Gruen - EP248Gene Tunny welcomes Dr Nicholas Gruen from Lateral Economics to explore the decline of Australia's policy exceptionalism. They delve into the era of microeconomic reforms, the role of neoliberalism, and the challenges current policymakers face. Nicholas provides a historical perspective and discusses potential ways forward. He shares insights from his time advising the Hawke and Keating governments, discussing the successes and failures of Australia’s economic reforms from the 1980s and 1990s.This is the last episode before a four-week break. Economics Explored will return in August 2024. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, ple...
2024-07-091h 02Economics ExploredHow Ben Bernanke can bring Superforecasting to the Bank of England w/ Nicholas Gruen - EP207Host Gene Tunny chats with Dr. Nicholas Gruen about economic forecasting and what recommendations former US Fed Chair Ben Bernanke could make in his current review of forecasting at the Bank of England. Nicholas, the CEO of Lateral Economics, discusses the shortcomings of economic forecasting and shares his insights into how it can be improved. The conversation was inspired by Nicholas's article in the Financial Times titled "How to Improve Economic Forecasting." The episode is split into two parts, with the second part focusing on the feedback Nicholas received on his article. Please get in touch with a...
2023-09-2650 minEconomics ExploredThe ESG puppet show & taking Liberty seriously w/ Nicholas Gruen - EP199Nicholas Gruen, CEO of Lateral Economics, and host Gene Tunny discuss the topics of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) mandates and Liberty. They explore how ESG mandates can create confusion among executives and investors, and delve into Nicholas' perspective on Liberty, how to take it seriously and the best way to think about it. Nicholas tells a story from the early 1980s about how he tried to change Australia’s laws which allow Parliament to lock people up for contempt of Parliament. The conversation also touches on Nicholas' concept of citizens' juries, which is gaining support internationally, including from Ma...
2023-08-0153 min
Uncomfortable Collisions with RealityRisk: protecting the children or protecting the system? CEO on disadvantaged youthIn this thought-provoking episode of Uncomfortable Collisions with Reality, Nicholas Gruen and guest Jarrod Wheatley, founder and CEO of PIC Professional Individualized Care, delve into the complex issue of risk in out-of-home care for children. As they explore the challenges faced by those involved in child protection, they discuss the delicate balance between prioritizing the child's well-being and managing organizational risk. Drawing parallels to the institutional imperative and transparent decision-making, this episode sheds light on the need for thoughtful consideration and empathy when navigating the intricacies of the out-of-home care system.
0:55 Introduction 1:23 How the system humiliates 4:07 Prioritizing...
2023-07-2126 min
Nicholas GruenRisk: protecting the children or protecting the system? CEO on Disadvantaged youthIn this thought-provoking episode of Uncomfortable Collisions with Reality, Nicholas Gruen and guest Jarrod Wheatley, founder and CEO of PIC Professional Individualized Care, delve into the complex issue of risk in out-of-home care for children. As they explore the challenges faced by those involved in child protection, they discuss the delicate balance between prioritizing the child's well-being and managing organizational risk. Drawing parallels to the institutional imperative and transparent decision-making, this episode sheds light on the need for thoughtful consideration and empathy when navigating the intricacies of the out-of-home care system.
0:55 Introduction
1:23 How the system humiliates
4:07 Prioritizing...
2023-06-1426 minEconomics ExploredGov’t wellbeing budgets & frameworks: useful or useless? w/ Nicholas Gruen - EP187Show host Gene Tunny talks with Dr. Nicholas Gruen, CEO of Lateral Economics, about the increasing focus of governments on wellbeing. For instance, former NZ PM Jacinda Ardern rebranded the national budget as a Wellbeing Budget, Wales has a Futures Generations Commissioner, and Australia is developing a new wellbeing framework, Measuring What Matters. Gene and Nicholas discuss the limitations of the current top-down approaches and platitudes, and consider potential solutions for better integrating wellbeing into policymaking. Please get in touch with any questions, comments and suggestions by emailing us at contact@economicsexplored.com or sending a voice m...
2023-05-0956 minNicholas GruenNG on Economic RockstarThe shownotes from Economic Rockstar
Nicholas Gruen is CEO of Lateral Economics and is a widely published policy economist, entrepreneur and commentator.
In this episode Professor Gruen discusses the need for reform in economics at both academic and policy level.
He also explains the importance of information and how information is poorly managed at the central planning stage but can be used effectively under the right direction if this information or data can be shareable both from the private and the public sector
2023-02-031h 20
Nicholas GruenThe Iron law of business-as-usual: What is it and can we escape it?Delivered to the Communities in Control conference in 2020 Why is it that new agendas in policy arrive, hold the stage for a few years and, when they are swept away by the next fad, have next to nothing to show for themselves? New Zealand has garnered world attention for its ‘Wellbeing Budget’.
But Australia’s Treasury had a wellbeing framework a decade ago. It was quietly scrapped a few years ago and no one noticed the difference. It looks like New Zealand is heading down a similar path. Likewise, governments around the world — including Australia’s — pitch the idea that NG...
2022-06-0246 minNicholas GruenHow Volodymyr Zelenskyy sent courage viralFrom 2GB's website
Luke Grants chats to Dr Nicholas Gruen, the CEO of Lateral Economics, who argues that Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is playing the role Winston Churchill played in 1940. In a world bathed in BS, Zelenskyy’s physical courage actually makes a greater contribution today than it did in Churchill’s time.
He says Zelinsky cuts through the BS, he means what he says and it’s as simple as just his actions move us because he’s doing his job, like the captain of an old ship that has foundered committing themself to save all...
2022-03-1016 min
That Trippi ShowNicholas Gruen on a revolutionary way to fight partisanship
Australian economist Nicholas Gruen joins the show -- and he's got some big ideas to get us past partisanship in democracy. How do you bridge the divide and bring people together to actually advance policy ideas? How do you pull people out of their partisan tribes? Find out about Nicholas's revolutionary idea and how he thinks we can get there. Follow Nicholas on Twitter @NGruen.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/that-trippi-show/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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2022-03-0136 minNicholas GruenDemocracy works to exclude everyday people: Me on 2GBFrom 2GB's website:
Luke Grant is joined by Dr Nicholas Gruen, Lateral Economics’ CEO & Index author and a thinker who doesn’t mind challenging the norms and we love that on this programme.
Most people would say those who occupy seats in our various parliaments and councils are not always seen as being in touch with us ordinary folk or even worse, not always putting our best interests first in their deliberations.
Today we should be seeking to balance representation by election with representation by sortation as occurs, in juries by random selection from t...
2022-02-2517 minNicholas GruenWith Crikey's Bernard Keane on democracy, corruption and citizens' assemblies.As part of Crikey's Democracy Lost series, Crikey's political editor Bernard Keane conducted an extended discussion with Nicholas Gruen on Christmas Eve. Nicholas is one of Australia's finest public policy intellectuals and has written on an extraordinary array of issues while working as a ministerial adviser, Productivity Commissioner, academic and investor. He is also an advocate for citizens' assemblies, and argues that they offer a solution to some of the complex problems besetting our democracy, as well as overcoming the opposition of vested interests to much-needed reforms. He explains why in nearly an hour of free-wheeling discussion.
2022-02-111h 01Nicholas GruenWellbeing, mental health and COVIDI enjoyed this chat with Luke Grant on the Herald/Age Lateral Economics (HALE) Index of wellbeing and our finding that the mental health impact of lockdowns had cost around $13 billion dollars over the course of the last couple of years. But there's much more to the story than that. Here's the story as published in the Sydney Morning Herald and Age.
2022-01-2517 minNicholas GruenThe art of the short rising ball: getting to where the conversation should be atIn this discussion, I discuss where my approach to economics came from, how from the beginning I'd tried to steer economic policy making away from tribal disputes to find what the parties could agree on and how I started generalising that approach much more widely than economics.
2022-01-2051 minNicholas GruenPaying attention and thinking about politicsP Bowman and Nicholas Gruen on 13th Jan 2022.
Following up on our last discussion in about the significance of paying attention to things that surprise you or deviations between the way people describe their behaviour or their situation and what one can observe we explore similar questions in the world of politics.
We begin by discussing this post on my distinction between policy ideas and policy hacks, and, later in the podcast talk about James Burnham's devastating critique of political thought as wish fulfilment. Viz:
It would be a great error to suppose th...
2022-01-1454 minNicholas GruenThe art of paying attentionI enjoyed this conversation with P Bowman, a super thoughtful fellow with whom I've been discussing some possible collaborations.
The conversation began with him asking me why I come up short when people ask me for books to read that will enable them to more fully understand things I've said.
Short answer: because I didn't get my ideas out of books and I didn't get them by 'applying' some professional training I've had in economics or anywhere else. Of course those things provide a backdrop and a box of tools, but I cooked up my ideas slowly by paying attention...
2022-01-0949 min
Nicholas GruenThe art of paying attentionI enjoyed this conversation with P Bowman, a super thoughtful fellow with whom I've been discussing some possible collaborations.
The conversation began with him asking me why I come up short when people ask me for books to read that will enable them to more fully understand things I've said.
Short answer: because I didn't get my ideas out of books and I didn't get them by 'applying' some professional training I've had in economics or anywhere else. Of course those things provide a backdrop and a box of tools, but I cooked...
2022-01-0749 minNicholas GruenRethinking democracy with juries: Podcast with Jim O'Shaugnessey on Infinite LoopsFrom Infinite Loops
Nicholas Gruen is a widely published policy economist, entrepreneur and commentator. He has advised Cabinet Ministers, sat on Australia’s Productivity Commission and founded Lateral Economics and Peach Financial. We discuss:
Fast foodification of Democracy
Isegoria, or equality of speech
Pros and Cons of a citizen jury
How citizen juries help in nuanced policy discussions
Using philanthropy for political experiments
And MUCH more!
Follow Nicholas on Twitter at https://twitter.com/NGruen1 and read his essays at https://clubtroppo.com.au
2021-12-281h 11
Infinite LoopsNicholas Gruen — Rethinking Democracy with JuriesNicholas Gruen is a widely published policy economist, entrepreneur and commentator. He has advised Cabinet Ministers, sat on Australia's Productivity Commission and founded Lateral Economics and Peach Financial. We discuss: Fast foodification of Democracy Isegoria, or equality of speech Pros and Cons of a citizen jury How citizen juries help in nuanced policy discussions Using philanthropy for political experiments And MUCH more! Follow Nicholas on Twitter at https://twitter.com/NGruen1 and read his essays at https://clubtroppo.com.au
2021-12-271h 11Nicholas GruenSkimming the surface or plumbing the depthsSocial and marketing researchers run focus groups to find out what people are thinking. But usually they skim the surface to find out people's concerns so they can parrot them back to them. This is good for campaigning and marketing, but it skims the surface of people's thinking. It doesn't require them to deliberate and it doesn't elicit HOW MUCH they care about things. Plumbing those depths requires a different approach — for instance one in which you get people to deliberate and, even better, make difficult choices that enable you to see how much they care about things compared wi...
2021-12-1210 minNicholas GruenA people's bankAn interview on The Wire following the Greens picking up my Central banking for all. You may also be interested in my piece for the FT on central bank digital currency.
2021-12-0804 minNicholas GruenDisequilibrium and Musical ChairsAnother podcast with Tyson Yunkaporta. Here's his introduction …
Friend of the pod, Nicholas Gruen, tries to help me get to the bottom of my theories about supply and demand. Turns out economics as a discipline is so opaque that it's turtles all the way down and there's no proof to be found - just interesting perspectives through stories about property auction smoking ceremonies and Mafia internships.
2021-12-051h 07Nicholas GruenHegel, Fidelio and Emu: Podcast with Tyson YunkaportaHere's how Tyson describes this exchange:
Nicholas Gruen is a white Kant philosopher who keeps talking to me about Western philosophers when I'm supposed to be working. We kick this one off with a Fidelio monologue I wrote for the Opera House this season, while I try to finish a chapter on the Enlightenment and Nicholas tells me the best bits of the Age of Reason that will be worth keeping after the global economic system collapses. And I get schooled on my "vulgar Marxist interpretation" of Hegel, which I completely deserve.
2021-12-051h 00Nicholas GruenJokes and other things with Tyson Yunkaporta Oct 2021A long chat prompted by the issues in this essay — "Needing the eggs: 70 years of going through the motions".
2021-10-121h 21Nicholas GruenProminent Australian economist Dr Nicholas Gruen gives his thoughts on both David Graeber's BS jobs thesis and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)I talk to friend and collegue Gene Tunny who's doing a great job running an economics podcast from Brisbane. From his shownotes:
David Graeber's BS jobs thesis (previously covered in EP95) lacks microeconomic foundations, according to Dr Nicholas Gruen. In EP97, Economics Explored host Gene Tunny speaks with Nicholas about BS jobs and also about Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). Nicholas is a big believer in the potential of CBDC, which he has written about in the Financial Times.
Links relevant to the conversation
Re. BS jobs:
https://queenslandeconomywatch.com/2021/07/10/people-escaping-bs-jobs-covered-in-my-latest-podcast-episode-and-going-into-business-for-themselves...
2021-07-2555 minEconomics ExploredBS jobs critique + CBDC thoughts from Dr Nicholas GruenDavid Graeber's BS jobs thesis (previously covered in EP95) lacks microeconomic foundations, according to Dr Nicholas Gruen. In EP97, Economics Explored host Gene Tunny speaks with Nicholas about BS jobs and also about Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). Nicholas is a big believer in the potential of CBDC, which he has written about in the Financial Times. About Dr Nicholas GruenDr Nicholas Gruen is a policy economist, entrepreneur and commentator on our economy, society and innovation. He is CEO of Lateral Economics, Visiting Professor at Kings College London Policy Institute and Adjunct Professor at U...
2021-07-2455 minNicholas GruenThe placebo effect is too valuable to ignoreIf we're testing a drug, we want to make sure that it works better than a placebo (like a sugar pill). But if the placebo effect is real we shouldn't ignore it. Our medicine should mobilise it to improve health and to do that it needs to understand it better.
2021-06-2509 minNicholas GruenEureka Podcast: Nicholas Gruen talks with Misha SaulFrom Misha's website
Nicholas is a prominent Australian economist and has chaired various Australian government groups and initiatives as well as Kaggle, where he was an early investor. Lindsay Tanner has described him as "Australia's foremost public intellectual".
We cover:
Toyota, Tech and Isegoria
Problems with technological scale vs human-centred design
Our inability to solve child abuse and indigenous disadvantage
Corporate value phoniness
The surreal waste of government programs
Mentorship
Interesting people
Investment philosophy
The Australian Dream and Australian identity
The meaning of life and what Nicholas would do with a billion dollars
New...
2021-06-161h 36Nicholas GruenThe Greatest Music of All Time: Nicholas Gruen editionNicholas Gruen speaks to Tom about his favourite records, including Paul Simon's "The Boy In The Bubble", how the demise of pop culture and politics began with fast food and continued with social media, his book, "Together: rethinking community and competition in the age of Facebook" and how he thinks we could fix our ailing democracies: https://tinyurl.com/36wpd255.
2021-06-161h 35Nicholas GruenMy Favourite Economist on the micro-economics of the miracle of the internetIn physics, we’re used to the idea that at different scales and at different stages of some process, very different things happen. We inhabit Newton’s world of medium-sized things and speeds – planets, trees, footballs and travel at walking, driving or flying speed – even space station speed. When things get very big or fast – intergalactic or close to the speed of light – very strange things happen that defy our own intuitions. And inside atoms when things get even weirder. Likewise during a ‘phase transition’ of some matter from one phase to another – from solid to liquid for instance – strange and counterint...
2021-05-2813 minNicholas GruenNicholas Gruen on the value of public data and scientific infrastructureFrom ABC Radio National's Science Show.
We hear people criticise the cost of the census. In Australia it happens every five years. There is also debate over the collection of medical data. Nicholas Gruen has studied the value of public information such as that provided by the census. He says there are clear cost benefits to collecting data and making it available. The Public Health Research Network generates $16 for each dollar spent on it. And the census generates $6 for each dollar spent.
Originally broadcast on Sat 18 Jan 2020.
2021-04-0806 minNicholas GruenThe case for more independent fiscal policy has never been strongerIn a March 2021 Financial Times article Dr Nicholas Gruen proposed an independent fiscal policy advisory body so that fiscal policy is freed from political tinkering. Economics Explored host Gene Tunny speaks with Dr Gruen about his proposal in this episode.
2021-04-0436 minEconomics ExploredFreeing Fiscal Policy from political tinkering with Dr Nicholas GruenIn a March 2021 Financial Times article Dr Nicholas Gruen proposed an independent fiscal policy advisory body so that fiscal policy is freed from political tinkering. Economics Explored host Gene Tunny speaks with Dr Gruen about his proposal in this episode. Dr Gruen is CEO of Lateral Economics and a Visiting Professor at King's College, London. He has advised Australian Government Ministers, including an Australian Treasurer, and is a renowned angel investor (e.g. in Kaggle which was acquired by Google). Dr Gruen blogs regularly at Club Troppo.Links relevant to the conversation include:Dr...
2021-03-3136 min
Under RatedDr Nicholas Gruen (Economist): Will we be paying for Covid monetary stimulus for the rest of our lives? (S2E2)On this episode, I interview Dr Nicholas Gruen, one of Speedlancer’s investors and advisors. He is most known as a prominent economist, and I turned to him in this discussion for his thoughts on modern monetary policies during a tumultuous 2020, given the Covid-19 pandemic. We also touched on the promise of Bitcoin, and how it fits into the picture. I hope you enjoy!
(Recorded Dec, 2020)
2021-03-0253 minNicholas GruenObjectivity in science and the art of evidence based policyNicholas Gruen is interviewed by Michael Lester for Northern Beaches Radio on this essay.
2021-02-0930 minNicholas Gruen2.0 Is Changing Definitions Of Public Goods. Or Is It?Nicholas Gruen, economist and former chair of the Australian Gov 2.0 Taskforce debates the ways in which 2.0 thinking and technologies are changing economic definitions of public goods.
Podcast with John Wells, June 7th, 2012
2021-01-2631 minNicholas GruenIntellectual property: High handed conduct, low hanging fruitA presentation to the Australian Digital Alliance Policy Forum
National Library of Australia , Canberra, 4th March, 2011
2021-01-2639 min2020-11-2858 minNicholas GruenShould we select the upper house by lot?Discussion on Afternoons with Sonya Feldhoff, ABC Radio Adelaide, 20th Sept, 2020
2020-11-1831 minNicholas GruenNicholas Gruen on evidence-based policy and the Evaluator GeneralOther relevant links are as follows
The Catch 22 at the heart of evidence-based policy or our failure at it
A submission to the Thodey Review proposing the Evaluator General
The Evaluator General can generate a new professionalism
2020-05-2056 minNicholas GruenCoronavirus: decision making give uncertaintyIn this interview, I discuss how Coronavirus provides us with an example of decision making under uncertainty. Although it is a case of decision making under EXTREME uncertainty, a great deal of policy making, I'd say most, should be understood as essentially the same. It might be more 'normal' but what stands out is our ignorance. Certainly in the social sciences, we should never forget how profoundly ignorant we are.
2020-03-2638 minEconomics ExploredCoronavirus policy responses with Dr Nicholas Gruen of Lateral EconomicsWould strong early action on coronavirus have been better, from both public health and economic perspectives, than the incremental policy responses we have seen in countries such as Australia and the US? In this episode, Economics Explained host Gene Tunny discusses policy responses to coronavirus with Dr Nicholas Gruen, CEO of Lateral Economics. Nicholas is a Visiting Professor at King’s College, London, and former Chair of several government, non-profit, and private sector organisations, including Innovation Australia and Kaggle.TimestampsUse these (approximate) timestamps to jump right to the highlights:4:00 – Nicholas discusses his recent arti...
2020-03-2538 min
Designing Open DemocracyIsegoria: The Way Citizens' Juries Deliver It, How Elections Destroy It (Nicholas Gruen: CEO of Lateral Economics)Hi and welcome to the Designing Open Democracy Podcast. We are an Australian based forum keeping track of democracy innovations in Australia and around the world.
For this episode recorded on the 3rd of March 2020, I visited a prominent Australian economist named Nicholas Gruen, CEO of Lateral Economics.
As frequent commentator on economic reform as well as innovation, he will be joining us for this episode to explore the concept of Citizens' Juries and how it could be implemented in Australia and other countries.
Here is some links and concepts referenced in this talk:
•Considered Opinion Of The People
•Citizens' Juri...
2020-03-081h 18Nicholas GruenThe competition delusionAn interview I did on the ABC program Future Tense on my Griffith Review article "Trust and the competition delusion".
2020-02-1111 minNicholas GruenWhat economic reform thinking might have looked like – if we’d bothered to do it. With Martin WolfA talk given in London on Nov 14th 2018. This was the paper distributed with the talk, itself 'internationalised' from this essay which focuses on Australia – the slides of which can be downloaded from this link.
2020-01-031h 27
Designing Open DemocracyCitizens' Democracy (part 1): Nicholas GruenOriginally recorded on Monday, 21st August 2017. This event called Citizens' Democracy, introduces the idea of citizen juries and deliberative democracy. In the interest of podcast listeners, it is split to a 3 part series.
For this podcast, Nicholas Gruen will be presenting.
Lateral Economics CEO Nicholas Gruen will be presenting his idea of Citizens Juries for improving democracy, then Austrian Chief Futurist and CEO of Prediki. Hubertus Hofkirchner, will talk about his proposal for a citizen parliament fresh from the Austrian elections via video link.
After both speakers have spoken, a Q&A session was held with both speakers after their...
2019-12-3126 minNicholas GruenNicholas Gruen is interviewed by Gene Tunny on innovation (with some discussion of democracy)Gene Tunny has provided the following program notes on his own podcast.
In this episode, Economics Explained host Gene Tunny discusses innovation and digital public goods with his colleague Dr Nicholas Gruen, CEO of Lateral Economics. Nicholas is a well-known Australian economist, entrepreneur, and angel investor. Australia’s former Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner once described Nicholas as “Australia’s foremost public intellectual.”
Many listeners will know of Nicholas’s work, through his published articles, reports and blog posts at Club Troppo and the Mandarin. He’s frequently quoted in national and international media, including the Financial Ti...
2019-11-0256 minNicholas GruenThe Competition Delusion Episode 1Whether or not we have private affluence and public squalor in the economy generally as J.K. Galbraith argued regarding the American economy in the 1950s, we have it in the world of ideas.
2019-11-0110 minEconomics ExploredInnovation & digital public goods with Nicholas GruenIn this episode, Economics Explained host Gene Tunny discusses innovation and digital public goods with his colleague Dr Nicholas Gruen, CEO of Lateral Economics. Nicholas is a well-known Australian economist, entrepreneur, and angel investor. Australia’s former Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner once described Nicholas as “Australia’s foremost public intellectual.”Many listeners will know of Nicholas’s work, through his published articles, reports and blog posts at Club Troppo and the Mandarin. He’s frequently quoted in national and international media, including the Financial Times. It’s challenging to summarise Nicholas’s wide-ranging career. He’s worked as a minis...
2019-10-3056 min2019-10-1508 min2019-08-2410 minNicholas Gruen2.0 Is Changing Definitions Of Public Goods. Or Is It?In an interview with Radio2.0, Nicholas Gruen, economist and former chair of the Australian Gov 2.0 Taskforce debates the ways in which 2.0 thinking and technologies are changing economic definitions of public goods. In this far-ranging discussion, Nicholas explains how Gov 2.0 is a nexus between 'Jefferson's dream' of the transformative potential of ideas as public goods, and 'Schumpeter's nightmare' of the chaos of direct democracy. He argues that democracy is chaos unless it's mediated by specialists, and that the social web actually makes it harder to get the leaders we need to govern.
2019-04-1731 min
TRIGGERnometryNicholas Gruen on Immigration, Corruption in Academia and Citizens' AssembliesEconomist & CEO of Lateral Economics, Nicholas Gruen (@NGruen1) discusses immigration, refugees, the culture wars, Australian politics, academic corruption, bias in academia, fast-food politics, authenticity in politics, Donald Trump, Julia Gillard citizens' assemblies and a lot more with the guys at TRIGGERnometry.
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2018-10-151h 002018-08-0813 min2018-08-0809 min2018-08-0813 min2018-08-0817 min2018-08-0805 min2018-08-0811 min2018-08-0809 minNicholas GruenTACSI launches open source human services in Australia Sep 2016Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen
2018-08-0816 minNicholas GruenEfficacy in human services and the Evaluator General Aug 2016Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen
2018-08-0810 minNicholas GruenElite tribalism and the new ruling class (Meritocracy) MFE Jul 2016Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen
2018-08-0813 min2018-08-0816 minNicholas GruenInnovative thinking in public sector ( banking) -Where are the mainstream radical centrists MFE Mar 2016Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen
2018-08-0819 minNicholas GruenThe National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Mar 2016Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen
2018-08-0811 minNicholas GruenStimulus , secular stagnation, what to do in the next recession MFE Feb 2016Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen
2018-08-0818 min2018-08-0813 min2018-08-0815 min2018-08-0824 min2018-08-0814 min2018-08-0820 min2018-08-0820 min2018-08-0812 min2018-08-0816 minNicholas GruenPublic goods of the information age through public private partnership Sep 2014Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen
2018-08-0813 min2018-08-0814 min2018-08-0819 min2018-08-081h 162018-08-0816 min2018-08-0812 min2018-08-0820 min2018-08-0822 min2018-08-0813 minNicholas GruenBeyond voxpop democracy - deepening democracy in the internet - Apr 2012Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen
2018-08-0813 min2018-08-0823 min2018-08-0813 min2018-08-0816 minNicholas GruenOpen government (Gov 2.0 initiatives) and federal election campaign Aug 2010Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen
2018-08-0828 minNicholas GruenAdam Smith is to markets as Jane Austen is to marriage- Apr 2009Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen
2018-08-0811 min
Disciplined Disruption Podcast#032 - Dr. Nicholas Gruen - CEO Lateral EconomicsFrom Austria to Australia - because of my German background, I was able to pronounce Nicholas' surname correctly :-) Dr. Nicholas Gruen shares the story of his father that got him interested in It was a good start into a very entertaining conversation on economics, politics and what we can do differently to solve some of today's problems and challenges. As the CEO of Lateral Economics, Dr Nicholas Gruen is used to think differently, and that's often a good thing to get new perspectives and views. His ideas and models to address the cha...
2017-08-2157 min
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Brexit and the rise of Donald Trump have humiliated political elites. But we led the pack in 2013 when the elites in Australia’s Parliament humiliated themselves – abolishing carbon pricing when a predominant majority of parliamentarians understood it was folly. Why did they do it? To meet the imperatives of political combat in our vox pop democracy.
Today democracy is synonymous with representation by election. But another way of representing the people enjoys far more community support and a far older lineage: Representation by sortition or selection by lot as occurs in juri...
2017-08-0145 min
cameronreilly.comNo Illusions Podcast #54 – Nicholas Gruen on Aussie Auto Industry BailoutsAustralia is one of only a few countries in the world that has the facilities to design and manufacture a car from digging the raw materials out of the ground to dealer domestic sale. And in the 1970s Australia’s auto industry was ranked 10th place in the World but today? We are in 28th place.
Take this one example – The Ford Falcon, which has been manufactured since 1960 and is currently on life support. Sales last year were 74% less than its best year ever, which was in 2003.
Ford, which has about 3000 employees in Australia, has rece...
2012-10-1600 minPodcast Archives - cameronreilly.comNo Illusions Podcast #54 – Nicholas Gruen on Aussie Auto Industry BailoutsAustralia is one of only a few countries in the world that has the facilities to design and manufacture a car from digging the raw materials out of the ground to dealer domestic sale. And in the 1970s Australia’s auto industry was ranked 10th place in the World but today? We are in 28th place.
Take this one example – The Ford Falcon, which has been manufactured since 1960 and is currently on life support. Sales last year were 74% less than its best year ever, which was in 2003.
Ford, which has about 3000 employees in Australia, has rece...
2012-10-1600 min