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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 16

Economics 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 02

Economics 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 min

Economics 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 min

Economics 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 min

Nicholas 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 min

Nicholas 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 Learn more about your ad choic...2022-03-0136 min

Nicholas 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 min

Nicholas GruenKnowledge and its enemiesWorking away on some explainer videos, we discuss the script for an explainer video which is currently called "Knowledge and its enemies" — currently because it's not yet been produced and we might change its name. The script begins "Meet Socrates The Delphic Oracle proclaimed him Greece’s wisest man Incredulous, he searched high and low for someone wiser. Expert craftsmen had more technical skill, but that fed their vanity. So they pontificated on subjects they knew nothing about. At bottom, Socratic wisdom is an ethical idea — that vanity...2022-02-1136 min

Nicholas 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 01

Nicholas GruenThermonuclear termsAnother enjoyable discussion with P. Bowman in which we range over the pros and cons of the numerous terms that have come to prominence in our language over the last decade. Words like 'gaslighting' and 'microaggression'. What's distinctive about these terms is firstly their preparedness to break the 'forth wall' of a conversation. They allow one to address not just the words and arguments that others have used but also their intent or even their unintended effects. The result is the prospect of great addition to our language, but more often its weaponisation. 2022-02-0347 min

Nicholas GruenWe need the eggs: How keeping up appearances keeps us from the truthIn this chat we start from an essay of mine called 'needing the eggs'.* We talk about how so much of what matters takes place in all those ways in which what people say and what they do differ — in a thousand ways subtle and not so subtle. Towards the end of the discussion, we also talk about the prospect of a 'new professionalism' in preference to the managerialism of strategies and KPIs (which is always at risk of falling into roleplay) and also in preference to the 'old professionalism' which was replaced by managerialism. We'll explore an institutional fr...2022-01-2835 min

Nicholas GruenDiscussion with Leon Delaney with Canberra Radio station 2CCThis was a fun interview with Leon Delaney about the business of putting a dollar value on mental illness and indeed on death itself. 2022-01-2805 min

Nicholas 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 min

Nicholas 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 min

Nicholas 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 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 up my ideas slowly by paying attention...2022-01-0949 min

Nicholas 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 11

Nicholas 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 min

Nicholas 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 min

Nicholas 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 07

Nicholas 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 00

Nicholas 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 21

Nicholas 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 min

Economics 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 min

Nicholas 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 min

Nicholas 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 36

Nicholas 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 35

Nicholas 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 min

Nicholas 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 min

Nicholas 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 min

Economics 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 min

Nicholas 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 min

Nicholas 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 min

Nicholas 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 min

Nicholas GruenNicholas Gruen on Modern Monetary TheoryFrom the QAV podcast 2020-11-2858 min

Nicholas GruenShould we select the upper house by lot?Discussion on Afternoons with Sonya Feldhoff, ABC Radio Adelaide, 20th Sept, 2020 2020-11-1831 min

Nicholas 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 min

Nicholas 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 min

Economics 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...2020-03-081h 18

Nicholas 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 min

Nicholas 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...2019-12-3126 min

Nicholas 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 min

Nicholas 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 min

Economics 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 min

Nicholas GruenFiscal Position - Sep 2019..2019-10-1508 min

Nicholas GruenThe need for an Evaluator General.2019-08-2410 min

Nicholas 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

Economic Rockstar164: Nicholas Gruen on Data Sharing and Reform in Economic ThinkingNicholas 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. Check out the episode at www.economicrockstar.com/nicholasgruen Support the show from...2018-11-0100 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. Find us on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@failinghuman) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians.2018-10-151h 00

Nicholas GruenGruen on KrugmanLatest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-0813 min

Nicholas GruenEconomic Forecasting - Aug 2018Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-0809 min

Nicholas GruenInternet and Phone Infrastructure MFE- Mar 2018Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-0813 min

Nicholas GruenPublic and Private Goods MFE Mar 2018Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-0817 min

Nicholas GruenBrexit- Nov 2017Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-0805 min

Nicholas GruenWellbeing Frameworks - Aug 2017Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-0811 min

Nicholas GruenCentral Banking for All - Apr 2017Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-0809 min

Nicholas GruenTACSI launches open source human services in Australia Sep 2016Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-0816 min

Nicholas GruenEfficacy in human services and the Evaluator General Aug 2016Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-0810 min

Nicholas GruenElite tribalism and the new ruling class (Meritocracy) MFE Jul 2016Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-0813 min

Nicholas GruenNo-pain-no-gain High-road-low-road MFE Mar 2016Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-0816 min

Nicholas GruenInnovative thinking in public sector ( banking) -Where are the mainstream radical centrists MFE Mar 2016Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-0819 min

Nicholas GruenThe National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Mar 2016Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-0811 min

Nicholas GruenStimulus , secular stagnation, what to do in the next recession MFE Feb 2016Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-0818 min

Nicholas GruenPlatform for the Arts in review format MFE Oct 2015Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-0813 min

Nicholas GruenBitcoin interview 2 MFE Aug 2015Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-0815 min

Nicholas GruenBitcoin interview Aug 2015Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-0824 min

Nicholas GruenDeliberative democracy MFE July 2015Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-0814 min

Nicholas GruenData as property Part 1 and 2 MFE Mar 2015Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-0820 min

Nicholas GruenAgeing - Walter Williams Feb 2015Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-0820 min

Nicholas GruenGreek Crisis - MFE Jan 2015Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-0812 min

Nicholas GruenBullshit MFE Nov 2014Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-0816 min

Nicholas GruenPublic goods of the information age through public private partnership Sep 2014Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-0813 min

Nicholas GruenReinventing Reform MFE - Sept 2014Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-0814 min

Nicholas GruenNudge MFE - August 2014Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-0819 min

Nicholas GruenGrattan panel on Superannuation July 2014Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-081h 16

Nicholas GruenNudge Nudge Wink Wink MFE June 2014Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-0816 min

Nicholas GruenFamily by Family Linda Mottram April 2014Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-0812 min

Nicholas GruenPolitical Correctness MFE - Dec 2013Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-0820 min

Nicholas GruenWorkplaces and Open Data -MFE May 2013Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-0822 min

Nicholas GruenWhat should we make NG - May 2013Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-0813 min

Nicholas GruenBeyond voxpop democracy - deepening democracy in the internet - Apr 2012Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-0813 min

Nicholas GruenCar-Industry - James O'Loghlin - Feb 2012Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-0823 min

Nicholas GruenAdam Smith Counterpoint 2009Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-0813 min

Nicholas GruenSpin in politics - Aug 2010Stopping political dependence on spin 2018-08-0816 min

Nicholas GruenOpen government (Gov 2.0 initiatives) and federal election campaign Aug 2010Latest episode of Nicholas Gruen 2018-08-0828 min

Nicholas 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

Florence GuildEp 03: Detoxing our democracy a la Ancient Athens - Nicholas GruenSpeaker Nicholas Gruen Type Live Conversation About this conversation 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 min

Podcast 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