The IPA's Looking Forward Podcast - A weekly podcast of debate and discussion about politics and ideas hosted by Scott Hargreaves, Editor of the IPA Review and Chris Berg of RMIT University and Fellow of the IPA
Episodes
Wednesday Oct 16, 2019
Wednesday Oct 16, 2019
Is Extinction Rebellion giving protest a bad name and do we need tougher laws to crack down on their disruptive antics? (1:26-15:25) Is there a cultural cringe at our universities and is that why they’re killing off Australian history? (15:25-28:32) Has ScoMo caught the inquiry disease and become a do-nothing PM? As he might say, we’ll look into it! (28:32-41:40) Your hosts Scott Hargreaves and Dr Chris Berg are joined by the IPA’s very own Gideon Rozner and Renee Gorman to tackle these questions as well as dive into their culture picks such the recent Nobel Prize in economics, Stephen King’s classic horror novel “Pet Sematary”, Annelise Nielson’s bank bashing book “Money Spinners” and Jeffrey M. Chwieroth and Andrew Walter’s new book “The Wealth Effect”. (41:40-59:42).
Show Notes:
Calls to review 'excessive' protest laws in wake of Extinction Rebellion arrests, The Sydney Morning Herald
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/calls-to-review-excessive-protest-laws-in-wake-of-extinction-rebellion-arrests-20191010-p52zhq.html
Call to promote Australian culture, The Australian
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/call-to-promote-australian-culture/news-story/11fbc6cf6f4f4cd71cdbc042ccf07e8f
‘Universities neglect Australian studies’, The Australian
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/universities-neglect-australian-studies/news-story/ad2c525507ce1bf3ae830e317ce38841
Leaders told to lead and stop passing the buck to bureaucrats, The Australian
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/leaders-told-to-lead-and-stop-passing-the-buck-to-bureaucrats/news-story/57ed5a56d286e5c9ab289a4bba92b5c5
Culture Picks:
Nobel Prizes in Economic Sciences
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists/all-prizes-in-economic-sciences/
The Poverty Lab, The New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/05/17/the-poverty-lab
Pet Sematary, Stephen King
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33124137-pet-sematary
Annelise Nielson, Money Spinners
https://www.penguin.com.au/books/money-spinners-9781760893170
The Wealth Effect: How the Great Expectations of the Middle Class Have Changed the Politics of Banking Crises; Jeffrey M. Chwieroth; Andrew Walter
https://www.amazon.com/Wealth-Effect-Expectations-Changed-Politics/dp/131660778X
Wealth anxiety and political populism in democracies, Andrew Walter
http://alumni.online.unimelb.edu.au/s/1182/match/wide.aspx?sid=1182&gid=1&pgid=17885&cid=25514&ecid=25514