Study hard, go to uni, start an interesting, well-paid career. It used to be simple but these days, unless you’ve done a vocational degree, like medicine or teaching, it’s a long and winding road.  It takes a graduate an average 2.6 years to find a full-time job in the area that they’ve studied. So what’s that costing us and how can we do better?

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Study to work: 2.6 years to get job after uni

When you have access to the entire world, can you find your narrow area of interest and make a living from it? Drawing on business case studies, award-winning writer and broadcaster Adam Davidson describes how the 21st century economy offers opportunities for people to combine the things they love with their careers. Guest: Adam Davidson, author, The Passion Economy: The New Rules for Thriving in the Twenty-First Century

The passion economy

Inflation is low in Australia at just 1.8 per cent. But lots of households are feeling that their budgets are tight. So what’s going on? Guests: Rachel Ong ViforJ, Professor of Economics, Curtin University Anthony Doyle, Cross Asset Investment Specialist, Fidelity International Jack Stevens, Chief Executive, Edstart Jane Hall, Distinguished Professor of Health Economics, UTS Business School

Cost of living

It's not easy to estimate the total economic cost of Australia's bushfires that have burnt through vast areas of the country, especially as the fire season may continue as late as March. The total impact on human lives, the economy and environment is complicated and some costs may continue to grow for years to come. Guests: Amanda Findley, Mayor of Shoalhaven Shire, John Quiggin, Australian Laureate Fellow in Economics, University of Queensland Mehmet Ulubasoglu, Professor of Economics, Deakin Business School, Researcher, Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC Richard Denniss, Chief Economist, The Australia Institute

Counting the costs of Australia's bushfires

What will shape the coming decade? This question concentrates the mind of the financial sector, which is trying to work out what to invest in and what to get out of. Climate change looms large, robots and automation will transform work and governments may have to further protect and stimulate their economies by investing. At the same time, more Asian economies are tipped to climb the global ladder.

The economic and social turning points of the 2020s

Australian cities include high levels of car parking and it's priced into our buildings, shopping malls and housing. Can parking be done better?

The high cost of free parking

How music streaming is changing music and how artists get paid.

Fractions of a cent: music streaming

Signed up to a monthly subscription lately? If so, you're part of a growing shift in the way we buy goods and services.

The subscription economy

The humble 2-minute noodle is big business for Australian wheat growers. About 13 billion packets of instant noodles are eaten each year in Indonesia alone - and that's where most of our export wheat ends up.

The way of the noodle: Aussie wheat in demand for global snack

Forget credit cards - the future of finance is on your phone. You can split bills, seamlessly buy almost anything, book services and get loans.

Buy now pay later: the fintech boom

We hear a lot about the huge differences between the wealthiest private schools and the public system: sports centres, state of the art libraries, manicured playing fields. But there are also big differences between public schools and most of it is down to how much parents at different schools earn and contribute.

Fees, fundraisers and Gonski: Inequality in Australia’s schools

Ten years ago, the Henry Tax Review made a whopping 138 recommendations to make Australia’s tax system less complex, fairer and more efficient.  Major suggestions that would benefit the nation remain in the too-hard basket. What needs to change and why?

The unfinished business of the Henry Tax Review

Westpac is mired in scandal after allegations it committed 23 million money laundering breaches, some linked to child exploitation. Should the financial crime regulator AUSTRAC be better resourced to stop this happening again?

Follow the money: What led to the Westpac scandal?

Study hard, go to uni, start an interesting, well-paid career. It used to be simple but these days, unless you’ve done a vocational degree, like medicine or teaching, it’s a long and winding road.  On average, it takes a graduate 2.6 years to find a full-time job in the area that they’ve studied.  So what’s that costing us?  And how can we do better?

Study to work: 2.6 years to get a job after uni

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