reMAKING Economics

In this conversation, you’re invited into a values system revolution with Indigenous systems thinker, Jack Manning Bancroft. Imagine a more expansive, relational, nature-based economy and approach to solving our biggest challenges. Imagine Imagination Labs in schools, and traditional companies transformed into Joy Corps. Imagine death dates for every organisation on the planet. Learn about it here, and so much more.

Author Rebecca Solnit has described disasters as a “portal to paradise”, where the usual stuff falls away and we’re freed from the constraints that usually keep us apart. But what if we could build the paradise now, instead of waiting for disaster to strike?

The thing about paradigms is it’s hard to believe they can change, until they do. Meet the leaders from WEAll, the global Wellbeing Economy Alliance, who have front row seats to the wellbeing economy movement taking flight all over the globe.

What if the answer to our biggest scientific challenges wasn’t just more science? What historical worldviews are still shaping how we operate today? Do vultures have a right to exist? Dr Vishnu Prahalad is an ecologist, conservationist and systems thinker who helps us connect the dots in this fascinating interview.

How do we reMAKE our systems to treat people with respect, kindness and empathy?  Mark Zirnsak works on issues from climate change and tax to gambling and modern slavery in his work with the Uniting Church. He is an uncommonly thoughtful person determined to get to the heart of the issues that matter, and this gentle, reflective conversation had us leaning in.

Like it or not, business is a core organising principle in society. So how do we make it a force for good? Impact investor and purpose-driven business leader Sally Hill talks to us about transforming business from the inside out.

Young people today have the deck stacked against them, and they know it. Their HECs debts are growing, their confidence in the future is shaky, and it’s feeling nigh impossible for all but the most fortunate to build the basics of a good life. Meet two millennial leaders determined to turn things around.

What nice things could we have as a country if we stopped believing they were too expensive? How could we better solve our problems if we stopped being intimidated by economics? Economist Richard Denniss joins us for a refreshingly frank discussion about the way economics is used to conceal power and priorities.

Imagine, for a moment, having “conscience of the nation and voice of future generations” as your job description.  For seven years, that was basically Sophie Howe’s job, as the first ever Future Generations Commissioner for Wales…

Would you like to work less and be paid the same, if not more? Economist and Professor John Quiggin thinks that’s entirely reasonable, and he’s here to talk us through some of the biggest economic ideas of our time.

Is more always better, or is it time for us to consider a new purpose for our economy? How could we spend public money better, solve our problems ‘upstream’ at the source, and equip people to lead better lives — without pushing our planet to breaking point? This is a must-listen episode, with Dr Katherine Trebeck, author and co-founder of the global Wellbeing Economy Alliance.

Imagine a government in Australia dedicated to promoting long-term, holistic wellbeing in everything that it did. Imagine a National Conversation about ‘the Australia We Want’ across our workplaces, community groups and schools. Our next guest tells us why it’s possible, and how we can make wellbeing work.

Steven Hail and Gabrielle Bond tell us why they quit their jobs to offer the kind of economics degree the world needs now. It’s a conversation about money, power and where we need to go if we want to solve climate change, rising inequality and the cost of living crisis.