You get a tariff

Housing

The urban-rural divide

And some of you get annexed (maybe).

On this episode of Dollars & Sense, Greg and Elinor discuss the bogus claims made by American officials about Australia flooding the US market with aluminium, the latest housing data (still no house for Elinor *sadface*) and Australia’s urban-rural divide.

This discussion was recorded on Thursday 13 February 2025 and things may have changed since recording.

Order What's the Big Idea? 32 Big Ideas for a Better Australia now, via the Australia Institute website.

Host: Greg Jericho, Chief Economist, the Australia Institute and Centre for Future Work // @grogsgamut

Host: Elinor Johnston-Leek, Senior Content Producer, the Australia Institute // @elinorjohnstonleek

Show notes:

‘Trump’s latest tariff bid shows the old rules of trade no longer apply. Scraps of paper will not save us’ by Greg Jericho, Guardian Australia (February 2025)

‘Stop the steel’, Follow the Money, the Australia Institute (February 2025)

‘Housing affordability is on a very dangerous path’ by David Richardson and Greg Jericho, the Australia Institute (February 2025)

Theme music: Blue Dot Sessions

We’d love to hear your feedback on this series, so send in your questions, comments or suggestions for future episodes to podcasts@australiainstitute.org.au.

And some of you get annexed (maybe).
On this episode of Dollars &amp; Sense, Greg and Elinor discuss the bogus claims made by American officials about Australia flooding the US market with aluminium, the latest housing data (still no house for Elinor *sadface*) and Australia&rsquo;s urban-rural divide.
This discussion was recorded on Thursday 13 February 2025 and things may have changed since recording.
Order <a href="https://australiainstitute.org.au/store/Whats-the-Big-Idea-p697420081">What's the Big Idea? 32 Big Ideas for a Better Australia</a> now, via the Australia Institute website.
Host:&nbsp;Greg Jericho, Chief Economist, the Australia Institute and Centre for Future Work // <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/grogsgamut.bsky.social">@grogsgamut</a>
Host:&nbsp;Elinor Johnston-Leek, Senior Content Producer, the Australia Institute // <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social">@elinorjohnstonleek</a>
Show notes:
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2025/feb/10/trumps-latest-tariff-bid-shows-the-old-rules-of-trade-no-longer-apply-scraps-of-paper-will-not-save-us">&lsquo;Trump&rsquo;s latest tariff bid shows the old rules of trade no longer apply. Scraps of paper will not save us&rsquo;</a>&nbsp;by Greg Jericho,&nbsp;Guardian Australia&nbsp;(February 2025)
<a href="https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/stop-the-steel/">&lsquo;Stop the steel&rsquo;</a>, Follow the Money, the Australia Institute (February 2025)
<a href="https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/housing-affordability-is-on-a-very-dangerous-path/">&lsquo;Housing affordability is on a very dangerous path&rsquo;</a> by David Richardson and Greg Jericho, the Australia Institute (February 2025)
Theme music:&nbsp;Blue Dot Sessions
We&rsquo;d love to hear your feedback on this series, so send in your questions, comments or suggestions for future episodes to <a href="mailto:podcasts@australiainstitute.org.au">podcasts@australiainstitute.org.au</a>.

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