Nightlife Finance with Saul Eslake
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Nightlife Finance with Saul Eslake

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 20, 202648 min
  • Interview
  • Business & money

Saul Eslake, an independent economist, joined Philip Clark and listeners to Nightlife with the latest on tax changes, house prices, productivity and the latest economic news.

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ABC Listen, podcasts, radio, news, music and more. To the economy and how to fix it. We're often told things need changing. Well, that much is particularly evident.

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The chorus of criticism about the state of the economy and the national economy, cost of living is too high. Wages are too low. Housing is too costly.

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There seems to be this kind of loop that Australians don't seem to be able to get out of. It's not just Australians. Look across the world, we've got rioting in France,

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