http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/ en celeste.ecuyer@anu.edu.au Copyright 2009 2009-11-05T03:40:10+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/financial_crisis_what_happened_and_why/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/financial_crisis_what_happened_and_why/#When:06:01:30Z The lecture comprised a description and an analysis of (some aspects of) the current financial crisis.  The crisis is viewed as a "financial perfect storm" resulting from a combination of developments in global markets for goods and financial assets.  Special attention is devoted to the incentives created by developments in financial markets in the United States and the United Kingdom.   A comparison of the experiences of these two countries is used in assessing the relative importance of the various changes in incentives.  At some points, comparisons with what happened in other countries help in isolating the key changes. This lecture was presented by the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis,  ANU College of Business and Economics, as part of the ANU Public Lecture Series 2009. Public Lecture, Economics, ANU College of Business and Economics, Business and Economics 2009-07-28T06:01:30+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/global_migration_of_skill/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/global_migration_of_skill/#When:04:12:05Z  This lecture examined the growing phenomenon of international skilled migration with particular attention to its impact on developing countries. A framework was developed for understanding the different measures of ‘brain drain' and how they are related to wage and income differences across countries around the world. Based on new data sources, differences in the prices of skill across countries were estimated and were used to explore how skill price differentials affect the magnitudes and skill-intensity of permanent migration to the United States and Australia and the magnitudes and direction of the flows of foreign students. Particular attention was also paid to the circular flow of migration and to understanding the role of higher education in fostering the outflow of international students and their return to their home countries. Public Lecture, Economics, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU College of Business and Economics, Arts and Social Sciences, Asia and the Pacific, Business and Economics 2009-06-02T04:12:05+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/vanishing_third_world_emigrants/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/vanishing_third_world_emigrants/#When:04:03:15Z A secular decline in emigration rates from the Third World since the 1990s has gone unnoticed. The recent rise in unemployment in high-wage countries has accelerated the secular decline. These trends have gone unnoticed partly because observers have been obsessed with immigration rates, and partly because of their belief that aging in rich countries will augment the demand for more immigrants. This lecture shows that the Third World supply side matters even more, just as the previous two centuries of history has shown. Third World migrants will begin to vanish from our midst as the 21st century unfolds. This lecture was filmed and broadcast by Slow TV and A-PAC Public Lecture, Economics, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU College of Business and Economics, Arts and Social Sciences, Asia and the Pacific 2009-04-03T04:03:15+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/wage_inequality_comparative_perspective/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/wage_inequality_comparative_perspective/#When:03:54:11Z Wage inequality has been increasing is most industrialised countries over the last two or three decades. There are, nonetheless, major differences across countries in terms of the timing and magnitude of the growth in inequality. A large number of explanations have been suggested for these observed changes, including technological progress and the computer revolution, labour market institutions and social norms, and changes in the relative supply of highly educated workers. The validity of these explanations will be assessed in light of the large differences in inequality growth across countries, and the stunning growth in the concentration of income at the top end of the distribution. Public Lecture, Economics, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU College of Business and Economics, Asia and the Pacific, Business and Economics 2009-04-03T03:54:11+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/leaders_in_the_spotlight_2008_act_election_series_forum/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/leaders_in_the_spotlight_2008_act_election_series_forum/#When:23:08:19Z This forum is the last of three public forums hosted by The Australian National University and The Canberra Times.  The three forums pit 2008 ACT Election candidates against each other in the first of its kind ACT Politicians debate. In this forum ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope and ACT opposition Leader Zed Seselja debate the topic Leaders in the spotlight. Seminar, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Business and Economics, Business and Economics 2008-10-20T23:08:19+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/next_in_line_the_office_of_the_21st_century_2008_act_election_series_forum/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/next_in_line_the_office_of_the_21st_century_2008_act_election_series_forum/#When:23:16:26Z This forum is the second of three public forums hosted by The Australian National University and The Canberra Times.  The three forums pit 2008 ACT Election candidates against each other in the first of its kind ACT Politicians debate. In this forum Deputy Chief Minister Katy Gallagher and Deputy Leader of the Opposition Brendan Smyth debate the topic Next in Line: The Office of the 21st Century. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Business and Economics, Business and Economics 2008-10-08T23:16:26+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/independents_new_choices_2008_act_election_series_forum/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/independents_new_choices_2008_act_election_series_forum/#When:00:53:15Z This forum is the first of three public forums hosted by The Australian National University and The Canberra Times.  The three forums pit 2008 ACT Election candidates against each other in the first of its kind ACT Politicians debate. In this forum candidates Frank Pangallo and Richard J Mulcahy debate the topic New Parties, New Choices? Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Business and Economics, Business and Economics 2008-10-07T00:53:15+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_14th_annual_lions_oratory_competition_2008/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_14th_annual_lions_oratory_competition_2008/#When:02:06:30Z The 14th Annual Lions Oratory Competition saw selected ANU students from across the University present eight minute orations to convince the judges and the audience that they deserved to win the ANU Lions Oratory Trophy and prizes totaling $3,000 in cash. The event was hoseted by Esther Sainsbury, last years winner of the 2007 Lions Oratory Competition and judged by an esteemed panel of public-speaking experts. The oratory saw speakers addressing a range of subjects incorporating the Lions' messages of truth, righteousness, peace, love and non-violence - the core values of all major religions.Prizes included: First prize - The ManikKam Reddy Award: $1,500Second prize: $800Third prize: $500Donated by the Lions Club of Canberra Woden People's Choice Award: $400Donated by the Australian National University and the Lions Club of Canberra Woden Public Lecture, Humanities, Society & Culture, Student Life, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU College of Business and Economics, ANU College of Law, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, ANU College of Science, University, Arts and Social Sciences, Asia and the Pacific, Business and Economics, Campus Life, Law, Medicine and Life Science 2008-09-24T02:06:30+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/financial_shocks_and_the_macroeconomy/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/financial_shocks_and_the_macroeconomy/#When:04:59:57Z This lecture was the Sixth Sir Roland Wilson Foundation Lecture. The lecture expands on the final chapter of Macfarlane's 2006 Boyer Lectures, which suggested that future economic shocks would be financial in origin. In particular it examines the implications of the current credit crisis for economic stability, for the financial security of the household sector and for retirement incomes policies.For more information on the Sir Roland Wilson Foundation go to: http://www.anu.edu.au/endowment/content/sir_roland_wilson_foundation/ Economics, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Business and Economics, Business and Economics 2008-09-18T04:59:57+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_evolution_of_economic_policy_on_climate_change/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_evolution_of_economic_policy_on_climate_change/#When:04:38:58Z ANU Trevor Swan Distinguished Lectures in Economics The lecture traces the outlines of economic thinking on climate change. Two competing paradigms are reviewed: (1) modelling of greenhouse gases mitigation as a dynamic optimal control problem and (2) the willingness to pay of the present generation to ensure future generations against the potential adverse impacts of climate change. The presentation examines the challenges of the economics of international co-operation, the choice of economic instruments for climate mitigation, uncertainty, climate adaptation, abrupt climate change, induced technological change, discounting, and equity considerations. Economics, Environment, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU College of Business and Economics, Asia and the Pacific, Business and Economics 2008-09-05T04:38:58+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/building_kyoto/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/building_kyoto/#When:01:09:50Z As a mechanism for controlling climate change, the Kyoto Protocol has not been a success. Over the decade from it’s signing in 1997 to the beginning of its first commitment period in 2008, greenhouse gas emissions in industrial countries subject to targets under the protocol did not fall as the protocol intended. Instead, emissions in many countries rose rapidly. Moreover, emissions have increased substantially in countries such as China, which were not bound by the protocol but which will eventually have to be part of any serious climate change regime. The world community is looking to move beyond Kyoto. This lecture draws on a new report prepared for a G8 background meeting in Tokyo that takes the lessons to be learned from Kyoto to design a post Kyoto framework that builds on Kyoto but which addresses the key elements needed to build a truly global regime. The current state of the global debate is very relevant as Australia considers a domestic climate policy. The lecture also outlines why a traditional cap and trade emission trading system as proposed by some is inadequate to deal with the uncertainty that underlies climate change and is not in Australia’s national interest. Public Lecture, Environment, ANU College of Business and Economics, Business and Economics 2008-07-11T01:09:50+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/achieving_and_maintaining_full_employment/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/achieving_and_maintaining_full_employment/#When:05:48:57Z In 1951, the year Sir Roland Wilson became Secretary to the Treasury, the terms of trade rose to their highest level on record. While the terms of trade fell back in the following year, they did not fully retrace their rise for a number of years. Around this time, Australia entered a long period of sustained economic growth, with the unemployment rate rarely rising above 3 per cent. Today the Australian economy is growing strongly, supported by the highest terms of trade since Sir Roland was Treasury Secretary, and the unemployment rate is at a level many thought could not be achieved unless accompanied by rampant growth in wages and prices. In the 2007 Sir Roland Wilson Foundation Lecture, Ken Henry compares the structure of the Australian economy in the 1950s and 1960s with that of today, and discusses the reasons for the changing focus of economic policy. Public Lecture, Commerce, Economics, Management, ANU College of Business and Economics, Business and Economics 2007-08-23T05:48:57+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/china_west_21st_century/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/china_west_21st_century/#When:02:56:01Z China’s phenomenal economic growth is paralleled in scale and speed only by the rise of the United States between the Civil War and the First World War in 1914. Since 1978 the economy has grown ninefold, and is set to become the second largest within a decade. From inauspicious beginnings, China has become a $2 trillion economy because the Communist Party has channelled huge savings into investment, and encouraged millions of workers into its booming cities, the biggest migration in history. In this lecture, Will Hutton, best-selling author of The State We’re In and The World We’re In , will discuss the probability of China attaining the baton of global leadership as the new superpower of the 21st century. Public Lecture, Economics, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Business and Economics, Asia and the Pacific 2007-06-13T02:56:01+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/proliferating_preferences/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/proliferating_preferences/#When:05:30:00Z Preferential trading arrangements are becoming increasingly popular among the nations of the world. But are they a positive development? In the Fourth H W Arndt Memorial Lecture – presented by the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific and the ANU College of Business and Economics – Professor Jagdish Bhagwati argues that bilateral, sub-regional and regional free trade agreements, and the granting of one-way preferences to developing countries of choice, are creating a massive erosion of the non-discrimination that the architects of GATT endorsed as a central principle of the world-trading regime. Professor Bhagwati documents this erosion and addresses ways in which we must respond to it. Public Lecture, Commerce, Economics, International Business, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU College of Business and Economics, Asia and the Pacific, Business and Economics 2006-08-17T05:30:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/india_emerging_economic_power/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/india_emerging_economic_power/#When:06:24:00Z The first lecture in the ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series 2006 was presented by the ANU College of Business & Economics. In this lecture, influential Indian economist Professor B.B. Bhattacharya outlined the reasons for India’s success and considered the challenges ahead. He discussed how long-term prosperity in India will depend on increased growth in the agricultural sector, which employs the majority of workers, but has been lagging behind areas like information technology and telecommunications. Public Lecture, Economics, International Business, ANU College of Business and Economics, Business and Economics 2006-01-30T06:24:00+10:00