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/the_australian_labour_market_in_booms_slumps/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_australian_labour_market_in_booms_slumps/#When:06:04:32Z Professor Gregory will look back and analyse employment, skill imbalances, hours worked and welfare interactions in each of the economic booms and slumps over the last four decades and ask is Australia making progress in overcoming what appear to be entrenched structural problems in the labour market? He will also look forward to the next economic upswing and conjecture whether labour market outcomes will be very different from past experiences? He will comment on the changing labour market outcomes for men and women. Public Lecture, Economics, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, University, Business and Economics 2009-10-23T06:04:32+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/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/charting_towards_low_carbon_economy/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/charting_towards_low_carbon_economy/#When:03:53:08Z The presentation focuses on three key questions on climate change: what set of policies are desirable? What are the impacts of policy action, and is global action achievable? The first question requires the development of a robust national policy framework and to ensure a set of policies are in place that deliver abatement and adjustment at least cost to the economy. The second question requires an understanding of the causes, nature, and the scale of the economic impacts to achieve the transition to a low carbon future. The third and final question relates to the political economy of international action, and whether a robust and worthwhile agreement is achievable. The lecture  highlights the contribution of economics in providing a response to these important issues. Public Lecture, Economics, Environment, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Business and Economics 2008-12-08T03:53:08+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/koreas_middle_power_foreign_policy_in_the_21st_century/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/koreas_middle_power_foreign_policy_in_the_21st_century/#When:01:01:57Z This lecture starts by briefly defining the middle power and its role in the regional system. The security environment that the Korean peninsula is facing is later introduced including the North Korean nuclear weapons problem, the rise of China, and human security issues. Korea's foreign policy postures both at bilateral and multilateral levels is also provided. The lecture concludes with a brief introduction of Korea's alliance strategy, policy toward North Korea, policy toward neighbouring countries, and it's leadership role in the Asia-Pacific multilateralism. Public Lecture, International Business, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific, Business and Economics 2008-10-07T01:01:57+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/australian_higher_education_what_the_public_thinks/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/australian_higher_education_what_the_public_thinks/#When:05:26:30Z The second ANU Poll measures public opinion towards higher education. With the Australian Government's promise of an ‘Education Revolution' and the current review of higher education in full swing, what does the Australian public really think about our university system? How does the public perceive the availability of access to universities and the role of universities in preparing young Australians for the world of work? Is there public support for more Government funding for universities and how is their performance rated in comparison to other educational institutions?  Is a university education worth it in the eyes of Australians and how do Australian attitudes to higher education compare with other countries? ANU Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Chubb AC addresses the key findings from the poll and identifies policy options that would enable effective Government responses to a number of public concerns. Statistics, The University, University, Business and Economics, Campus Life 2008-09-18T05:26:30+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/regional_security_and_middle_power_diplomacy/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/regional_security_and_middle_power_diplomacy/#When:01:47:39Z This lecture is the Annual Dr John Gee Memorial Lecture and was presented by the Lowy Institute for International Policy and The Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. Dr Kelly will address the Rudd Government's approach to regional security and middle power diplomacy. He will cover the role of the three pillars - the US alliance, membership of the United Nations, and comprehensive engagement with the countries of Asia and the Pacific - in shaping Australia's role in the region and the world. Dr Kelly will also outline Australia's approach to new and emerging regional security challenges from a Defence perspective, including the importance of relationships and alliances to regional stability in the 21st century.About Dr John GeeDr John Gee served with distinction as an Australian diplomat in a number of countries. His greatest contribution, however, was in the field of disarmament, where he had a particular interest in chemical weapons. After a period as a Commissioner on the United Nations Special Commission on Iraq following the first Gulf War, he became Deputy Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague, serving there until 2003. In recognition of his achievements, Dr Gee was made a member of the Order of Australia in January 2007. For more information on the Lowy Institute for International Policy go to: http://www.lowyinstitute.org/ Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific, Business and Economics 2008-09-05T01:47:39+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_australia_us_relationship_its_place_in_our_histories_in_the_context_of_/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_australia_us_relationship_its_place_in_our_histories_in_the_context_of_/#When:01:39:14Z One hundred years ago this year the Great White fleet sailed into Sydney harbor to a rapturous reception from Australian's hoping that America would protect us from the threats we feared from rising economic giants in Asia. In 1941 that hope come true. Today Australians still regards American primacy in Asia as the foundation of their security, and they have become perhaps Americas most consistent and supportive ally as a result. But our relationships with Asia has changed a lot since then, and the choices that Australians will face in the Asian Century may be more complex than those we make back in 1908, or in 1941. How do Australian see their relationship with the US today, and how might it evolve over the decades to come?     Seminar, History & Archeology, International Business, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific, Business and Economics 2008-08-20T01:39:14+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/australian_us_comparative_government_and_political_systems/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/australian_us_comparative_government_and_political_systems/#When:01:29:40Z Dr Hart will explore the main features of the Australian political system through comparison with the United States. He will compare and contrast the struggle of self-government in Australia and the US. He will look at how much Australian politics has been influenced by American was well as British forms of government, particularly focusing on the extent to which the Australian Prime Minister has become ‘presidentialised'. The presentation will also cover the essential differences between the Australian Parliament and the US congress, how Australian party politics is moving closer to the American model, and will also explain one of the unique features of our politics- compulsory voting. To conclude, Dr Hart will speculate about the future of Australian government particularly the prospect of an Australian Republic Seminar, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Business and Economics 2008-08-20T01:29:40+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/setting_the_scene_university_and_higher_education_systems/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/setting_the_scene_university_and_higher_education_systems/#When:01:14:04Z Mr Gallagher and Professor Chapman set the scene on the Higher Education sector and how it operates in both Australia and the US, highlighting the different historical settings, funding arrangements, participation rates and the ANU and Yale current roles and structures. The Alumni cultural differences will become apparent as a result of this early scene-setting.   Public Lecture, The University, University, Business and Economics 2008-08-20T01:14:04+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/engaging_university_alumni_in_community_and_business_development/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/engaging_university_alumni_in_community_and_business_development/#When:00:40:24Z This talk looks at discoveries made at the Yale Club of Pittsburgh of the best ways to engage alumni and to attract alumni of all ages and all backgrounds to become involved in the Yale Club and alumni activities. The speakers also discuss community service as a lifetime obligation and community service as a means of encouraging alumni activity and participation   Seminar, The University, University, Business and Economics 2008-08-20T00:40:24+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/architecture_climate_change/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/architecture_climate_change/#When:03:19:00Z The Fifth Annual Sir Leslie Melville Lecture was presented by Professor Warwick J McKibbin.  Sir Leslie Melville’s legacy includes the design and establishment of new institutions for dealing with global macroeconomic interdependence. Today the world is grappling with a far more complex set of problems related to environmental interdependence on a global scale. In this lecture, Professor Warwick McKibbin argues that major countries must respond to the issue of climate change, taking into account the enormous uncertainties that are involved. He discusses the key features of the climate change policy problem and will outline a policy framework that would allow an effective but flexible response to what may be the major issue of our time. Public Lecture, Economics, Environment, Policy & Political Science, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Business and Economics, Physical Science 2006-10-31T03:19:00+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/australias_qantas/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/australias_qantas/#When:05:21:00Z Sir Roland Wilson Lecture 2006 The Australian public servant Sir Roland Wilson had a long and illustrious career. He was also a proud and active Chairman of Qantas from 1966–1973, during a time of extreme turbulence for the company. In Sir Roland's address on the airline’s fiftieth anniversary, he declared that it was a near miracle that the company had lasted so long, and done so well. In this lecture, Qantas Chairman Margaret Jackson considers the modern challenges faced by Qantas and describes how the company is drawing on its tradition of being bold, brave and innovative to survive and succeed in the 21st century. Public Lecture, Commerce, Economics, Management, University, Business and Economics 2006-08-17T05:21:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/such_a_long_journey/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/such_a_long_journey/#When:06:16:00Z Chaired by Professor Robin Jeffrey, Convener of the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific Presented by the Australia South Asia Research Centre, Research School of Pacific & Asian Studies, ANU College of Asia & the Pacific. In this lecture, Suman K. Bery looked at the steps India needs to take before it can fulfill its potential and become one of the world's great economic powers. He focused on India’s management of its exchange rate and monetary policy, including the opening of its capital account and the management of its fiscal rate and reserves. Mr Bery argued that this is the right time for India to adopt convertibility of the rupee on the capital account and enhance economic growth prospects, because of its current large foreign exchange reserves. A paper by Lal, Bery & Pant, The Real Exchange Rate, Fiscal Deficits and Capital Flows, is available on request from asarc@anu.edu.au Public Lecture, Commerce, Economics, International Business, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific, Business and Economics 2006-02-27T06:16:00+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