This week the All Adds Up team peers inside the kitchen, and even the bedroom, to investigate the economics of households and families.

Hosts Jessica Irvine and Matt Wade are joined by two of Australia’s leading commentators – economics editor of the Sydney Morning Herald, Ross Gittins, and economics editor of The Age, Peter Martin – to unpack what economists have discovered about family behaviour and its impact on our society and economy.

Find out where Australia’s laziest men can be found, what “time use surveys” have unearthed about what we do all day and why some economists question the massive sums governments spend on childcare.

The team also looks at what domestic chores are being outsourced as couples manage the daily juggle and how that outsourcing trend has given rise to a mighty industry providing all manner of households services.

Don’t miss our regular segment “Bad Economics” where Ross Gittins explains why using the word “bubble” to describe rising prices in property and share markets can be very misleading.