Humans aren’t rational… and yet so much economic modelling assumes we are.  In this episode, we look at a Canadian experiment that investigated the ‘gamification’ of investment apps… and how one minor tweak to the app saw people increase th

Life and Shares: Ep 03 - Is trading gambling?

Nov 21st, 2023 19m 21s

For the first two months of COVID, nearly 5,000 Australians opened an online trading account… every day. Eighty percent of them lost money. So, is trading gambling? We speak with a clinical psychologist who’s concerned about the lack of awa

Life and Shares: Ep 02 - Who’s running the show?

Nov 21st, 2023 20m 9s

If video killed the radio star, have brokerage apps killed the stockbroker? What’s the role of robo-advisers? And how are algorithms shaping the marketplace?  Did you know that the big players in financial services can pay to get “privileg

Life and Shares: Ep 01 - Peeling back the label

Nov 21st, 2023 24m 10s

Let’s break down the jargon: starting with investor classifications. Did you know that your level of wealth impacts how you can invest in the share market? In this episode, we hear from RMIT Associate Professor Chris Berg who thinks it’s

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Life and Shares trailer

Nov 21st, 2023 31s

Thinking about investing? Chances are, you’re already playing the game. Life and Shares unpicks the share market so you can better understand how the system works. This podcast is presented by The Ethics Centre. Our work is made possible by do

Life and Debt: Ep 04 - The future of debt

Jun 14th, 2022 24m 48s

We know that debt can be emotional. That sometimes it’s neutral. That debt is often necessary. And that debt has a long, long history. But what’s the future of debt? Will credit cards disappear from our lives? Will our concept of work itself c

Life and Debt: Ep 03 - The marketing of debt

Jun 14th, 2022 28m 5s

Debt as a concept can be unpalatable. It can mean mortgages, decades long contracts and a total loss of freedom. But for some people, debt isn’t synonymous with restriction and constraint; it’s an opportunity. But the way debt is sold to us in

Life and Debt: Ep 02 - The history of debt

Jun 14th, 2022 23m 42s

Today, most of us just accept that debt is a part of life, but how did we get here? In this episode we talk to financial journalist Alan Kohler and lecturer in philosophy Dr Alex Douglas, about how debt as we know it today came to be and what r

Life and Debt: Ep 01 - The psychology of debt

Jun 14th, 2022 31m 24s

How we make decisions about debt is shaped by more than just numbers on a spreadsheet; our childhood experiences, values and beliefs play a huge role. What role does shame and guilt play in the decisions we make about debt?  Australians are ob

Life and Debt trailer

Jun 7th, 2022 58s

A podcast series that takes a deep dive into debt, what role it has in our lives and how we can make better decisions about it. Created by The Young Ambassadors in The Ethics Centre’s Banking and Finance Oath initiative. Our work is made possi

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