Economics

Lidia Kelly is the Reuters Macroeconomics Correspondent, based in Moscow. Audio

Australian author of the prize-winning 2011 book Double Entry: How the Merchants of Venice Shaped the Modern World, and new book Six Capitals: the Revolution Capitalism Has to Have - or Can… Audio

Dr Tahu Kukutai is Senior Research Fellow the National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis - Te Runanga Tatari Tatauranga at the University of Waikato. She is one of the authors of the… Audio

Robin Chase is an entrepeneur with a passion for harnessing the power of the collaborative economy to come up with solutions for the world's growing transport needs. She founded Zipcar, the world's… Audio

Chandran Nair from Hong Kong explores his theory of Consumptionomics, in this year's Michael King Memorial Lecture. Nevil Gibson from the NBR is in the chair. Audio

The concept of "economic man" - a hypothetical rational person with complete knowledge who acts entirely out of self-interest - is one of the foundations of conventional economic thinking. Ideas talks… Audio

Professor of economics and finance at the University of Western Sydney, author of Debunking Economics, and one of a minority of economists to predict the current financial crisis. Audio

Professor of economics at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, and the author of the 2008 book, The New Golden Age: The Coming Revolution against Political Corruption and Economic Chaos. Audio

John Coates of Cambridge University reckons testosterone and investment decisions don't mix. He's calling for a bit more hormonal diversity in the financial sector. Audio

Ideas talks to three of the World Economics Association founding members: Ha Joon Chang, author of 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism; former World Bank economist and professor of… Audio

Author of a number of popular science books, most recently The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves. Audio

Nick Powdthavee, behavioural economist and author of The Happiness Equation: The Surprising Economics of Our Most Valuable Asset, which discusses the new science of happiness economics. Audio

Today Ideas looks at defining what real economic progress might look like. Audio