Australia records higher losses from gambling than any country in the world. Our politics encourages the industry for the sake of tax revenues. James Boyce on how the sector uses faulty research to avoid regulation.

Guest: Writer and historian James Boyce.

Background reading:

The lie of 'responsible' gambling in The Monthly

The Saturday Paper

The Monthly

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