On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson discuss RBA Governor Phil Lowe’s likely last time in front of the Senate, inflation, productivity and wage rises, housing supply, supply, supply, what punishment means at PwC, US debt ceiling done and dusted. Also: land, home taxes for the wealthy, investing in a start-up (and Alan’s record on start-ups), bracket creep, adjusting $250,00 for inflation, getting absolutely no thanks for paying off a mortgage, evil Bitcoin, first home super saver scheme, population growth strategies.

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