262 - Professor John Quiggin

John Quiggin is a widely-respected economist and professor at the University of Queensland. He's a former member of the Australian Government's Climate Change Authority, and he's written widely about the scourge of neoliberalism and privatisation. I wanted to get John on the show to discuss the essay written by Treasurer Jim Chalmers for The Monthly back in February, "Capitalism After The Crises", in which he laid out his vision for "values-based capitalism". In this conversation we discuss what the hell that actually means, whether or not it's a hollow idea, and just how much this Labor government is prepared to deliver anything like it.  Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron I’m currently touring my new stand up show IT IS I all over the country: MELBOURNE (now!) | SYDNEY | CAIRNS | TOOWOOMBA | BRISBANE To get discounted tickets to Adelaide, Melbourne & Sydney, use the promo code PODCAST For discounted tickets to my shows in Brisbane, click here I’m performing my comedy lecture YES/NO at the Melbourne Comedy Festival – BOOK HERE  Check out with my other podcast about the Greens and green politics with Emerald Moon, Serious Danger @JohnQuiggin johnquiggin.com Check out John's Substack John's response to Chalmer's essay in The Conversation Joseph Stiglitz's response  Steve Hamilton's response