The Joe Walker Podcast

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November 07, 2017 #27: Not If, When - Jonathan Tepper
In Part 3 of our Property Series we consult the 'housing bubble whisperer', Jonathan Tepper (@jtepper2). He is the founder of research house Variant Perception, which provides macroeconomic advice to the biggest hedge funds in the world. Jonathan successfully predicted the Irish, Spanish, and US housing bubbles before they all spectacularly burst. He is a Rhodes Scholar, former Bank of America VP of Proprietary Trading, and founded and exited a media company, Demotix. Jonathan also co-authored two best-selling books, Endgame: The End of the Debt Supercycle and Code Red, a book on unconventional monetary policy.
Jonathan has now turned his attention to Australia. He believes Australia's housing market will crash very soon. In this episode, we explore the psychological nature of what drives bubbles, how to predict a crash using key leading indicators, and why Australia is currently experimenting with one of the biggest housing bubbles in history.
53 min
November 01, 2017 What's In A Bubble? - Professor Richard Holden
Welcome to part 2 of our Property Series! The term "bubble" gets bandied about a lot these days,...
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40 min
October 25, 2017 Safe As Houses - John Flavell
Welcome to episode 1 of our 4-part series on the Australian property market. In this episode, Mortgage Choice...
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39 min
October 24, 2017 #25: Safe as Houses - John Flavell
Welcome to episode 1 of our 4-part series on the Australian property market. In this episode, Mortgage Choice CEO and former NAB senior executive John Flavell gives us his best reasons to believe that the housing market is no such bubble.
Mortgage brokers have been in the driver’s seat of the housing boom.Mortgage Choice is one of Australia’s leading brokerage firms. In March, ASIC released a report on brokerage remuneration practices in response to allegations that brokers were receiving huge bonuses and “soft pay” for pushing borrowers into larger loans. In September, UBS published another report, arguing that about one-third, or $500 billion, of home loans were “liar loans”, and that in many cases it was brokers who encouraged applicants to not be totally honest.
So has the role of mortgage brokers been harmful or benign? We put this question and more to our guest John Flavell. As you’d expect, he’s in support of responsible brokerage. And he’s bullish on the housing market. Listen to hear exactly why.
39 min
October 19, 2017 Saving Capitalism - Luigi Zingales
Trump. Cronyism. Inequality. Monopolies. Weren't we promised better than this? What happened to a "new nation, conceived in...
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52 min
October 18, 2017 #24: Saving Capitalism - Luigi Zingales
Trump. Cronyism. Inequality. Monopolies. Weren’t we promised better than this? What happened to a “new nation, conceived in Liberty"? What’s happening to capitalism?
Professor Luigi Zingales knows a thing or two about the destructive powers of nepotism and corruption. Emigrating from the land of Berlusconi to the home of the brave, he received his PhD in economics from MIT in 1992, before joining the Chicago Booth School of Business. He has written two acclaimed books, A Capitalism for the People (2012) and Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists (2003), the latter being hailed as “one of the most powerful defences of the free market ever written" by the National Review Online. In 2014 Luigi was the President of the American Finance Association, and in 2015 he became the director of the Stigler Center at the University of Chicago, which he has refocused on the various distortions that special interest groups impose on capitalism. He also co-developed the Financial Trust Index, which is designed to monitor the level of trust that Americans have towards their financial system.
In this conversation, the Swagmen prepare for a tour de force on American Capitalism. Luigi shows how we can combat populism, reclaim meritocracy, and even opens up about why the US government should break up mammoths like Amazon. Strap yourselves in for an uncommon discussion with an exceptional guest!
52 min
October 12, 2017 "Small-l Liberal, Big-L Lesbian" - Christine Forster
Christine Forster is currently the only Liberal party member of the City of Sydney Council, having left a...
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45 min
October 11, 2017 #23: “Small-l liberal, Big-L Lesbian” - Christine Forster
Christine Forster is currently the only Liberal party member of the City of Sydney Council, having left a career in journalism in 2012 to pursue her local government stripes in one of the world’s great global cities. She is a well-known member of the Abbott family, and is the sister of former Prime Minister Tony Abbott. But belonging to the same party doesn’t mean they see eye to eye on every matter. Tony is the staunchest crusader for maintaining the current definition of marriage under Australian law, while Christine is the most prominent figure in favour of extending it to same-sex couples. In fact, she and her partner Virginia Edwards, both active ‘Yes’ campaigners in the current postal survey, share a loving same-sex relationship. Both have children from previous marriages, and originally met while taking their kids to school. They have been engaged since 2013.
In this episode, the Swagmen sit down with Christine and Virginia to dissect the vicissitudes, contours and hidden agendas of marriage debate in Australia right now. We hear why the ‘Yes’ campaign needs to cease quibbling over the mechanism of change and focus on an outcome; what real motivations may be behind the ‘No’ case; and how the debate has affected Christine’s relationship with her brother. The outcome of the vote will be announced on 15 November 2017.
45 min
October 04, 2017 Bittersweet: How To Make Money On A Housing Market Crash - Andrew Baker
Andrew Baker is an INCREDIBLY successful self-taught investor based in Sydney. During the day he specialises in building...
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59 min
September 27, 2017 Beating My Ice Addiction - Dave Oliver
Dave Oliver is Australia's first openly gay premiership rugby coach. Throughout his school and sporting career spanning the...
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41 min