Economics Central: Recent Episodes

Rhian Bilclough

Economics Central The Podcast is for Economics ATAR students, providing a summary of the key learning during the week and to help students keep up to date on economics news to develop a wider and more detailed understanding of the best subject in the world.

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about Market Failure to help the Year 11s get ready for Task 3 :)

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about monetary policy ready for our next assessment :)

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In this episode Mrs B gets DJ to share his hints and tips about the Rights and Freedoms essay :)

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about the extended answer elasticity assessment :)

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In this episode Mrs B asks DJ to explain the ADAS model and fiscal policy

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In this Episode Mrs B interviews DJ about the concepts required for first Year 12 assessment.

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about the first test of Year 11 :)

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about Australia's system of government for the Year 10 Civics assessment!

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In this episode DJ and Mrs B discuss the year ahead in 2024 :)

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about WW2 and our Civics content to help Year 10s get ready for the Semester 2 exam :)

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Mrs B interviews DJ, our resident Civics expert, about all the concepts included in our Yr10 assessment :)

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In this episode Mrs B and DJ discuss the Yr11 Semester 2 exam to help students prepare for our exam :)

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about his predictions for the WACE exam this year :)

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In this episode Mrs B and DJ discuss the Year 12 Semester 2 exam looking at the strengths and weaknesses of student performance.

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In this episode DJ and Mrs B discuss Unit 3 to help Year 12s revise for their mock exam :)

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DJ and Mrs B discuss the Unit 4 content :)

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about our final topic, foreign investment :)

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In this episode Mrs B and DJ discuss a range of data needed for the next Year 11 investigation.

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In this episode Mrs B is excited to interview DJ about exchange rates for the final assessment of 2023 before the exams :)

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In the episode Mrs B intervews DJ about two of his favourite topics BOP and TOT :)

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ to help the Year 11s get ready for their next assessment :)

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about the topics included in our exteneded answer Task 5 :)

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In this episode DJ and Mrs B discuss the ATAR Economics ATAR course.

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In this episode Mrs B and DJ discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the Year 12 Semester 1 Exam 2023 :)

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In this episode Mrs B and DJ discuss how to get ready for the Year 11 Semester 1 Exam :)

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about Year 10 Geography to help students prepare for the Semester 1 exam :)

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In this episode Mrs B and DJ discuss the concepts needed for the Seme3ster 1 Exam :)

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about the Business Cycle, AE model and ADAS :)

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In this episode Mrs B and DJ chat about how Year 11s should approach preparing for the Semester 1 exam :)

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In this episode, Mrs B interviews DJ about the role of government for the Year 10s preparing for their exam :)

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ to find out about structural change and productivity :)

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In this episode Mrs B with her limited voice interviews DJ about how the Year 12s should get ready for their Semester 1 exam :)

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ to help our Year 10s prepare for their assessment :)

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In this episode Mrs B and DJ discuss the strengths and weaknesses of our current monetary policy :)

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about the new investigation format for assessment, market efficiency and market failure :)

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about the new investigation assessment and market efficiency and market failure :)

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about Monetary Policy to help Year 12s get ready for Assessment 3 an extended answer on monetary policy :)

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about elasticity to help Year 11 students get ready for their first extended answer question on elasticity.

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In this episode, Mrs B interviews DJ about policy objectives and fiscal policy in readiness for the Year 12 second assessment of 2023!

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about the Year 11's first assessment and the best ways to prepare for it :)

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In this episode, Mrs B intereviews DJ about the business cycle and the AE Model to help Year 12 students get ready for their first assessment of Year 12 :)

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In this episode Mrs B and DJ discuss the latest economics news and the course outlines for 2023.

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about Unit 2 to help Year 11 prepare for this week's Semester 2 exam :)

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about the concepts from Unit 1 :)

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In this episode DJ explains the structure of the Year 11 Semester 2 Exam along with hints and tips for preparing!

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In this episode DJ and Mrs B give their advice for final preparations for the exam on Friday ;)

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about international competitiveness and the current account surplus.

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about the factors affecting the TOT and the exchange rate and the impacts of movements of the TOT and the exchange rate on the macreconomy.

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ to get an overview of the data needed for the final exam.

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ to find out the key strengths and weaknesses about fiscal policy and monetary policy

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In this episode Mrs B interviews Paul Bloxham about structural change and productivity :)

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ to find out his predictions for the WACE exam :)

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about the role of the government to help Year 11 students get ready for our final assessment before the Semester 2 exam :)

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ to help student prepare for their Economics assessment :)

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In this episode Mrs B asks DJ about trade and BOP to help Year 11 get ready for the upcoming assessment :)

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about how students should start to prepare for the WACE exam :) 30 sleeps to go!!!

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about the upcoming mock exam, how to prepare and the key concepts of the Year 12 course :)

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ to help the Yr11 get ready for the Economic Growth, Inflation and Unemployment assessment

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In this episode Mrs B interviews our expert DJ about exchange rates to help Year 12s get ready for our final assessment of the year!!!!!

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In this episode Mrs B asks our expert DJ, to explain the BOP and TOT :)

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about macroeconomic activity including the CFI and the associated calculations and the business cycle. This episode helps our Year 11s prepare for the next assessment :)

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In this episode Mrs B asks DJ to explain trade and protectionism ready for our next assessment 

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about the Year 10 Civics and History Assessment on Aboriginal Rights and Freedoms

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In this episode Mrs B interviews Paul Bloxham, Chief Economist from HSBC about the state the economy and the challenges that lie ahead!

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In this episode Mrs B asks DJ for hints and tips to get ready for the Year 12 Unit 4 exam :)

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In this episode Mrs B asks DJ give hints and tips on how to prepare for the Year 11 Semester1 Exam 

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In this episode Mrs B interviews Craig James, Chief Economist at CommSec to get his views on the latest State of the States report

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In this interview Mrs B interviews DJ about the key concepts in Unit 4 :)

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about the key concepts from Unit 1 Economics 

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In this episode Mrs B explains how to do a History source analysis and explains the answers to our 5 questions :)

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about Macroeconomic Objectives and Fiscal Policy to get ready for the Year 12 assessment number 2 :)

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ to help the Year 11 get ready for their second assessment :)

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about the business cycle, the AE model and the ADAS model to help students prepare for our first assessment!

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about the first Year 11 assessment with hints and tips to make sure students are ready :)

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In this episode Mrs B interviews Mr Hindley our History expert about what makes an excellent History essay and his view of what caused WW2. A great episode for our Year 10 students getting ready for their first History assessment!

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In this episode Mrs B interviews Adam Creighton, an Economist who writes for the Australian newspaper and who contributes to Sky News Australia. Adam explains what he things are the main issues facing our economy and reasons behind them!

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In this episode Mrs B interviews Gigi Foster, Professor of Economics UNSW about the current state of the Australian economy and her predictions for the next 12 months

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Mrs B and DJ welcome back the the Year 11 and 12 Economics students back for 2022

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In this episode Mrs B helps Year 10s revise for the Semester 2 exam

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Mrs B gives an overview of what students need to know for the History section of the Year 10 Semester 2 Exam

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about Unit 2 of the Year 11 course to help Year 11s get ready for our exam :)

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about Unit 1 of the Year 11 course :)

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In this episode Mrs B interviews Mr Shaw to find out his hints and tips for Year 11 students getting ready for the Accounting and Finance exam.

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In this episode Mrs B explains the different concepts in human wellbeing to help Year 10 students get ready for their assessment

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about his predictions for the WACE exam, the last in our revision series :)

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about our old favourites the BOP an TOT

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about exchange rates....

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about protectionism....

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about trade and specialisation

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about economic objectives and business cycle.

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about the AE Model and getting it right for the WACE exam!

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about the mock exam and how to get back into revision

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In this episode Mrs B explains the role of government, macroeconomic objectives and how the government manages the economy

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about productivity - the last episode in our revision series!

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ about 2 favs MP and FP 😊🤓

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In this  episode Mrs B interviews DJ about the TOT and BOP

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Today Mrs B interviews DJ about foreign investment

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Today Mrs B interviews DJ about the AE model and how to do the calculations associated with it

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Today Mrs B's asks DJ about getting prepared for the Economics exams :)

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In this episode Mrs B helps Year 10 students master the the art of source analysis.....

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Mrs B explains how to plan and write your essay on impacts of WW2 on life in Austalia

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In this episode Mrs B interviews our resident expert DJ about exchange rates to help our Year 12s get ready for their last assessment:)

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In this episode Mrs B interviews DJ, our resident expert about the TOT and BOP. A must listen to for our Year 12 students getting ready for our assessment

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In this episode Mrs B helps Year 10s getting ready for their source analysis assessment, explaining how to approach source analysis and what each type of question requires.

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Mrs B gives an overview of the causes of WW2 and evaluates how the Treaty of Versailles contributes to war being declared in September 1939

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In the is episode we welcome back Gigi Foster, Economics Professor from UNSW. Gigi talks to us about opportunity costs and trade offs and the cost benefit analysis of locking down the economy.

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Mrs B explains the format for our essay and explains the three different periods of government policy and how they have impacted on the rights and freedoms of Aboriginal people in Australia.

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This is a podcast for Year 10 students, parents and family members to help them make informed subject choices for Years 11 and 12. This podcast includes interviews with a variety of HASS teachers who will give an overview of the courses available and many reasons to choose HASS!

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Mrs B gives an overview of the Yr10 Civics and Citizenship course in preparation for the Semester 1 Exam!

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Mrs B gives an overview of the Yr10 Economics course to help Year 10s get ready for the Semester 1 Exam!

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This week Mrs B chats to Mr Roseveare to find out all about our system of government in Australia 

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This week Mrs B interviews Craig James about the latest 'State of the States' report to find out why the WA economy is performing well and the outlook for the remainder of the year.

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This week Mrs B interviews Paul about the recovery of the economy and the possibility of productivity reform

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Today Mrs B interviews Gabriela Nodari from the RBA again to get an explanation on the transmission mechanism so integral to monetary policy

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In this episode Mrs B interviews Chris Wright a Director in State Finance to find out about fiscal policy and the budget in Western Australia

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This week we are lucky enough to have Gigi re-visit the podcast to talk about the recovery of the Australian economy.....

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In this episode Mrs B explains market efficiency and how the government intervenes into efficient markets for reasons such as equity and fairness and how this leads to a dead weight loss

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In this episode Mrs B explains the role of government in directly intervening into the economy :)

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Today I catch up with Gabriela from the RBA about Monetary Policy :)

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This evening Abdullah explains the ADAS model :)

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Mrs B explains the concepts we have covered so far in Year 10 Economics

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This week we interview DJ our resident Economics expert about the AE model ready for our first assessment

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Welcome back from Mr Shaw, Mr Johnson and Mrs B

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This week we interview Paul Bloxham, Chief Economist from HSBC, about productivity. 

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This week DJ gives his pearls of wisdom to help our Year 11s prepare for the Semester 2 Economics Exam

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This week we interview Craig James who explains the State of the State report and what it tells us about each state's economy.

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This week we interview Gigi Foster, Professor of Economics at UNSW about the response to the pandemic and how we can use behavioural economics as well as traditional economics to drive policy choices,

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In this episode Mrs B provides a summary to help Year 11 students prepare for our last assessment of 2020!

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This week we have a bonus episode for our Year 12s as you prepare for your exam. I ask our resident expert, DJ to explain foreign investment. This episode explains all you need to know about this important topic.

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This week I interview Wendy Carlin and Economics Professor from University College London. I asked Wendy to explain why the pandemic has caused demand and supply side shocks and how governments around the world have responded.

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This week we discuss government debt .

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A special episode to explain the balance of payments.

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This week we had the exciting opportunity to interview Gabriela Nodari a Senior Economist at the RBA and asked her about why inflation is so important, what is happening to inflation and why and monetary policy.

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Ask the expert about exchange rates

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Explaining economic growth

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Inflation explained

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This week Mrs B interviews DJ about the terms of trade

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An exciting opportunity to hear Paul Bloxham's views on where our economy is at the moment and where we are headed and the possible solutions to the challenges we face

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Mrs B interviews DJ the expert on BOP

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Discussing the latest inflation figures and what they mean

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In this episode we discuss the tax changes proposed by NSW and unemployment

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Find out what what our triple credit rating means for the economy.

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Updating on unemployment figures and the FTA with the UK

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This week’s update from Economics Central

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This podcast is for Year 10 students and their parents to facilitate informed decisions about choosing HASS subjects for Year 11 and 12.  You will hear from the Head of Learning Area, Mr Roseveare as well as from a variety of HASS teachers who will give you an insight to their specialist subjects. You'll also hear from a current student about the benefits of studying HASS. You'll feel much better informed by the end of this podcast!

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This week we discuss the possibility of a recession in Australia.

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This podcast explains the ADAS model and our economic objectives to make sure Year 12s are ready for their assessment :)

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This episode provides Year 11 students with all they need to prepare for their elasticity assessment

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This podcast reviews the key learnings from out AE model assessment

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This podcast gives a summary of the concepts that are included on our first assessment.

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Welcome to Economics Central The Podcast. Mrs B provides a summary of this week’s learning for Year 11 and 12 and an update on important economic news