Episodes

Today we're dive into one of the biggest myths in modern psychology and economics -the idea that money stops increasing your happiness after a certain point.  You’ve probably heard the line: “Happiness plateaus at US$75,000 a year.” It’s a catchy idea. It went viral. And it shaped everything from personal-finance…

Today we shine a spotlight on a generation that rarely asks for attention but quietly shapes enormous parts of Australia’s economy and real estate landscape. I'm talking about Generation X - that cohort born between 1965 and 1980.  While Millennials dominate headlines and Boomers dominate balance sheets, Gen X has…

Today we ask a question almost no one in property likes to touch - not “will housing prices keep rising?” but “how expensive do we actually want housing to be?”  For decades we’ve celebrated rising house prices in Australia. If your home was worth more this year than last, life…

At the end of last year, Simon Kuestenmacher published a detailed set of demographic predictions about Australia’s future – covering everything from migration and ageing, to housing affordability, consumer behaviour and where population growth would show up.   And instead of quietly moving on, he’s come back twelve months later to…

In today’s show we delve into a fresh set of data from the HILDA survey - one of Australia’s longest-running studies tracking how real households are living, working, earning, spending, and socialising.   Our aim is to help you make sense of what’s coming next — so you can make smarter…

In today’s show, we delve into the latest findings from the Hilda report, exploring the significant demographic shifts in Australia.  We discuss how Australians are becoming richer yet feeling poorer due to rising costs, the impact of these economic realities on family planning, and the implications of an aging workforce…

In March 2020, we all wondered how COVID would change us.  Would it be just a temporary shock, or would it reshape society forever?   Well, six years on, the data is in – and it turns out the pandemic didn’t rewrite Australia’s destiny, but it did press fast-forward on changes…

What does it actually mean to age well? We all know people who seem to get older but never old – they’re curious, kind, and somehow more alive with each passing decade.  And then there are others who retreat, complain, and shrink their world.  Today we’re decoding what it really…