Tech Society 073 - Lockdown Economics

With the effect of COVID-19 on the 2020 world economy still being felt in 2021, the question that is on everyone’s lips is “when is it going to get better?”Alex and John from Ninja Software speak with economist Steven Shepherd, who shines a light on the prospects of the Australian economy, its resilience against an uncertain economic outlook and how Australia’s ‘economic management’ compared with other countries.Steven also shares his thoughts on what the rest of 2021 will bring to businesses, consumers and governments, the effects of public stimulus and gives a great explanation on what an economist actually does.◎More Information◎▸Steven Shepherdhttps://au.linkedin.com/public-profile/in/stevenshepherdmelbourne▸Bernard Salt predicts staircase recovery for Australia post-pandemichttps://www.cpaaustralia.com.au/podcast/bernard-salt-predicts-staircase-recovery▸Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) - Economic and Political Outlook https://www.ceda.com.au/ResearchAndPolicies/Research/Economy/Economic-and-Political-Outlook-2021?gclid=Cj0KCQiA-OeBBhDiARIsADyBcE6STM9e7FbIomr4XDO_MSUAWIFtWSd_9T-ZJT4jTtidiVwWWAnpFbsaAmPmEALw_wcB▸Tech Society 039 - Where the Exponential Are We?https://www.techsociety.fm/episodes/39-where-the-exponential-are-we▸Tech Society 062 - A Year In Review With Professor Gary Martinhttps://www.techsociety.fm/episodes/62-a-year-in-review-with-professor-gary-martin▸Tech Society 064 - 2021 Forecast with Mark Pownallhttps://www.techsociety.fm/episodes/64-2021-forecast-with-mark-pownallWebsite:  https://www.techsociety.fm/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/techsociety-fm/?viewAsMember=trueSpotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/0STaLU0ATmS9dEyey4FwjviTunes:  https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/tech-society/id1516405840Google:  https://podcasts.google.com/search/tech%20societyTwitter: https://twitter.com/TechSocietyFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/techsociety.fm/