{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"199 - A marriage of convenience","description":"Mark Thirlwell is once again joined by Raphael Dixon to discuss the new consumer confidence survey, revealing falling confidence, as well as expectations of an interest rate rise jump.&amp;nbsp; Topic two discusses the unlikely &quot;marriage of convenience&quot; between some renting millenials and some debt free baby boomers, both hoping for rate hikes. And finally, birth rates: how do governments use fiscal policy to encourage people to have more babies? So far, not much seems to work. &amp;nbsp; Referenced articles: The Economist - Can the rich world escape its baby crisis? (paywalled) IMF - The New Economics of Fertility &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"The Dismal Science","author_url":"https:\/\/www.aicd.com.au\/news-media\/podcasts\/dismal-science-podcast.html","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/32173357\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/01abfd\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/32173357"}