Australians have the second highest household debt burden in the world, and there’s increasing evidence it’s shaping how we live.

Older Australians with debt overwhelmingly work longer than those who’ve paid off their mortgages, while more women are in the workforce than ever before as two incomes become almost compulsory for home ownership.

Guests: Ian Manning, Senior Fellow, National Economics

Rachel Ong ViforJ, Professor of Economics, Curtin University

Professor Roger Wilkins, Deputy Director, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research and Deputy Director of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey

Dr Isaac Gross, lecturer in Economics, Monash University.