{"podcast":{"title":"Liberalism in Question | CIS","slug":"liberalism-in-question-cis-6619332","podcast_index_feed_id":6619332,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/liberalisminquestion/feed.xml","website_url":"https://liberalisminquestion.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/16998142/avatars-DJXhYZRcsEb9CjJu-4KAqtg-original.jpg","author":"Robert Forsyth | Centre for Independent Studies","episode_count":92,"summary":"Are you looking for sound, thought-provoking conversations on current affairs, politics, and culture from a Classical Liberal perspective? If yes, you are in the right place. Liberalism in Question engages some of our society’s most prominent researchers, political figures, and free speech advocates --finding out their views on the state of Classical Liberalism.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-25T22:19:40.716888+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/liberalism-in-question-cis-6619332"},"episode":{"title":"The Hidden Cost of Big Government | Robert Carling","slug":"the-hidden-cost-of-big-government-robert-carling","published_at":"2025-08-12T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/liberalism-in-question-cis-6619332/the-hidden-cost-of-big-government-robert-carling","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/liberalism-in-question-cis-6619332","url":"https://liberalisminquestion.podbean.com/e/the-hidden-cost-of-big-government-robert-carling/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/xqjciaq8rppfgff7/LIQ_Robert_Carling_17ak18.mp3","summary":"Watch here: https://youtu.be/DgqdELXU4BI In this episode of Liberalism in Question from the Centre for Independent Studies, economist Robert Carling discusses the alarming rise in Australian government spending and its long-term consequences. 👉 More from Robert Carling: 🔹 Leviathan on the Rampage: Government spending growth a threat to Australia’s economic future: https://www.cis.org.au/publication/leviathan-on-the-rampage-how-the-growth-of-government-is-draining-australias-economic-vitality/ 🔹Government spending and inflation: https://www.cis.org.au/publication/government-spending-and-inflation/ 🔹The Truth About The Tax Burden: https://www.cis.org.au/publication/the-truth-about-the-tax-burden/ 👉 Help Australia’s Economic Prosperity 🔹 Become a member: https://www.cis.org.au/membership-2-step-1/ 🔹 Make a donation: https://www.cis.org.au/support/donate/today/ 🔹 Learn more: https://www.cis.org.au/","meta_description":"Watch here: https://youtu.be/DgqdELXU4BI In this episode of Liberalism in Question from the Centre for Independent Studies, economist Robert Carling discu…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1832,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/liberalism-in-question-cis-6619332/episodes/the-hidden-cost-of-big-government-robert-carling/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/liberalism-in-question-cis-6619332/the-hidden-cost-of-big-government-robert-carling.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}