- Is a small business an economic unit whose profits should seek maximisation or is it that friendly person selling you  a cup of coffee every morning?

- What drives the people who create these businesses?

- What can governments and banks do to help (or to hinder) them?

In this podcast, Michael Schaper and Scott Holmes answer these questions and more.

Scott Holmes is an economic consultant previously Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Western Sydney University.  He has been researching small firms for over 30 years and was made a life member of the Small Enterprise Association of Australia and New Zealand in recognition of his research effort.

An experienced CEO, board director, regulator and small business/economic development specialist in Australia and internationally, Michael Schaper is currently chairing both the federal government’s Black Economy Advisory Board, and the self-regulatory body for Australia’s buy-now-pay-later fintech sector; he is also a member of the ACT Chief Minister’s Economic Advisory Group.

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