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Ways to foster innovation
Season 1 Episode 518
Unless you are one of the tech bros, it is difficult for anyone to push on with innovative ideas, probably why the world seems reliant on the US for …
12 hours ago
Do we actually need bonds?
Season 1 Episode 517
There’s only one reason a government issues bonds. It’s so their account with the central bank is not overdrawn. It’s only regulation that stops the …
6 days ago
A reality check on bonds and government spending
Season 1 Episode 516
A listener (Doug) left a comment on YouTube saying I assume Phil intends to play "devil's advocate" when he speaks as though taxes are necessary for …
2 weeks ago
AI, inequality and basic income
Season 1 Episode 515
Phil happened upon a book to Australian economist Joshua Gans (and Andrew Leigh) called Innovation & Inequality – how to create a future that is more…
3 weeks ago
The Burnham Factor
Season 1 Episode 514
Andy Burnham is now the British Prime Minister but, Phil asks, aside from convening cabinet meetings in the north, will he do anything different to h…
4 weeks ago
The unrelenting progress of winner takes all economics
Season 1 Episode 513
This week Phil and Steve talk about the staggering accumulation of capital, which has ratcheted up since the pandemic. In the US the top 0.1 percent …
1 month ago
Too slow for zero?
Season 1 Episode 512
This week Phil and Steve confront the mathematical and environmental reality of a "zero growth" future, sparked by a debate over the deflationary tra…
1 month, 1 week ago
Challenges for the reserve currency
Season 1 Episode 511
How much longer can the United States rely on the US dollar to dominate the global financial system, and what happens when the cracks finally start t…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The world’s anti-migration shift to the right
Season 1 Episode 510
Phil and Steve confront the global surge in anti-immigration rhetoric and right-wing political momentum, tracing its roots to the structural failures…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
GDP is hopelesss as a relative measure
Season 1 Episode 509
Steve and Phil critique our systemic over-reliance on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as the definitive baseline for comparing global economies and meas…
2 months ago