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What next week's Budget could hold
MoneyWeek's editor-in-chief, Merryn Somerset Webb, looks ahead to the Budget next week, and asks what exactly might Chancellor Philip Hammond have in…
7 years, 7 months ago
What art can tell us about the wider markets
Merryn and John marvel at how out of touch the political classes are; Italy's debt, the state of the bond markets and a canny bet on the future of th…
7 years, 8 months ago
How wage inflation (and real inflation) is coming to an economy near you
Merryn and John talk about Amazon's wage increase, the real reasons behind it and how wage inflation – and real inflation – is coming to an economy n…
7 years, 8 months ago
The excitement in the gold market
This week, Merryn and John talk about the excitement in the gold market, as Barrick and Randgold merge, how central banks are behind the curve on inf…
7 years, 8 months ago
Financial crisis fallout (or not)
This week, Merryn and John talk about the great financial crisis; how it was entirely predictable (and was, in fact, seen coming by an awful lot of p…
7 years, 8 months ago
Turkey trouble
This week, John and Merryn discuss the trouble in Turkey and why the country has, for a long time, been a disaster waiting to happen; which assets ar…
7 years, 9 months ago
Britain's declining productivity growth
This week, John and Merryn look at what's really behind Britain's declining productivity growth; what the yield curve is and why we should be worried…
7 years, 10 months ago
Why a second referendum is a non-starter
In this week's long-awaited new podcast, John and Merryn talk Brexit, and why a second referendum is a non-starter; the EU's pleasing new trade deal …
7 years, 10 months ago
Trump, the G7 and protectionism
This week, Merryn and John talk Donald Trump, the G7 and protectionism; also, Italy and the increasingly widespread desire to reboot civilisation; an…
7 years, 11 months ago
Populism, Italy and the EU's next crisis
Merryn and John talk about populism, Italy and the next crisis looming for the EU; the end of extreme monetary policy; the problem with democracy (an…
8 years ago