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Cry for Argentina. NIMBY's should vote for Sinn Fein. When will we declare the housing crisis over?
Cry for Argentina. NIMBY's should vote for Sinn Fein. When will we declare the housing crisis over?

Argentina is a study in not how to do it. For a very long time. And here they go again. Weep for Argentina.


Given the serial objections by Sinn Fein t…

2 years, 8 months ago

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Economies are weakening - latest data. Markets start to think that interest rates are already too high
Economies are weakening - latest data. Markets start to think that interest rates are already too high

Solving the Irish housing crisis is, in principle, easy: just build 50,000 units a year until the word 'crisis' disappears from the headlines and pub…

2 years, 8 months ago

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The 30 year war continues. History explains the latest battle. The Tories never disappoint.
The 30 year war continues. History explains the latest battle. The Tories never disappoint.

The only way to understand the latest outbreak of fighting in the ongoing Conservative Party's 30 year war is to look back at history. This has all b…

2 years, 9 months ago

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Cameron uncancelled. Rishi's change agenda unravels. Culture wars over?
Cameron uncancelled. Rishi's change agenda unravels. Culture wars over?

Rishi Sunak surprises everybody - he is even capable of a surprise!


Cameron is back in, Braverman is back out.


Sunak wants to be the candidate for chan…

2 years, 9 months ago

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Why is everything in the UK so crap? Why is zero growth now a good outcome?
Why is everything in the UK so crap? Why is zero growth now a good outcome?

In this episode Jim asks Chris if he is ghost writing articles for the FT.


An actual FT journalist, one of their best, wrote an article about the thin…

2 years, 9 months ago

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The return of the Don:  a 2nd term for Trump? What US autocracy might mean for the world
The return of the Don: a 2nd term for Trump? What US autocracy might mean for the world

The peak in interest rates grows closer. Maybe

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2 years, 9 months ago

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Stolen Identity. Our new politics: good ideas taken to ludicrous and sinister extremes
Stolen Identity. Our new politics: good ideas taken to ludicrous and sinister extremes

We will not be cancelled

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2 years, 9 months ago

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The end of the Corporation tax boom? Economies now slowing everywhere. More big moves in interest rates.
The end of the Corporation tax boom? Economies now slowing everywhere. More big moves in interest rates.

Lots of economic data on both sides of the Atlantic are now pointing to slowing growth.


Very slow in the case of Europe, a bit slower in the US. Even…

2 years, 9 months ago

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Can Elon Musk upload himself? Is ChatGPT eating itself? What is consciousness? And so much more!
Can Elon Musk upload himself? Is ChatGPT eating itself? What is consciousness? And so much more!

With Professor Shane O'Mara

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GDP declines - so what? An interest rate cut looms on the horizon? What if oil goes to $200?
GDP declines - so what? An interest rate cut looms on the horizon? What if oil goes to $200?

The US Congress is not a serious legislature

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