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Forecasts for the economy double. Inflation also up a lot. Does debt matter? Shinners in government - mind your pension.
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4 years, 8 months ago
One year on from the first vaccine. Stock markets signalling all is now fine: rational markets or just another bubble? Why is there no ambition for Dublin?
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4 years, 9 months ago
Bank of England stumbles and sterling falls. The tax boom is getting boomier.
The bank of England all but promised an interest rate rise this week but then failed to deliver. What is going on?
US jobs are growing again but US in…
4 years, 9 months ago
Global inflation and supply chain problems are getting worse. Are higher interest rates the answer? Does COP26 need a touch of CBT?
Interest rate rises around the world now seem to be just a mater of time. How fixed is your mortgage?
When environmental campaigners tell us ‘we are a…
4 years, 9 months ago
Mafia-style elites govern us all. But are they making a mistake?
For centuries, the ways in which many societies governed themselves were indistinguishable from mafia-type governance structures. Along came democrac…
4 years, 9 months ago
Economists still don't know what causes inflation? Is it, today, a nice problem to have? Can Johnson keep his electoral coalition intact?
Leading economist Duncan Weldon once again joins The Other Hand to discuss the issues of the day.
In his own recent substack post Duncan noted that an…
4 years, 9 months ago
Booming tax revenues on both sides of the Irish Sea. Sunak & Johnson in conflict or just setting up pre-election tax cuts? Strange economics of financing de-carbonisation.
Leading economist Duncan Weldon joins Chris in conversation about how tax revenues are giving finance ministers in Ireland and the UK much more room …
4 years, 9 months ago
Back to the future? That 70s show...again? Reflections on how the age of abundance may be coming to an end.
In Jim’s absence (he always needs a couple of weeks off after the budget), Chris speaks to leading hedge fund manager Peter Van Dessel. An Irishman l…
4 years, 9 months ago
A budget that butters many small parsnips but buys no votes.
The budget was the expected smorgasbord of measures. A budget that makes abundant sense to a centrist. But in this age of populism, does it cut the p…
4 years, 10 months ago
The political economy of the budget: 'One of the most prosperous countries on earth' or 'a dystopian hell-hole'? The answer matters. A lot.
Budget 2022 arrives with amazing news about Ireland’s fiscal position. For once it is unambiguously good news. Why not spend all those extra tax reve…
4 years, 10 months ago