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Brexit Unfolded: in conversation with author Professor Chris Grey on the publication of his much awaited book.
On the 5th anniversary of the Brexit referendum, Chris Grey publishes Brexit Unfolded, his magisterial account of what has happened since that fatefu…
5 years, 1 month ago
End of the reflation trade? The mysterious NPHET opposition to antigen testing. Cracks in Boris Johnson's wall.
Markets decided weeks ago that the inflation scare is temporary. Now they are doubling down with a bet that the ‘relation trade’ is over: that means …
5 years, 1 month ago
The delta variant is coming your way, but so is the populist plague. The G7 and the return of America: perhaps temporary but certainly welcome. A pointless trade deal with Australia.
Johnson once again fluffed his lines when he had to speak them live. He’s all bluster, zero beliefs and much worse than a mere mini-Trump.
90+% of cov…
5 years, 1 month ago
G7 is not just about corporate taxes: the environment is even more important. EU and UK fall out over sausages. Out and about in London and Dublin
The G7 has a long and mixed history. It used to be about exchange rates. Today it is mostly taxes but there have been important environmental initiat…
5 years, 2 months ago
Booming economies but where have all the workers gone? UK heading for big Covid trouble? Why do economists love property taxes?
A raft of economic data this week suggests economies on both sides of the Atlantic have taken off like a rocket. But, in the US at least, workers are…
5 years, 2 months ago
Archbishop McQuaid's ghost stalks our streets. Beware the inner traffic warden. Where did the virus really come from? OECD ups its forecasts.
Comments from civil servants about Dublin’s Street life raise all sorts of questions. Only some of which are about Covid: the ghosts of authoritarian…
5 years, 2 months ago
Reopening the economy but playing fast and loose with the common travel area? Hair & beauty expertise in a surprising quarter. Stock up on breakfast stuff?
Ireland announces the reopening plan. But the Common Travel Area is still not common: Britain has kept it operating through the pandemic, Ireland has…
5 years, 2 months ago
The future of house prices. The ketchup economy. The price of another pint.
The future of housing and house prices. Can and should the public sector get much more involved? The competition between economic metaphors: the toma…
5 years, 2 months ago
Housing policy: gifting power to Sinn Fein? Is neo-liberalism dead? Brexit & trade: UK can't say all is well between GB and EU but not between GB & NI.
Reaction to our last podcast has been massive and it remains the non-covid issue for Irish politics. It will become the biggest issue once the pandem…
5 years, 2 months ago
House prices: populist posturing will make the problem worse. Global and Irish Inflation: already worse than feared? Covid corner: delays to vaccines costs lives.
A look at what drives house prices. Populists will grab the headlines - and maybe the votes - but they have no solutions, only strategies to make thi…
5 years, 2 months ago