Podcast Episodes

The impending commercial property crash

Season 2023 Episode 84

The commercial property market is struggling to swallow the interest rate hikes aiming to bring down inflation. Can the mass building of the last decade, built on the back of very low interest rate, …

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

The roots of the Israel-Palestinian Conflict pt2 (1967-1993)

Season 2023 Episode 83

Part 2 of our overview of the Israel-Palestinian conflict brings us from the Six Day War to the Oslo Accords. Key things here are the change in the image of Isreal in the world imagination from defia…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

When Mantras Replace Hard Thinking: The Case of the Irish Budget

Season 2023 Episode 82

The budget, despite all the posturing, should make you be afraid, very afraid. It reveals a complete lack of Leaving Cert economic thinking. Today we interrogate just one aspect to see if there is an…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

The roots of the Israel-Palestinian Conflict pt1

Season 2023 Episode 81

To understand where we are, you have to appreciate the history - economic, political and social - and that’s what we’re setting out to do! Starting in Dorset St Dublin in 1904 with Leopold Bloom in J…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

US interest rates: What's driving them?

Season 2023 Episode 80

We're in North America this week thinking about the US economy. How come the USA is creating so many jobs, why are interest rates not biting, does macroeconomics have to have a massive re-think about…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Brexit: the cost of reality

Season 2023 Episode 79

Brexit was supposed to be simple, that was the promise! The reality however is a world of complex costs & frictions which has backed the UK into a structural cul-de-sac. Where does it go from here?

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Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

The September Rate Spike - Is it Time to Worry?

Season 2023 Episode 78

Long term interest rates spiked up in September. This will have an impact. Mortgage rates everywhere are up dramatically. Could it be time for the debt crunch? We know that there’s a delay between ra…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Argentina: An economic and now, political car crash. Its worse than you think

Season 2023 Episode 77

How does one of the richest economy of the 19th century blow it? What are the lessons for the rest of us? As the saying goes, “The road to ruin is shorter than you think”. How does a good country go …

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Why Ireland should copy Vienna

Season 2023 Episode 76

Vienna, one of the world’s most liveable city, was created through a strong vision for its future and targeted taxes. Today, housing costs in Vienna are a third of its Irish counter part, we should b…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Are we at the 4th turning?

Season 2023 Episode 75

Today’s episode is a unique discussion with the writer Neil Howe about a completely different way to look at history, in chapters over decades and how history tends to repeat itself over given period…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago