Podcast Episodes

Why more interest rate hikes are coming and Irish census revelations

Season 2023 Episode 44

We start in America, breaking down the impact of the debt ceiling deal & why more bank fallouts are likely on the way before moving to the Irish census to talk about what we can learn from this amazi…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

Follow the money

Season 2023 Episode 43

All criminal enterprises are enterprises, meaning they are businesses…and like every business they leave a money trail. Today we talk to the man who is suing the Wagner Group, hitting them in their d…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Why the Federal Reserve is stuck in a "cul de sac", and what it means for you.

Season 2023 Episode 42

The American economy refuses to obey the Federal Reserve and things are going to break. We examine the monetary bind facing the world's premier central bank and what it all means.

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Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

What you know about Western civilization is wrong

Season 2023 Episode 41

The saying goes that there’s a straight line from Plato to Nato - but actually, it’s much more complicated than that. Today we explain why we repeat a story that we know to be untrue and what the rea…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

The Coming Great Crash?

Season 2023 Episode 40

They say that history doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes. Today’s discussion is all about what we can take from history as we navigate this slow grinding bank crisis, many years of easy money and s…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

This is the most important week in the Ukraine war - and global geo-politics as a whole

Season 2023 Episode 39

The counter-offensive might be underway but the outcomes are still very much up in the air. Let’s look at what’s going on and how the outcomes in Ukraine will ripple across the world

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Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

A Coming US Default?

Season 2023 Episode 38

Is the US about to manufacture a debt crisis? Don't rule it out. There are enough nut-jobs knocking around Capitol Hill for whom shutting down government is a victory not a catastrophe. And once we’r…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

American Bank Carnage part 2

Season 2023 Episode 37

The American banking system is experiencing a slow grinding crisis. We explore, why this is happening, why now and why the Fed adopted a completely different attitude to the 2023 banking crisis than …

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

How does the UK recover financially?

Season 2023 Episode 36

The UK is what happens when economic growth stops. So on the week of the coronation let’s look at what is happening in the country and what it takes to right the wrongs of the last few years.

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Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

The Dream Economy

Season 2023 Episode 35

Arts and culture are associated with many things, but rarely is economic impact cited. This is right, culture is not a spread sheet, but nor too is economics. The economy is a highly sensitive ecosys…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago