Podcast Episodes

182 - Why now is the time to go for a wage rise!

Why now is the time to strike for a higher wage. Wages are going up, don't get left behind. Also, a quick follow-up on last week’s chats on inflation & crypto, we ask the question what does crypto/Bi…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

181 - Is Cryptocurrency the silver bullet to inflation?

We’re continuing our conversation on inflation, this time through the lens of cryptocurrency to understand if it actually is the safe haven to inflation that many seem to think it is

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Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

180 - Money and inflation - What to make of the current rising costs

From the Greek Goddess Maia, to the Roman God Mercury, and the Lord Edward Pub in Dublin, this week's chat on inflation takes an eclectic turn. We’re seeing price increases across various aspects of …

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

179 - The crossroad between a Mad Max or a Star Trek Future

This week we connect with Alec Ross, the author of the Raging 2020s to talk about the fight for our future, how share-holders rose to power and the way that society can take back control for a better…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

178 - Tinder for ideas and the new corporate tax rate implications

We kick off the week with the launch of our new international trade and money course which aims to bring economics to everyone! We start the chat with a quick overview of the course before talking ab…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

177 - Is China the new Japan?

We examine the similarities between China in 2022 and Japan in 1990. The trajectory of huge export-led growth, dragging Japan in the 1950s, 60s, 70s out of the post-WW2 morass, and China in the 1990s…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

176 - Britain's coming Winter of Discontent

"A spectre is haunting Britain—the spectre of stagflation". It's not always the podcast paraphrases Karl Marx, but when it comes to ideology, there are few better examples of "the one size fits all" …

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

175 - Conversation with the brilliant behavioural economist Dan Ariely

From the experience economy, to the economics of meaning, the psychology of Covid deniers, what happens when you are too committed to on idea, the perils of Facebook, the economics of internet bullyi…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

174 - The Housing Price Theory of Everything

We kick off with a jammy deal in Dublin and why it tells you everything you need to know about what's wrong with Ireland's housing market. Plus the hidden costs of house price increases everything fr…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

173 - Evergrande implosion and the economics of Colonialism

Today we start in China to talk about Evergrande, the real estate empire that is on the brink of collapse before talking about the history of colonialism and linking it to current day economics 

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Published on 4 years, 3 months ago