Podcast Episodes

162 - The politics of catastrophe with Niall Ferguson

We’re bringing you another conversation from the Dalkey Book Festival where we explore nationality, sports, history, the pandemic, and most importantly why the incentives to implement preventive meas…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

161 - Sitting down with Bernie Sanders

This week we want to bring you a great conversation that I had with Bernie Sanders at the Dalkey Book Festival a few weeks ago. Senator Sanders touches on the current economic climate of politics in …

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

160 - The economics of love (Best of)

It's August - We're taking a moment to go through our archives and surface a few "best of"' to keep you company on your summer holidays. This week we're revisiting one of our all-time favourites: the…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

159 - Dante and the economics of the 14th century

This week we dive back into Florence and Dante to explore how this extraordinary writer’s lessons and insights are still as relevant today as the day they were written

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Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

158 - Economics at a crossroad with Mark Blyth & Eric Lonergan

Eric & Mark walk us through the vacuums in politics and the different types of anger that has brought on the rise of populism globally and how they’ve used this anger to create a new economic framewo…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

157 - Mid-year review with Paul Donovan

Everyone has tried to make the year that’s passed fit into classic boom/bust models but the truth is that there’s nothing classical about 2020 - so let’s assess what really happened to the economy an…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

156 - Get on board with ESG or else!

Brands spend millions to represent something that consumers want to be associated with. The tricky part is that culture is always changing, always evolving. The latest cultural change is the rise of …

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

155 - Is Cuba in the middle of a regime change

There is a wind of change in the Cuban air. The Castro family is no longer running the country and there are whispers among the locals that this might be a tipping point for the country. Let’s breakd…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

154- The economics of climate change, the coming resource wars and what we can do about it.

Economists are dangerous, so says this week's guest iconoclastic economist,Professor Steve Keen and this is particularly the case if we think about climate change. What can we do to avoid a climate c…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

153 - Follow the Money: Why is the government selling the Bank of Ireland cheaply and why now?

The Irish government is trying to sell its stake in the Bank of Ireland at a half price. Selling cheap and buying expensive is never good business. We head back to the West Lower to explore the nexus…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago