Podcast Episodes

Meritocracy - Scourge or Salvation

Episode 93

Today we review our Tuesday conversation with Andy Haldane and go through some of the most interesting aspects of the discussion, including the merits and pitfalls of meritocracy.

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Published on 5 years ago

Brexit and much more with Andy Haldane, Chief Economist of the Bank of England

Episode 92

It’s Brexit week, last throw of the dice allegedly, so what better week to talk to the man from the Bank of England - an institution that will have to deal with the economic, financial and political …

Published on 5 years ago

The end of the car park

Episode 91

Not all ideas are timeless - this week we look at how we can take dead space and turn it into living spaces through economic incentives

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Published on 5 years ago

"Hand of pod" - The Maradona Generation

Episode 90

We go to Argentina to gauge the reaction to the death of the Diego. Plus we explore with the former economics minister of Argentina, Martin Lousteau, what went wrong in Argentina - a country that was…

Published on 5 years ago

The World in 2021

Episode 89

On Thanksgiving, with the Dow hitting 30,000 and Janet Yellan taking over at the US Treasury, we examine the short and medium terms health of the US economy with David Rosenberg - Warning: it doesn’t…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

the fallout from COVID

Episode 88

There’s light at the end of the tunnel - for the first time it seems that people are starting to see the end of this mess. As we look to the return of some level of normality, we know that the new no…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

Show me the money

Episode 87

Optics and execution are two profoundly different things. All over the world politicians talk and entrepreneurs walk. Small businesses have been promised help by people who have never taken a risk in…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

“Don’t cry for me Great-Brit-Annia” - to be sung imagining Boris Johnson channelling his inner Elaine Page

Episode 86

“Is Boris Johnson England’s Eva Peron? All through my wild days, my mad existence…..and all that stuff, anyway we get to this point following an amazing conversation with economist Adam Posen about t…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

Lets talk about unemployment

Episode 85

Behind every statistic is a person and a family. As unemployment sky-rockets, we need to put employment front and centre for the economy in 2021. We look a trends in employment, what type of companie…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

Outside it’s America!

Episode 84

What Joe Biden’s victory means and what it does not. We examine the US economy with a former US cabinet member and Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors. Plus what can be done and what won’t -…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago