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How to Make Britain Prosperous Again with Sam Bowman
Sam Bowman, founding editor of the online magazine Works in Progress, now part of payment processing platform Stripe, joins to discuss why he thinks …
1 year, 1 month ago
The Farmers Are (Rightfully) Angry and UK Inflation Ticks Up
In this week's roundup, Merryn and Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek discuss why UK farmers are angry about inheritance tax and what the …
1 year, 1 month ago
How Does the UK Pension Drawdown Work?
Hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek speak with Bloomberg Opinion columnist Stuart Trow, author of “The Bluffer’s Guide to Economics,” about pe…
1 year, 1 month ago
Why AI-Driven Productivity Is a Decade Away in the UK
Economist Diane Coyle, currently the Bennett professor of public policy at the University of Cambridge, analyzes artificial intelligence’s potential …
1 year, 1 month ago
Everybody Relax. We're Talking About Crypto.
In this week's roundup, Merryn and Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek discuss the latest Bitcoin boom in the wake of Donald J. Trump’s con…
1 year, 1 month ago
Is There a Smarter Way to Pay Your Taxes?
In this week’s personal finance edition of Merryn Talks Money, hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek discuss a listener question about whether s…
1 year, 1 month ago
Why Trump’s Victory Is Musk’s ‘Tech-Bro Coup’
On this episode of Merryn Talks Money, we discuss what the Republican’s second term means for the US, the UK and the Tesla CEO. Pippa Malmgren, econo…
1 year, 2 months ago
A Dose of Cynicism from John and The Case for Becoming a Barrel Maker
In this week's roundup, Merryn and Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek chat about the unsurprising Bank of England decision to cut the UK's…
1 year, 2 months ago
DC and DB Pension Schemes: What They Are and How They Work
In this week’s personal finance edition of Merryn Talks Money, hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek discuss a listener question about the diffe…
1 year, 2 months ago
Live Event: What Did Rachel Reeves Risk With Her First Budget?
In a live-recorded episode of Merryn Talks Money, hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek are joined in London by Bloomberg Head of Economics and …
1 year, 2 months ago