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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, 7 months 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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 months ago
What Japan’s Angry Voters Mean for Your Money and Falling Fertility
In this week's roundup, Merryn is back with Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek. They focus on Japan. There was an election on Sunday that …
1 year, 7 months ago
The Best Way to Handle UK Student Debt
In this week’s personal finance edition of Merryn Talks Money, hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek answer a question from listener Hugo. He’s …
1 year, 8 months ago
Why Everything You Think You Know About Money Is Wrong
Author and economist David McWilliams joins Merryn to discuss his latest book Money: A Story of Humanity, and how the evolution of currency is centra…
1 year, 8 months ago
Gold’s Record-Breaking Run and Geopolitical Conspiracy Theories
In this week's roundup, Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek is joined once again by Bloomberg Opinion's Marcus Ashworth to talk macro theme…
1 year, 8 months ago
How UK Parents Should Be Saving for Their Children
Hot on the heels of last week’s personal finance edition of Merry Talks Money, where we discussed Lifetime Individual Savings Accounts, or ISAs, this…
1 year, 8 months ago