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Fringe Festival Panel Day 2: Jim Mellon, Richard Wilson, Paul Johnson and Simon Evans
Double feature this week--here is the second day of Merryn's panel "The Butcher, the Brewer, the Baker." Again, it was held at Panmure House--Adam Smith's residence between 1778 and 1790. We taped th…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Fringe Festival Panel Day 1: Russell Napier, Anna MacDonald and James Anderson
This week, we bring you a lightly edited version of Merryn's panel at the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh called "The Butcher, the Brewer, the Baker and Merryn Somerset Webb." It was held at Panmure Hou…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
BONUS: The Bank of England Arrives at a ‘Crunch Point’
For your summer listening, the Merryn Talks Money team brings you an episode from another podcast you might like: In the City. This week, Francine Lacqua speaks to a panel of Bloomberg experts includ…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
A Conversation With Vivek Ramaswamy: the Man Who Warned of 'Woke Capitalism'
This week, we bring you an earlier interview by Merryn Somerset Webb of Bloomberg's Merryn Talks Money, originally recorded in November 2021 as part of the MoneyWeek podcast. It's a conversation with…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
How Angry Should the UK Be With the Bank of England?
Is it time to get out of passive funds and switch to their active brethren? Or should you dump equities entirely and find a nice savings account that pays 4%? While the latter means you won’t be main…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Mervyn King Says the Bank of England Is Making a ‘Big Mistake’
Former Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King says the central bank hasn’t been covering itself in glory of late, and that’s partly thanks to it falling victim to groupthink. The economics profe…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
US Inflation Will Keep Falling, Intertemporal’s Pellegrini Predicts
Inflation in the US is going to continue falling, says founder of Intertemporal Economics Brian Pellegrini, and much faster than one might think. He joins Merryn Somerset Webb on this week’s episode …
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
More Ways for Investors to Crack the World of Private Equity
A decade ago, it was almost impossible for private investors to buy into private equity with the professionals. Most PE funds require huge minimum investments and long-term commitments. Good managers…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Why the Rise of ‘Counter-Elites’ Spells Bad News for the UK
The idea that history is cyclical is hardly new. But exactly what drives those cycles is up for debate. On this week’s Merryn Talks Money, Peter Turchin, author of End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites a…
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
BONUS: The Bank of England’s Big Decision on Digital Currency
The Bank of England has a vision for the digital pound. But first, it has to decide whether “Britcoin” is worth building in the first place.
The BOE wants to make a cash-like alternative to the bankn…
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago