Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow Much Pain Is Rachel Reeves Inflicting?
Was the budget too harsh on small and medium businesses? How much pain will ‘working people’ feel from the tax changes? Is the OBR right that this me…
1 year, 5 months ago
What You Need To Know To Judge The Budget
Robert and Steph assess Reeves’ ambitions for the most important budget since the 1980s, whether hypothecated taxes work, and how Russia, China and I…
1 year, 5 months ago
Martin Lewis: Are we better off under Labour?
Martin Lewis, the MoneySavingExpert, joins Robert and Steph to crunch the numbers on how Labour got it wrong on the winter fuel payment, the scandal …
1 year, 5 months ago
103. It’s Time To Live With Higher Inflation
Steph and Robert talk to leading economist and investor Mohamed El-Erian about how growth is the only solution to our national debt burden, how he wo…
1 year, 5 months ago
Anthony Scaramucci: The Truth About Trump’s Economic Madness
Former Trump staffer and The Rest Is Politics US host, Anthony Scaramucci joins Steph and Robert to explain why Trump’s planned interference with the…
1 year, 5 months ago
How Rachel Reeves Will Re-Write Fiscal Rules
Episode 101
What options does Rachel Reeves have to allow for more investment, how can we be more productive as a service economy and does the NHS have a managem…
1 year, 5 months ago
John McDonnell's Alternative Autumn Budget
Episode 100
Robert and Steph are joined by former Shadow Chancellor of The Exchequer, John McDonnell, to discuss what he thinks Rachel Reeves should and shouldn'…
1 year, 5 months ago
How To Stop Big Tech Damaging Mental Health
Episode 99
Robert speaks to economist Danny Blanchflower about the surge in mental ill-health among young people, which his global research shows is linked to t…
1 year, 5 months ago
Why Reeves Is Struggling To Find Taxes
Episode 98
Robert and Steph discuss how changing pensions tax relief in Rachel Reeves’s budget could lead to strikes by public sector workers, why putting up ca…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Economics of Happiness
Episode 97
Robert and Steph are joined by Lord Richard Layard, a 90 year old economist who has dedicated his life to researching and encouraging politicians to …
1 year, 6 months ago