Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Conservative Manifesto: what would they do with your money?
Episode 66
What are the Tories planning if they win the General Election on July 4th? Can they really raise enough money from welfare and tax avoidance to cover…
1 year, 9 months ago
Are climate boycotts doing more harm than good?
Episode 65
Are Fossil Free Books right to put pressure on Hay, Cheltenham and Edinburgh International Book Festival to drop their main sponsor? How do political…
1 year, 9 months ago
How Labour could end the strikes with Mick Lynch
Episode 64
If Starmer and Labour win, how does Mick Lynch think he should fix Britain? Steph and Robert talk with the UK’s influential trade union leader to ans…
1 year, 9 months ago
Will Labour’s Plan To ‘Make Work Pay’ Actually Work?
Episode 63
Is Labour’s new 24 page plan too heavily skewed towards workers and leave businesses powerless? Robert and Steph dig into the Labour Party’s new prop…
1 year, 9 months ago
Is there any money left?
Episode 62
Head of the IFS, Paul Johnson, joins Steph and Robert on this episode of The Rest is Money. Will the next government have to increase taxes? Will gro…
1 year, 10 months ago
Is it time for a wealth tax?
Episode 61
Where will the Treasury find £10 billion for infected blood victims? How do you actually question and challenge business leaders and politicians? And…
1 year, 10 months ago
The economics behind Sunak’s general election gamble with Torsten Bell
Episode 60
What are the implications of lower inflation for a general election? In a globalised economy, do we really have control of our prices as a country? A…
1 year, 10 months ago
Tim Harford, the Undercover Economist: Are we too ideological about privatisation?
Episode 59
Is happiness correlated with GDP? Are Gen Z richer than their parents? Could Modern Monetary Theory ever be implemented? Robert is joined by Tim Harf…
1 year, 10 months ago
Is ‘sick note culture’ real? Why are living standards still stagnating? Will the UK always be a global economic power?
Episode 58
Why has the UK workforce shrunk by half a million people post-COVID? Do UK businesses need better managers? How do we restore faith in democracy in t…
1 year, 10 months ago
How to fix UK growth, why economists fail, and restructuring our economic institutions - Andy Haldane
Episode 57
What’s caused the UK’s growth problem and how can we fix it? Does the UK need more domestic investment? Should our economists be able to predict cris…
1 year, 10 months ago