Podcast Episodes

Could house prices really crash from here?

Mumblings of potential big house price falls have emerged again recently to delight the crashists. The 40% number was even mentioned - and that's not happened in a while. The property market is clear…

Published on 8 years, 5 months ago

Elvis has left the building, robots are taking over our investments, bozos are running our savings

If you pop into the bookies and bung a quid on Elvis Presley still being alive – he died in 1977 - and he shows up as the support act to his heir apparent Ed Sheeran at Wembley Stadium next year, you…

Published on 8 years, 5 months ago

The State we’re in: could higher pay for nurses and scrapping university fees boost the economy?

Nurses have had their pay cut every year for the last five years.

Students are coming out of our universities with the highest level of debt in the West – higher on average than the USA.

Rents are …

Published on 8 years, 5 months ago

Could interest rates really rise this year and do we need to worry about car loans?

What do you mean you’ve never seen The Big Short?

It was nominated for five Oscars, won one and features Brad Pitt, Christian Bale and the part-time stripper with five houses and a condo.

Watch it. N…

Published on 8 years, 5 months ago

What are stocks and shares? Introducing Big Money Questions - and a lot of enlightening answers

‘If you've ever wondered how you get triangles from a cow,’ sang British music legends Half Man Half Biscuit, ‘you need butter milk and cheese and an equilateral chain saw. ‘

It’s obvious when you kn…

Published on 8 years, 6 months ago

The all new standard of living - and other related problems (and some solutions)

Wherever your heart lies in the debate about Britain’s role in the world, your head cannot escape the fact that we import a lot of what we consume.

From the oil and gas that heats our homes and powe…

Published on 8 years, 6 months ago

Election 2017: Young voters changed the economic game plan - and what the DUP can bring to the party

It was meant to be an election about Brexit but it turned into one about new young voters and what they wanted. They wanted change. What they got was a minority Government, a coalition between the Co…

Published on 8 years, 6 months ago

The road to our future looks bright if only we were prepared to pay for it

Would you pay more tax for better health, housing, communications, green spaces, roads, social care, railways, education, defence?

Or not?

The consensus seems to be that we would if only people fel…

Published on 8 years, 6 months ago

Can you trust pensions, social care or anything else?

A row that erupted over the Tory manifesto social care plans led to accusations of a dementia tax and a swift U-turn. Voters had previously been told they would get a cap on costs, but instead they g…

Published on 8 years, 7 months ago

Which party do you trust with the economy? Tories, Labour and Lib Dem head to head

The manifestos are out, but which political party would you trust with the UK economy? We look at Labour's plan to hike taxes, the Tories' plan to ditch the triple lock and the Lib Dem's plan to make…

Published on 8 years, 7 months ago