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Yanis Varoufakis on Technofeudalism
Season 1 Episode 388
Yanis Varoufakis joins Steve nd Phil this week to talk about the thinking behind his new book technofeudalism. The ‘cloudists, as he calls them, aren…
2 years, 6 months ago
Time to ditch entrenched lengthy, risky supply chains
Season 1 Episode 387
If Trump has one sensible policy its his drive to reindustrialise America. Since he left the Oval Office we’ve had global supply chains challenged by…
2 years, 7 months ago
Does corporate debt kill opportunity?
Season 1 Episode 386
Is it right that the growth opportunities of businesses are determined by the vagaries of the finance markets. Companies wanting to raise debt throug…
2 years, 7 months ago
Private equity funds – capitalists or leeches?
Season 1 Episode 385
As you’ll hear at the start of this week’s podcast Warren Buffet isn’t a big fan of private equity firms. He says they lie, so they are not a good ch…
2 years, 7 months ago
Coughing up for the young doctors
Season 1 Episode 384
The UK government has been refusing the pay demands of young doctors in the UK who held a series of strikes in 2023. Their argument is that pay has b…
2 years, 7 months ago
Books for the Holidays
Season 1 Episode 383
Our podcast listeners often ask which economics books they should read to get up to speed on some of the discussions we have, and to understand more …
2 years, 7 months ago
Should we fix central bank interest rates?
Season 1 Episode 382
Central banks assume there is a natural rate of interest – a point of equilibrium at which the demand for loans matches the supply of loans. They bel…
2 years, 8 months ago
Keir’s Thatcher love-in
Season 1 Episode 381
Keir Starmer will be the UK’s next Prime Minister. Few things in life are more certain. So why did he see the need to write an opinion piece for the …
2 years, 8 months ago
Does Argentina need a central bank?
Season 1 Episode 380
In his election pledges President-Elect Javier Milei promised the people of Argentina two things. First, he would do dollarize the economy. He’d ditc…
2 years, 8 months ago
Too many people?
Season 1 Episode 379
Last year net migration in the UK reached 745,000 people. A new record, which amount to more than 1% growth in the population. It’s an unsustainable …
2 years, 8 months ago