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Another financial crisis that we all end up paying for
Season 1 Episode 358
We last had a financial crisis in 2008 (ignoring the pandemic years), and if we’re not in another crisis now, we’re well on the way to it, with mortg…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Bank of England’s totally wrong response
Season 1 Episode 357
The UK economy is ready for a major downturn. In part it’s down to supply chain difficulties, thanks to COVID, the war, the great resignation, sickne…
3 years, 1 month ago
What can we learn from China?
Season 1 Episode 356
If we ignore the flagrant human rights abuses, there’s a lot to admire about China. There economy has grown at an incredibly rate whilst the West has…
3 years, 2 months ago
The generation game. Who wins?
Season 1 Episode 355
Older Brits will be familiar with Bruce Forsythe’s Generation. Today everyone is playing the Generation Game, but the young are the one’s losing out.…
3 years, 2 months ago
What if we paid a realistic price for energy?
Season 1 Episode 354
We know we don’t pay a fair price for energy. Energy companies are making a mint because they extract the energy without worrying about most of the e…
3 years, 2 months ago
Planning for retirement, who pays?
Season 1 Episode 353
There is about £2.5 - 3 trillion of assets in UK private pension schemes. Through the tax system we are heavily incentivised to put money into our pe…
3 years, 2 months ago
Positive Money’s Economic Plan
Season 1 Episode 352
Part of the problem with the global economy is that nobody has a plan, except perhaps the Chinese Communist Party. Elsewhere politicians lurch from o…
3 years, 3 months ago
Why do central banks want digital currencies?
Season 1 Episode 351
Central banks seem to be in a rush to offer digital currencies, but why? Conspiracy theories point to China, and visions of private bank accounts mon…
3 years, 3 months ago
HANK or RANK – how monetary policy works, or doesn’t
Season 1 Episode 350
New Keynesian economists have accepted that their HANK model, which models the behaviour of one representative agent, doesn’t explain the outcomes on…
3 years, 3 months ago
The Fast Road to Net Zero
Season 1 Episode 349
Reaching net zero – is it doable, or is it just a pipe dream? In podcasts recently Steve Keen has expressed thoughts that we are already too late to …
3 years, 3 months ago