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Irving Fisher and Debt Deflation
Season 1 Episode 328
Irving Fisher was an American economist whose book The Purchasing Power of Money looked at the relationship between money supply and price levels. In…
3 years, 8 months ago
The Debt Myth
Season 1 Episode 327
How widespread is the idea that one person's debt is another person's credit and therefore has no impact on the economy. What are the implications of…
3 years, 8 months ago
What would Keynes do now?
Season 1 Episode 326
His answer to Great depression was that we should spend our way out. But now we have rampant inflation because people are spending too much. What wou…
3 years, 9 months ago
A long way from a Minsky moment
Season 1 Episode 325
During the last big financial crisis there was a lot of talk about the work of Hyman Minsky. Even Janet Yellen, at the time the chair of the San Fran…
3 years, 9 months ago
Will more realistic pricing of energy and pollution save the planet?
Season 1 Episode 324
In a recent podcast Steve Keen claimed that the law of thermodynamics dictates that we can no longer extend economic growth whilst looking for effici…
3 years, 9 months ago
Private or public – getting the balance right
Season 1 Episode 323
Last week on the Debunking Economics podcast Phil and Steve talked about the likely imposition of Austerity 2.0 around the world, in particular in th…
3 years, 9 months ago
Ready for Austerity 2.0?
Season 1 Episode 322
With big-spending Boris gone, Britain’s new Prime Minister will almost certainly promote austerity 2.0, under the guise of fiscal conservatism. He wo…
3 years, 10 months ago
Can we get by without growth, growth, growth?
Season 1 Episode 321
Before her plans were ripped up, the UK’s newest Prime Minister was promising growth, growth, growth in an economy that has avoided it for a long tim…
3 years, 10 months ago
Understanding the cost and value of money
Season 1 Episode 320
We all know money has a value, but if you are borrowing it, it also has a cost. But aside from buying houses and a few other big items, we generally …
3 years, 10 months ago
What's the right level of inflation?
Season 1 Episode 319
The world is living in fear of rising inflation. Central banks are trying to combat it by pushing up interest rates, which means people also now fear…
3 years, 10 months ago