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Electric cars – tinkering at the edge of a climate crisis
Season 1 Episode 309
In the UK petrol cars emit 128g of CO2 per kilometre. In the US they drive bigger cars, for longer, so the carbon impact is that much greater. But ca…
4 years ago
Is the US dollar getting too big for its boots?
Season 1 Episode 308
As inflation grows around the world the US dollar enjoying multi-decade highs. To an extent, that’s helping mitigate the impact of inflation in the U…
4 years, 1 month ago
How fast can a magic money tree grow?
Season 1 Episode 307
When British Prime Minister Theresa May said there was no magic money tree she was wrong. There is, but you still have to look after it. What happens…
4 years, 1 month ago
How long before central banks realise they are making a big mistake?
Season 1 Episode 306
Inflation is rising everywhere as supply chains hit prices in the shops and at the fuel bowsers. Central banks are responding to this the only way th…
4 years, 1 month ago
275. Is globalisation a good thing, or a bad thing? (preview)
Episode 496
When COVID has gone and the war is over, will we return to the patterns of international trade we were enjoying just a few years ago? Steve Keen says…
4 years, 1 month ago
Is globalisation a good thing, or a bad thing?
Season 1 Episode 305
When COVID has gone and the war is over, will we return to the patterns of international trade we were enjoying just a few years ago? Steve Keen says…
4 years, 1 month ago
Are there secret men running the world?
Season 1 Episode 304
Conspiracy theorists are out there claiming that unelected representatives are holding power, using technology to control our behaviour. China has tr…
4 years, 2 months ago
Coming off the QE cool aid
Season 1 Episode 303
Central banks the world over are busy lifting interest rates and, at the same time, engaging in quantitative tightening. In other words, all those bo…
4 years, 2 months ago
The Tragedy of Misunderstanding the Commons
Season 1 Episode 302
The Tragedy of the Commons is a concept developed by William Forster Lloyd one hundred and fifty years ago. The argument is that if you allowed every…
4 years, 2 months ago
Is the Phillips Curve dead?
Season 1 Episode 301
Central bankers and economists have often used the Phillips curve to determine the path of inflation. The problem is, they often get it wrong. No won…
4 years, 2 months ago