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Surviving with a negative trade balance
Season 1 Episode 280
Is a negative trade balance such a bad thing? Some countries with a bit deficit seem to be doing okay, like American, even the UK to an extent, where…
4 years, 8 months ago
Too much information
Season 1 Episode 279
Economics works so well because we al have perfect information about everything, all the time. Right? We choose products at the best price because we…
4 years, 9 months ago
Accumulating someone else‘s wealth
Season 1 Episode 278
If capitalism is driving everyone to make a profit – and we all save a bit of that profit and therefore accumulate more wealth, does that mean everyo…
4 years, 9 months ago
Boris misunderstood Pareto
Season 1 Episode 277
During his Tory Party conference speech, Boris Johnson said that he remembers something about Wilfredo Pareto, in the “cobwedded attic of (his) memor…
4 years, 9 months ago
Currency Wars
Season 1 Episode 276
Donald Trump believed that China was manipulating its currency to get an unfair advantage against the US. This week Professor Steve Keen explains why…
4 years, 10 months ago
The energy crunch
Season 1 Episode 275
The world’s leaders are getting together in the UK at the end of this month to discuss how to tackle climate change. Meanwhile, fuel prices are risin…
4 years, 10 months ago
Cashed up and nowhere to go
Season 1 Episode 274
Governments have been spending their way through the pandemic, so what happens to that money? Regular listeners will understand how this spending get…
4 years, 10 months ago
Steve for the NSW Senate
Season 1 Episode 273
Steve Keen is a man of many surprises. His latest is that he is going to stand for the Senate in New South Wales. He’s packing his bags and heading b…
4 years, 10 months ago
Inflation, the next pandemic?
Season 1 Episode 272
COVID is causing supply disruptions the world over, evidenced by disruptions to supply chains and rising producer prices and consumer prices. Central…
4 years, 11 months ago
Has QE become MMT by another name?
Season 1 Episode 271
Central banks around the world are at different stages of how they supposedly deal with the COVId-19 crisis. Most are implementing some form of QE, b…
4 years, 11 months ago