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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
Boris’ Healthcare Reform is Grossly Unjust and Economically Damaging
Season 1 Episode 270
Whilst the UK still lumbers under high COVID infection rates, and the economic recovery stalls, with GDP growth now at a trickle, the government want…
4 years, 11 months ago
What’s down the China road?
Season 1 Episode 269
There’s a lot happening with China right now. First, they are extending their social and commercial controls, which is adding uncertainty to foreign …
4 years, 11 months ago
The economics of scarce resources
Season 1 Episode 268
Following on from a fortnight ago, what happens as resources start to become scarce? We’re already seeing the short-term impact of supply chain disru…
4 years, 11 months ago
The economics of education
Season 1 Episode 267
More students than ever are off to university next month because of the A level grade inflation, accentuated by teacher assessments replacing exam re…
5 years ago
The mineral supply crisis that’s rarely talked about
Season 1 Episode 266
We’ve talked about the climate change crisis on the Debunking Economics podcast, but there’s a broader issue we all face, highlighted in the Club of …
5 years ago
The economy after the pandemic
Season 1 Episode 265
Many governments have done an excellent job at propping up businesses during the pandemic. For example, paying companies to furlough workers will, in…
5 years ago
Why no Marxist revolution?
Season 1 Episode 264
Karl Marx never advocated violent revolution, but he did expect that the power balance between capitalists and workers would change. On today’s podca…
5 years ago
Economics and thermodynamics
Season 1 Episode 263
Steve Keen has often said, the problem with economics in, it ignores thermodynamics. That’s not always been the case. Georgescu-Roegen, a Romanian ec…
5 years, 1 month ago
Free markets through subsidy
Season 1 Episode 262
Even the most ardent free marketeer accepts that there is some degree of subsidy needed to support low income earners or necessary industries that ar…
5 years, 1 month ago