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Will money printing pay for the COVID-19 debt?
Season 1 Episode 211
Inevitably, as governments spend more and more money to help their economies navigate through the COVID-19 crisis, the questions inevitably being ask…
6 years, 1 month ago
Does protectionism kill growth?
Season 1 Episode 210
Donald Trump is pushing ahead with his protectionist agenda, and possibly with good reason. There were over 17 million manufacturing jobs in the US i…
6 years, 2 months ago
Who’s got the right idea on COVID-19 stimulus?
Season 1 Episode 209
Furloughed workers, self-employed grant schemes, increased unemployment benefits, low interest loans, quantitative easing – governments and central b…
6 years, 2 months ago
Share Crazy
Season 1 Episode 208
The world is facing the greatest economic downturn of our time. In the US at least 15 million more people are unemployed than just a few months ago. …
6 years, 2 months ago
Is the US all it’s cracked up to be?
Season 1 Episode 207
The US might not be in a great place right now, with the riots, a narcissistic president and the COVID-19 virus taking a long time to slow down, yet,…
6 years, 2 months ago
The economics of mental health
Season 1 Episode 206
Mental health is an issue that impacts a growing number of people, not helped by the COVID 19 lockdown. Divya Dhami, an undergraduate student from th…
6 years, 2 months ago
Paying for a pandemic
Season 1 Episode 205
Governments everywhere have been pledging billions of dollars – in some cases, trillions – to help their economies navigate through the COVID-19 pand…
6 years, 3 months ago
The hierarchy of inequality
Season 1 Episode 204
There are all sorts of theories on why there is such a huge discrepancy in income in society, and why it differs from one country to the next. For ex…
6 years, 3 months ago
Inequality – are we stuck with it?
Season 1 Episode 203
Economists tend to see income as related to the value labour adds to a product or service. By that rationale, during this crisis, nurses helping save…
6 years, 3 months ago
A debt jubilee – the only real answer?
Season 1 Episode 202
Companies and governments are racking up massive debts to cope with the impact of COVID-19. Apart from grants for a month or two of partial salaries,…
6 years, 3 months ago