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We need to prepare the economy for a lock down
Season 1 Episode 191
The manufacturing numbers from China at the weekend showed how hard the sector was hit by the lockdown in Wuhan and neighbouring districts. In today’…
6 years, 5 months ago
Can US debt keep rising forever?
Season 1 Episode 190
The US government is now running a debt exceeding $23 trillion. When Donald Trump cam rot office it was already at $18.2 trillion. Regular Debunking …
6 years, 5 months ago
The multiplier effect and who stops it working
Season 1 Episode 189
The multiplier is a basic concept of economics. If you come across some money and spend it, the person you spend it with then spends a proportion of …
6 years, 6 months ago
Should Central Banks do all the work, or none of it?
Season 1 Episode 188
Central banks started life as clearing houses and have evolved into instruments to, supposedly, protect the economy. But with interest rates at all t…
6 years, 6 months ago
The impact of AI – good or bad for the economy?
Season 1 Episode 187
Artificial intelligence is everywhere it seems, except perhaps in parliament and in quite a few newspapers. But what does it mean for the future of w…
6 years, 6 months ago
Does fiscal stimulus work? What about Friedman’s argument of nominal value?
Season 1 Episode 186
Today Phil Dobbie talks to Prof Steve Keen about Milton Friedman’s concept of nominal value ,and how this runs counter to the argument that governmen…
6 years, 6 months ago
Davos does diddly-squat
Season 1 Episode 185
The world leaders met at Davos and discussed climate change. Greta Thunberg told them they weren’t doing enough, even though the President of the Uni…
6 years, 6 months ago
Is the share market killing innovation?
Season 1 Episode 184
US equities, in fact shares around the world, seem to be running away with themselves right now. Is this healthy? And who wins, other than the invest…
6 years, 7 months ago
Does the UK economy need the royals?
Season 1 Episode 183
Who’d have thought it – Steve Keen and Phil Dobbie turn out to be a couple of royalists. As Harry and Megan prepare to chuff off to Canada, and royal…
6 years, 7 months ago
Steve Keen’s Predictions for 2020
Season 1 Episode 182
2019 was quite a year. We had the ongoing Brexit saga, the US China trade war, Europe close to recession and a big housing downturn in Australia. It …
6 years, 7 months ago