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Has Monetary Policy Had Its Day?
Season 1 Episode 160
As the US Federal Reserve prepares to cut rates today, and the European Central Bank grapples with the how to boost growth without pushing interest r…
7 years ago
The future’s solar, finance is the problem
Season 1 Episode 159
In a recent Debunking Economics podcast Steve Bannister explained his climate modelling and how existing energy technologies won’t scale enough to sa…
7 years ago
Good debt, bad debt
Season 1 Episode 158
Is debt good or bad? Or does it depend on the type of debt? One of our listeners, Roy Langston, wrote in to ask why Steve Keen is in favour of bank c…
7 years, 1 month ago
Is there a better way of funding retirement?
Season 1 Episode 157
Just after WW2 the UK government’s spending on pensions in the UK amounted to about 2 percent of GDP – these days its nearer 8 percent. Despite this,…
7 years, 1 month ago
Could a land tax replace income tax?
Season 1 Episode 156
As the UK Labour party grapples with ways to reduce the advantage of inherited wealth, so we all start life on an equal footing, Phil Dobbie talks to…
7 years, 1 month ago
Facebook’s Libra Could Be Really Good News
Season 1 Episode 155
Most press coverage of Facebook’s announcement of a new global currency by 2020 has been negative. Facebook already knows so much about us, can we tr…
7 years, 1 month ago
Is the EU anti-growth?
Season 1 Episode 154
The EU is struggling right now. The Bundesbank has downgraded its 21019 GDP forecast from 1.6% down to 0.6%. The Italian government is being threaten…
7 years, 2 months ago
Steve Bannister Pours Cold Fusion on Climate Deniers
Season 1 Episode 153
Steve Bannister, from the University of Utah, is special guest on this week’s Debunking Economics podcast. He talks to Phil Dobbie about his approach…
7 years, 2 months ago
US v China. How will it end?
Season 1 Episode 152
The trade war between the US and China is having massive ramifications on the world economy, but neither side seems to be in a hurry to back down. On…
7 years, 2 months ago
The not so caring sharing economy
Season 1 Episode 151
The emergence of the gig economy is one downside of the internet, although you could argue that it gives access to jobs that might otherwise be there…
7 years, 2 months ago