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The dubious role of interest rates
Season 1 Episode 488
In this episode of Debunking Economics, Phil Dobbie and Professor Steve Keen tackle the global obsession with interest rates. From Australia’s Reserv…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Trouble on the water front
Season 1 Episode 487
In this week’s Debunking Economics podcast, Phil Dobbie and Prof. Steve Keen dive into the global water crisis under the banner “Trouble on the Water…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Rethinking Foreign Aid
Season 1 Episode 486
Foreign aid is shrinking fast. The UK has cut its commitment from 0.7% of national income to 0.3%, the US has scrapped USAID and axed 80% of its proj…
8 months ago
What it means to be Austrian
Season 1 Episode 485
So, what does it mean to be Austrian? And we are not talking about wearing Lederhosen every weekend, going on long hikes through the mountains and ea…
8 months, 1 week ago
Bitcoin will never be a currency
Season 1 Episode 484
The early days of Bitcoin its proponents argued that this could be the global currency to replace fiat money. Governments the world over were issuing…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Privatising the planet
Season 1 Episode 483
How far are we willing to go in accepting the corporate takeover of just about everything. In Britain public utilities were sold off, so companies co…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Oh Canada!
Season 1 Episode 482
Several listeners have written in to get Steve’s views on the path being taken by Mark Carney to rescue the Canadian economy. Initially it looked lik…
9 months ago
Wages, jobs and inflation
Season 1 Episode 481
This week Phil and Steve look at cost-plus inflation, driven by rising wages. Right now its being given as the reason that services inflation is rema…
9 months, 1 week ago
Narrow economies vs broad economies
Season 1 Episode 480
Is it fair enough to totally write off Ricardo’s theory of competitive advantage? Certainly, President Trump isn’t an advocate, using tariffs to prot…
9 months, 1 week ago
Reeves has all the wrong ideas
Season 1 Episode 479
The UK Labour party has struggled to forge a recovery for the beleaguered economy. Rachel Reeves is intent on reducing the government deficit. Her fi…
9 months, 3 weeks ago