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Corporate tax – do we need it?
Season 1 Episode 80
President Trump is convinced that the high corporate tax rate in the US is damaging the prospects for domestic business and encouraging companies to …
8 years, 8 months ago
Foreign Ownership – good or bad?
Season 1 Episode 79
We often hear arguments that releasing land to foreign ownership is “selling the farm”. Similarly, foreign owned companies repatriate their profits r…
8 years, 8 months ago
How practicable is a debt jubilee?
Season 1 Episode 78
Professor Steve Keen has often spoken of the need for a debt jubilee. If households can write off their ever expanding, mortgage driven, debt, then w…
8 years, 8 months ago
What's causing the productivity slump?
Season 1 Episode 77
The UK government announced an industrial strategy this week to tackle the problem of weak productivity growth. Yet, as Prof Steve Keen discusses wit…
8 years, 8 months ago
The Real Answer to the Affordable Housing Issue
Season 1 Episode 76
The UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer has a plan to make housing in the UK more affordable. Sadly, it won’t work. His idea of cutting stamp duty for f…
8 years, 8 months ago
Does Competition Hold Us Back?
Season 1 Episode 75
In her book ‘Capitalism’s Toxic Assumption’ Eve Poole suggests competition can other be more destructive rather than a positive contributor to the ec…
8 years, 9 months ago
The Unanswerable Irish Border Question
Season 1 Episode 74
Ever considered that the reason nobody has come up with an answer to how the EU border with Northern Ireland will work, is because there isn’t one. A…
8 years, 9 months ago
What Makes a Currency Stable?
Season 1 Episode 73
Currencies fluctuate so much that there’s a lot of money being made betting on their movements. But isn’t that bad for an economy, creating uncertain…
8 years, 9 months ago
Capitalism without capital accumulation
Season 1 Episode 72
There are two drivers for capitalism – the desire to consume and the desire to accumulate. Whilst the first is as strong as ever, the rising price of…
8 years, 9 months ago
Is the Bank of England nuts?
Season 1 Episode 71
Has the Bank of England lost the plot? They have lifted interest rates as though the economy was booming. Yet, just two weeks ago the Financial Condu…
8 years, 9 months ago