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Central banks ignore credit at our peril
Season 1 Episode 50
The world’s Central Bankers have been meeting up in Portugal this week and seem to have colluded on the idea of raising interest rates sometime soon.…
9 years, 1 month ago
Adjusting to the rise of the machines
Season 1 Episode 49
Automation, it seems, is taking its toll. For example, based on its turnover Amazon employs less than half the staff levels of the broader retail sec…
9 years, 1 month ago
A Greek Tragedy Brought To You By the EU
Season 1 Episode 48
The EU and IMF have just bailed out Greece again, so it can avoid defaulting on the interest payments for its 300 billion Euro debt. The lenders will…
9 years, 1 month ago
Would Corbyn Take Us Back to the Seventies Crisis?
Season 1 Episode 47
It’s the catch cry for those who like to spread fear – Corbyn in power would take Britain back to the 1970s, when Britain experienced runaway inflati…
9 years, 2 months ago
Why salaries are going nowhere
Season 1 Episode 46
In the UK salaries are now rising slower than inflation – which means living standards are going backwards. Around the world salaries seem to have st…
9 years, 2 months ago
Aussie House Prices Are Ready to Crash
Season 1 Episode 45
Professor Steve Keen has predicted a house price crash in Australia before, but this time he is more certain than ever. Even the Reserve Bank of Aust…
9 years, 2 months ago
Is there any economic rationale in the UKIP Manifesto?
Season 1 Episode 44
UKIP released its manifesto this week. It’s a glossy production with a range of arguments designed to appeal to the disenfranchised UK worker. But do…
9 years, 2 months ago
The Irony of Interest Rates
Season 1 Episode 43
Conventional neoclassic economics assumes the economy will always arrive at an equilibrium, yet central banks spend an inordinate amount of time spec…
9 years, 2 months ago
Shadow Banks – are they a problem?
Season 1 Episode 42
A Debunking Economics listener asked for a podcast on the role of Shadow Banks. In particular, he wanted to know if shadow banks create money in the …
9 years, 3 months ago
Energy – the missing function of economics
Season 1 Episode 41
Economists have always seen wealth as a function of capital and labour. In effect, people and machines create things which makes them money. But Stev…
9 years, 3 months ago