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Planning, egos and resources
Season 1 Episode 468
Phil and Steve pick up from last week’s discussion about the merits of central planning. Last time they talked about how big companies, like Walmart …
1 year ago
The need for central planning
Season 1 Episode 467
In one of his many walks around his neighbourhood Phil has been listening to a book, The People's Republic of Walmart, by Leigh Phillips & Michal Roz…
1 year ago
Lessons from Lesotho on trade and alliances
Season 1 Episode 466
Lesotho (pronounced ,li-su-tu0 is a small African nature that President Trump threatened with 50% tariffs, describing as a country nobody had ever h…
1 year ago
Getting the numbers we need
Season 1 Episode 465
There is a huge reliance on data to aid decision making – whether it’s Investors wanting to know where to move money, central banks pretending to und…
1 year ago
The self-induced healthcare trap
Season 1 Episode 464
In real terms the amount the UK spends on healthcare has risen from £500 in 1970 to £3,000 per person today. That’s a massive increase, but the payba…
1 year, 1 month ago
Blowing the budget?
Season 1 Episode 463
Financial markets don’t like it when governments announce plans to spend more money. That’s why there’s concern over Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bil…
1 year, 1 month ago
Ditching the dollar
Season 1 Episode 462
There’s been a lot of talk lately about de-dollarisation. In other words, global investors are parking less of their money in US dollars (in the form…
1 year, 1 month ago
Is manufacturing fetishism a problem?
Season 1 Episode 461
There was an article in The Economist last week, shared widely in press around the globe, about the apparent fixation with manufacturing. Aussie econ…
1 year, 1 month ago
Selling the farm
Season 1 Episode 460
There’s an irony that the UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has imposed an inheritance tax on farmers, whilst a trade agreement with the US could see Brita…
1 year, 2 months ago
AI and the death of work
Season 1 Episode 459
Bill Gates has predicted that within 10 years we’ll be working a two-day week, thanks to advances in AI. He says it’ll mean a vast rethinking of the …
1 year, 2 months ago