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Insurance, the canary for climate change
Season 1 Episode 458
There are challenges that the insurance industry faces, even though it can look like a licence to print money, Since the Big Bang of the nineties, wh…
1 year, 2 months ago
Are we ready for the next pandemic?
Season 1 Episode 457
The pandemic killed 200 thousand people in the UK. Are we ready for the next time? Experts reckon will be even less prepared should we see another pa…
1 year, 2 months ago
Can governments spend their way out of a slowdown?
Season 1 Episode 456
Economists seem conditioned to think that we need to suffer before an economy can get back on track. They argue an economy can’t grow if there is a l…
1 year, 2 months ago
Climate Change. The need for a reset.
Season 1 Episode 455
It’s clear to just about everyone that we won’t reach the climate targets set out in the Paris agreement. It was a pipe dream even before President T…
1 year, 3 months ago
Jobs for all. Is it a false utopia?
Season 1 Episode 454
A key policy area of Modern Monetary Theory is the idea of a job guarantee. There might be a limit to available resources, but the labour force shoul…
1 year, 3 months ago
Why we are getting poorer (with Cahal Moran)
Season 1 Episode 453
Why is it, that whilst there are an increasing number of billionaires on the planet, the rest of us are no better than we were decades ago? Young peo…
1 year, 3 months ago
Why nation states fail?
Season 1 Episode 452
The standard excuse for why states fail is the rampant printing of money. That certainly doesn’t help, but it’s often the symptom not the cause. In m…
1 year, 3 months ago
Trump is half way to Keynes’s answer to deficits
Season 1 Episode 451
In 1944, at Bretton Woods, 44 countries agreed to make the US dollar the world's reserve currency. This decision inflated the dollar's value, making …
1 year, 4 months ago
Trump. Has he lost his mind?
Season 1 Episode 450
It’s clear that President Trump lied to the American people about his reciprocal tariffs. Many of the countries he is imposing tariffs do not impose …
1 year, 4 months ago
Should we tax the rich?
Season 1 Episode 449
It’s often the easy excuse on how to fix the problems of wealth inequality - just tax the rich more. Former trader turned YouTuber economist Gary Ste…
1 year, 4 months ago