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Will Trump drive us to a better tax system?
Season 1 Episode 448
It’s likely that many countries around the world will face import tariffs in retaliation for imposing a value-added-tax on American goods sold in the…
1 year, 4 months ago
There is no energy transition happening
Season 1 Episode 447
Are we kidding ourselves when we talk about an energy transition? Sure, we are using more renewables than ever before, but the planet is also using m…
1 year, 4 months ago
Is there a ceiling to economic supremacy?
Season 1 Episode 446
Donald Trump is doing everything he can think off to improve the US economy. Tariffs, cutting government spending, bringing manufacturing back home, …
1 year, 5 months ago
Bringing manufacturing home, the Japanese Way
Season 1 Episode 445
In a recent podcast Phil suggested that bringing manufacturing home to America won’t necessarily create jobs, because most factories will be automate…
1 year, 5 months ago
Are we giving up on climate change?
Season 1 Episode 444
Donald Trump, as the world’s highest profile climate change denier, has famously said, repeatedly, that he wants to drill baby drill, to make US ener…
1 year, 5 months ago
The trade war has begun
Season 1 Episode 443
Reciprocal tariffs could be coming to every OECD country if we believe everything Donald Trump says. He sees VAT as a tariff imposed on US imports, w…
1 year, 6 months ago
Do we need a reserve currency?
Season 1 Episode 442
The new US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently re-iterated the US desire to remain as the world’s reserve currency, because they like a strong …
1 year, 6 months ago
More on how money is created
Season 1 Episode 441
Phil asked Steve a lot last week about how bank create money through the loans they issue. But he has been, it’s fair to say, a little less convinced…
1 year, 6 months ago
Coinucopia’s thriving banking sector
Season 1 Episode 440
Steve and Phil have described the island of Coinucopia in previous editions of the podcast. It started as a place where only coins were legal tender,…
1 year, 6 months ago
Reeves off track on growth
Season 1 Episode 439
Rachel Reeves, the UK Chancellor, has fallen into the debt-trap argument. She says she is focused on growth, but she is also determined to balance th…
1 year, 6 months ago