110. Will Trump Make Us Richer Or Poorer?
Robert and Steph look at the risks and rewards of Trump’s radical plan to reshape America’s economy, they profile the unconventional likely next Treasury Secretary in a Trump administration, they expl...
8 Marras 202433min
109. How Can We Make Taxes Pay?
What do beards, bachelors and windows have in common? Financial Times Columnist, Tim Harford takes us on a tax tour. And with £40 billion pounds worth of tax rises coming our way, Tim chats to Steph a...
7 Marras 202443min
108. Rachel Reeves Has Made An Important Start
Robert and Steph chat to former Chief Economist of the Bank of England, Andy Haldane, about whether the Chancellor took enough risks in her budget, whether many economists are being too gloomy about t...
4 Marras 202449min
107. Rachel Reeves: “We Don’t Need To Come Back And Ask For More”
Robert and Steph hear from the Chancellor about how she shaped her history-making budget, why she won’t be coming back for much more tax in future budgets, why the IFS is wrong to say she’ll have to t...
1 Marras 202432min
106. How Much Pain Is Rachel Reeves Inflicting?
Was the budget too harsh on small and medium businesses? How much pain will ‘working people’ feel from the tax changes? Is the OBR right that this mega budget won’t increase the size of the economy ov...
31 Loka 202437min
105. What You Need To Know To Judge The Budget
Robert and Steph assess Reeves’ ambitions for the most important budget since the 1980s, whether hypothecated taxes work, and how Russia, China and India are plotting the biggest attack on America's e...
28 Loka 202451min
104. Martin Lewis: Are we better off under Labour?
Martin Lewis, the MoneySavingExpert, joins Robert and Steph to crunch the numbers on how Labour got it wrong on the winter fuel payment, the scandal of councils’ vicious debt collection, how schools a...
23 Loka 202448min
103. It’s Time To Live With Higher Inflation
Steph and Robert talk to leading economist and investor Mohamed El-Erian about how growth is the only solution to our national debt burden, how he would re-write the fiscal rules to allow for much mor...
20 Loka 202445min
