164. The Great British Energy Crisis
Why does the UK have the most expensive energy in the world? Should the places that generate the cheapest energy get the lowest prices? Should the rich pay more for their power? Robert and Steph tal...
27 Huhti 202541min
163. Trump Surrenders To China And The Fed
Why has Trump changed his mind about firing the head of America’s central bank? Why has he also backed down on China trade tariffs? And while Rachel Reeves tries to woo Washington this week, are more ...
23 Huhti 202530min
162. The Health Gap: Fixing Inequality in the UK
Why do poor people in the South live longer than Northerners in similar deprivation? How do we fix health inequality? What can businesses do to help? Steph is joined by Sir Michael Marmot, professor...
20 Huhti 202535min
161. Trump Turmoil: Starmer Should Choose EU Over US
Influential economist Jim O’Neill tells Steph and Robert why a trade deal with the EU is more important to the UK then one with Trump, that it would be foolish to cut off trade and economic links with...
17 Huhti 202538min
160. Trump Turmoil: The Latest Act Of Self-Harm
Robert and Steph discuss Trump’s latest play to put tariffs on rare earth minerals, alongside the indefinite restrictions he’s put on Nvidia sending their H20 chips to China, in the latest acts of sel...
16 Huhti 202538min
159. Trump Turmoil: It’s The Hope That Kills You
Robert explains how Trump is helping China and the EU while hurting America, what Trump’s dogma shares with the economically disastrous Soviet Union and how the US is on track for financial and fiscal...
15 Huhti 202534min
158. Trump Turmoil: Starmer Takes Action
Robert explains how the government’s decision to save British Steel is a massive change to its industrial policy, and a response to Trump, how the latest in Trump’s tariff U-turns just sows more confu...
14 Huhti 202533min
157. Trump Turmoil: Never Underestimate China
President Trump believes a trade war with America’s biggest supplier and massive creditor, China, will be more damaging for China than for America. Steph and Robert think he may be dangerously wrong....
11 Huhti 202539min
