92. Are Labour’s economic plans in trouble?
Robert and Steph discuss how Starmer and Reeves made such a mess of scrapping the winter fuel payment, whether they were also wrong to abolish the social care cap and the risks of their new protection...
11 Syys 202437min
91. Should everyone get free money?
Robert and Steph look at the pros and cons of a Universal Basic Income. They also answer your questions on increasing the income tax threshold to £20k and discuss whether concert goers are being rippe...
8 Syys 202436min
90. How Billionaires Think
Robert and Steph are joined by polling guru Nate Silver to discuss how Silicon Valley investors and tech billionaires are a breed apart from politicians and journalists, how they measure risks before ...
4 Syys 202440min
89. Why are so many young people struggling to get a job?
With joblessness amongst young people the highest it’s been for a decade, Lauren Mistry from Youth Employment UK talk exclusively to Robert and Steph about the disturbing findings of their Youth Voice...
1 Syys 202444min
88. Why are Labour drip-feeding us the bad news?
Steph and Robert discuss Keir Starmer’s gloomy speech that set the tone for a ‘painful’ Autumn budget, look at why short selling the stock market isn’t always a bad thing and team up with The Rest Is ...
28 Elo 202437min
87. Will Labour Scrap Council Tax?
Steph is joined by economics commentator Grace Blakeley to answer your questions, including what a world without landlords would look like, how Labour might reform council tax and whether community fu...
25 Elo 202439min
86. The 'Capitalist Lie': who's really in control?
This week Steph is joined by economics author Grace Blakeley who argues that capitalism is not what we think it is. They discuss whether we really are in a free market and what that means for the gove...
21 Elo 202442min
85. The most important Industrial Revolution in history
Robert and Steph are joined by Azeem Azhar, influential tech thinker, to discuss how disruptive artificial intelligence is changing business forever, our need to rethink entire economic structures at ...
18 Elo 202445min
