Greens Manifesto: An Opportunity Lost
Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay recently launched the Greens Manifesto in the run up to the UK election. Phil and Steve discuss it on this week’s podcast and conclude the one thing that seems to have s...
26 Kesä 202439min
The West’s vote on immigration
The UK election debate changed tune when Nigel Farage agreed to stand for Reform, promising to cut migration and rid the UK of all the problems these nasty foreigners are responsible for. Elsewhere th...
19 Kesä 202441min
Two parties obsessed with government debt
Imagine if Keir Starmer, the UK Labour leader, had said, let’s not get too obsessed with government debt. If we go down that road we won‘t be able to provide the public services we need, our infrastru...
12 Kesä 202436min
Rising margins, higher inflation, lower wages. No wonder you feel worse off.
There’s been a debate brewing post-pandemic about how much inflation has been elevated by companies increasing their margins. The evidence of that is the increased profits, not just in the tech sector...
5 Kesä 202443min
Productivity – the election winner that Rishi Sunak failed on
The UK is heading to the polls on July 4th and the Conservative Party is heading for annihilation. Yet, when it comes to espousing sensible ideas from textbooks, Rishi Sunak had the making of a good P...
29 Touko 202442min
Trump's plan. Same old same old, only more so.
Steve is on hols this week, so Phil takes a look back at a couple of Debunking Economics podcasts from just before Donald Trump took office. In many ways he stuck to his promises. He tried to cut immi...
22 Touko 202429min
Should the wealthy get away with less tax?
Should we tax wealth more? The UK’s Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reevs wouldn’t be drawn o the question at an FT forum recently. She said the UK is already a high taxing country. But around the world the ...
15 Touko 202440min
UK Labour’s Half-Baked Nationalisation Plans
UK Labour leader Keir Starmer has said if he wins the next general election, within 5 years he will have re-nationalised Britain’s railways. Phil asks Steve whether it naturally follows that this will...
8 Touko 202444min
