What should Trump do about China?
Earlier this year President Trump was complaining that China was guilty of currency manipulation. Cheap prices were giving the Chinese a competitive advantage, evidenced by a trade balance between the...
3 Loka 201726min
Inflation – is it making a comeback?
UK inflation is now at 2.9% - the highest it’s been in five years – and well above the 2% target that the Bank of England has set for itself. It means we can expect an interest rate rise in the very n...
26 Syys 201729min
Does QE help the poor as well as the rich?
The US Federal Reserve is getting rid of it, the European Central Bank has talked about it and could go next. Quantitative Easing, it seems, is falling out of favour. But was it doing any good any way...
21 Syys 201718min
The Crisis Ten Years On
It’s 10 years since the start of the global financial crisis, when the UK saw a run on the Northern Rock Building Society. A year letter the contagion spread, with banks falling like flies on both sid...
15 Syys 201723min
Should We Care About Exec Pay?
The UK Prime Minister has made noises about reining-in executive pay. Phil Dobbie asks Professor Steve Keen whether high executive salaries are really such a problem. If somebody can demand such a hig...
10 Syys 201733min
Fixing the Retirement Crisis
Funding retirement seems to be a global issue. Individual pensions often fall short of the required amount and governments struggle so much with the liability of future pension costs that they keep pu...
6 Syys 201718min
Bitcoin and the Future of Money
Bitcoin was an interesting development in the history of money – a currency created from an algorithm. In this edition of the Debunking Economics podcast Professor Steve Keen explains to Phil Dobbie h...
30 Elo 201728min
Will cheaper energy drive growth?
In previous podcasts Professor Steve Keen has said the availability of energy is the key driver of growth. It fuelled the industrial revolution and inhibits growth in societies without sufficient acce...
17 Elo 201728min
