147. What’s Wrong With Labour’s Welfare Reforms?
Robert is back with Andy Haldane, looking ahead to the Spring Statement, and discussing proposed welfare reform. But are these changes really about helping people back into work, or brutal cost saving...
17 Mar 202538min
146. Does Trump Risk Sparking A Global Financial Crisis?
Robert is joined by Andy Haldane, Chief Executive of the Royal Society of Arts and former chief economist at the Bank of England, to evaluate whether Trump will push the US and global economy to the b...
13 Mar 202547min
145. Hoffman: Europe Is Regulating Itself Out Of The AI Race
This week Steph and Robert speak to Reid Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn and an early investor in tech giants like Facebook and OpenAI. Reid gives us his take on Musk’s government efficiency drive...
10 Mar 202553min
144. The European Silver Lining to Trump’s Global Gangsterism
Robert and Steph catch up after another gruelling week of Trump’s “America-first” agenda. They question the thinking behind his tariffs, and predict who will really pay the price for them. With cautio...
6 Mar 202540min
143. Was Starmer Right To Woo Trump?
Robert returns from his trip to the US with the PM, to the mayhem of the collapse of relations between Trump And Zelenskyy. He and Steph assess the significance of Trump withdrawing support from Kiev...
28 Feb 202542min
142. Are We In A Golden Era Of Corruption?
Despite being called a dictator by Trump, President Zelensky has agreed a deal that would see the US make billions from Ukraine’s minerals. Steph catches up with The Rest Is Politics’ Alastair Campbel...
27 Feb 202539min
141. Why Aren’t UK Pension Funds Backing Britain?
Robert and Steph speak with Michael Tory about the underperformance of the UK stock market compared to other countries, and why this has done so much damage to all our living standards. They discuss ...
24 Feb 202538min
140. How Do The Bank of England Really Make Their Decisions?
Robert and Steph discuss why inflation won’t disappear but is no worse than feared, how AI is both replacing humans and making some more productive according to Anthropic’s new data and what’s really ...
20 Feb 202533min
