Who wins from high house prices. Other than banks?
Phil and Steve return to the well-worn path of talking about house prices. Why? Because, despite the downturn during the pandemic, followed by sharp rises in interest rates by central banks around the...
2 Aug 202334min
Has Brexit stymied the UK recovery?
The UK is recovering slower than just about anyone from the pandemic. The UK’s GDP is flat compared to where it was four years ago, whereas most countries have recovered from the pandemic, and then so...
26 Jul 202341min
Whatever happened to levelling up?
One of the biggest problems Britain faces is that so much of the wealth is concentrated in the southeast. And it only seems to be getting worse. The country has shifted from a Prime Minister who promi...
19 Jul 202334min
Productivity gains in Britain – a vain hope?
The UK Chancellor and the Bank of England Governor have called for increases in productivity as a way of helping to brig down inflation. So, not only should workers expect wages to fall in real terms,...
12 Jul 202334min
Another financial crisis that we all end up paying for
We last had a financial crisis in 2008 (ignoring the pandemic years), and if we’re not in another crisis now, we’re well on the way to it, with mortgages rising, taxes increasing and the price of ever...
5 Jul 202334min
The Bank of England’s totally wrong response
The UK economy is ready for a major downturn. In part it’s down to supply chain difficulties, thanks to COVID, the war, the great resignation, sickness and, let’s not forget, Brexit. Originally centra...
28 Jun 202337min
What can we learn from China?
If we ignore the flagrant human rights abuses, there’s a lot to admire about China. There economy has grown at an incredibly rate whilst the West has been stagnating. So, what’s their secret? Phil quo...
21 Jun 202338min
The generation game. Who wins?
Older Brits will be familiar with Bruce Forsythe’s Generation. Today everyone is playing the Generation Game, but the young are the one’s losing out. They are steeped in debt and faced with the prospe...
14 Jun 202334min
