Fact-checking Freidman
Milton Friedman influenced a generation of politicians, turning them from Keynesian economics to a more free-market way of doing things. Margaret Thatcher described him an intellectual freedom fighter...
11 Feb 201936min
What’s a country’s optimum population size?
The world’s population is growing – and we seem to be feeling it a bit in almost every part of the world – some more than most. But could the population in some countries, like Australia for example, ...
4 Feb 201929min
Were mum and dad right about saving?
Did your mum and dad teach you to save money rather than borrow? It was better to have cash than be in debt. Yet the whole approach to money has turned on its head. We don’t save as much as we used to...
29 Jan 201938min
Running knowledge economies using production-based theories
Are we trying to apply theory developed for production-based economies, on economies driven by knowledge? It’s worse than that, Steve Keen tells Phil Dobbie. The theories around production were wrong ...
21 Jan 201929min
Is the Euro to blame for European disunity?
The European economy seems to have found itself in sharp reverse, possibly heading into a continent-wide recession. Italy is already there, Greece has witnessed thousands leaving the country to find j...
14 Jan 201933min
Capital gains tax – a failed experiment in growth
There’s a theory, in many conventional government and economic circles, that lowering capital gains tax will increase investment. By taxing capital gains at less than income tax it encourages risk tak...
7 Jan 201926min
Productivity through growth – why it makes sense to run the economy hot
Back in the forties Dutch economist Petrus Johannes Verdoorn argued that people became more productive when the economy was booming. Conversely, austerity hinders productivity. In this edition of the ...
31 Des 201834min
Where do you draw the line on migration?
Theresa May has been busy setting rules on UK migration after Brexit. Freedom of movement was, of course, one of the contentious issues that led to Brexit in the first place. In this week’s Debunking ...
24 Des 201825min
