Was the budget really 'morally bankrupt'? 'Partying like it's 2006'?
Will the electorate be grateful for budget 2025?Where was the long-term strategy and/or vision?So little for Irish businesses, particularly indigenous SMEsTax base narrowed againInfrastructure mention...
4 Okt 202431min
Budget 2025 - the big questions: Democracy or totalitarianism? Which is better at building houses?
As we approach Budget 2025, we reflect on the usual leaked measures and suggest we are just children looking for the keys to the sweet shop. And yet so many of us say we want more houses, better healt...
29 Sep 202430min
A central banker urges government to spend. That's a sentence we never thought we would write
A prominent ex central banker has suggested that Ireland should spend the money: it's time, he says, for 'Jam today'. That's our interpretation, at least, of his only slightly coded remarks.Trumponomi...
27 Sep 202433min
Europe's manufacturing slowdown threatens recession and promises lower interest rates
There is a building slowdown in global manufacturing that is starting to look serious. This is a Chinese problem that is fast becoming a major issue for Germany. That's one explanation for the rise of...
24 Sep 202434min
House prices go boom. So does the Federal Reserve - Trump will go nuts
The US central bank goes large and delivers a big interest rate cut. Thereby admitting it should have cut sooner.The Irish property market moves into double figure price inflation. And mortgage rates ...
19 Sep 202429min
Apple tax hysteria - it's getting very silly.
What is the right level of interest rates? While discussion of 'R-star' might seem esoteric, they do say one important thing: Euro interest rates are way too high.The Federal Reserve has achieved its ...
17 Sep 202438min
Draghi to Brussels: do whatever it takes or the EU is toast. Irish inflation, American debt and the mystery of still too high Euro interest rates.
Irish inflation this week confirmed that the economy is showing few, if any, obvious signs of overheating. Prices are still going. up but at their slowest pace in a long while. That said, prices are 2...
15 Sep 202437min
A podcast for petrol-heads. Life in the fast lane: the business of motor racing. And a young person's perspective on Ireland.
In this podcast special Jim talks with Alex Denning, a 25 year old racing superstar.The business of modern racing is all about money, contacts and driving talent - in that order.Alex talks about doing...
13 Sep 202431min
