Global inflation and supply chain problems are getting worse. Are higher interest rates the answer? Does COP26 need a touch of CBT?
Interest rate rises around the world now seem to be just a mater of time. How fixed is your mortgage?When environmental campaigners tell us ‘we are all doomed’ how do we react? Is this kind of messagi...
3 Nov 202137min
Mafia-style elites govern us all. But are they making a mistake?
For centuries, the ways in which many societies governed themselves were indistinguishable from mafia-type governance structures. Along came democracy, the rule of law and meritocracy. But how much ha...
30 Okt 202139min
Economists still don't know what causes inflation? Is it, today, a nice problem to have? Can Johnson keep his electoral coalition intact?
Leading economist Duncan Weldon once again joins The Other Hand to discuss the issues of the day.In his own recent substack post Duncan noted that an ex-Chief Economist of the Bank of England recently...
28 Okt 202139min
Booming tax revenues on both sides of the Irish Sea. Sunak & Johnson in conflict or just setting up pre-election tax cuts? Strange economics of financing de-carbonisation.
Leading economist Duncan Weldon joins Chris in conversation about how tax revenues are giving finance ministers in Ireland and the UK much more room for manoeuvre - for now at least. Is the the UK gov...
21 Okt 202136min
Back to the future? That 70s show...again? Reflections on how the age of abundance may be coming to an end.
In Jim’s absence (he always needs a couple of weeks off after the budget), Chris speaks to leading hedge fund manager Peter Van Dessel. An Irishman living in the USA, Peter brings a unique and insight...
18 Okt 202135min
A budget that butters many small parsnips but buys no votes.
The budget was the expected smorgasbord of measures. A budget that makes abundant sense to a centrist. But in this age of populism, does it cut the political mustard? Can the centre hold? In the words...
13 Okt 202132min
The political economy of the budget: 'One of the most prosperous countries on earth' or 'a dystopian hell-hole'? The answer matters. A lot.
Budget 2022 arrives with amazing news about Ireland’s fiscal position. For once it is unambiguously good news. Why not spend all those extra tax revenues on much needed infrastructure? Health and hous...
9 Okt 202138min
Booming tax revenues and difficult political choices. The madness of King Boris: He's invented anti-business Neanderthal Thatcherism.
Ireland’s tax take is extremely buoyant, at least for the first 9 months of the year. What to spend all the money on? can it last?Boris Johnson has discovered an economic ideology. One that makes no s...
6 Okt 202137min
