The Roots of the Israel-Palestinian Conflict pt3
In the third instalment of our series we explain the period of 1993 to the present in the Middle East. Why the peace accords floundered, the impact of 9/11, why the middle ground gave way to the extre...
26 Okt 202342min
The impending commercial property crash
The commercial property market is struggling to swallow the interest rate hikes aiming to bring down inflation. Can the mass building of the last decade, built on the back of very low interest rate, s...
24 Okt 202332min
The roots of the Israel-Palestinian Conflict pt2 (1967-1993)
Part 2 of our overview of the Israel-Palestinian conflict brings us from the Six Day War to the Oslo Accords. Key things here are the change in the image of Isreal in the world imagination from defian...
19 Okt 202343min
When Mantras Replace Hard Thinking: The Case of the Irish Budget
The budget, despite all the posturing, should make you be afraid, very afraid. It reveals a complete lack of Leaving Cert economic thinking. Today we interrogate just one aspect to see if there is any...
17 Okt 202329min
The roots of the Israel-Palestinian Conflict pt1
To understand where we are, you have to appreciate the history - economic, political and social - and that’s what we’re setting out to do! Starting in Dorset St Dublin in 1904 with Leopold Bloom in Ja...
12 Okt 202336min
US interest rates: What's driving them?
We're in North America this week thinking about the US economy. How come the USA is creating so many jobs, why are interest rates not biting, does macroeconomics have to have a massive re-think about ...
10 Okt 202341min
Brexit: the cost of reality
Brexit was supposed to be simple, that was the promise! The reality however is a world of complex costs & frictions which has backed the UK into a structural cul-de-sac. Where does it go from here? Ho...
5 Okt 202342min
The September Rate Spike - Is it Time to Worry?
Long term interest rates spiked up in September. This will have an impact. Mortgage rates everywhere are up dramatically. Could it be time for the debt crunch? We know that there’s a delay between rai...
3 Okt 202331min
