On St Patricks Day, a US State of the Nation special with Bernie Sanders
On St Patrick's Day we go to the US, home to thirty five million Irish/Americans - there are only 7 million of us on the island. In the country that, more than any other, has been shaped by Irish imm...
16 Mar 202344min
SVB Bank Run. Is 2023 a re-run of 2008?
We explain why SVB went bust, why yield curves matter and what comes next. Banks go bad from the inside out, but is this the first or the last bank crash of 2023? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...
14 Mar 202342min
The UK is stuck in a political, economical and social cul de sac is there a way out?
This week we visited the richest and poorest parts of the UK and it didn't feel right. London, so long the dynamo for productivity, growth and taxation is spluttering and stagnating, while up the road...
9 Mar 202331min
The end of economists
AI has really come into its own in 2023 with the mainstream use of ChatGPT - but beyond the headlines and the initial curiosities, what does the ascent of AI mean for our economy and our society? Host...
7 Mar 202334min
Russia - A Giant Hostage Situation?
In the mindset of the West, Russia is a big, significant, military power with significant resources, but is this perception based in reality? Is the reality that Russia is a decrepit state that has fa...
2 Mar 202340min
Addressing land capture and the new face of the world bank
The way out of the housing crisis, both in Ireland and abroad is going to require us to think as a collective and reject individualistic, speculative instincts. Let’s look at what can be done to creat...
28 Feb 202332min
In defence of Democracy
On the eve of the invasion of Ukraine, we examine how fragile this idea of liberal democracy, where the individual is valued and protected, has become. Yes it has its problems and yes, on a number of ...
23 Feb 202350min
The housing fix might be here - if we hold strong
It’s finally happening, the government is going to tax vacant land! Or at least, they’re thinking about it. As a listener to the podcast, you'll be aware that taxing land to bring it into use has been...
21 Feb 202331min
