The great China/USA breakup
This week's Chinese balloons are only the latest sign of tension between the two superpowers. The relationship between China and the US has deteriorated drastically in the last decade - what happened?...
16 Feb 202339min
Immigration Part 2: Is immigration a class issue?
On last week’s episode we discussed the fact that immigration is good for the economy in the aggregate, but is it good for everyone? As with most things, poorer people and richer people experience lif...
14 Feb 202338min
Bonus episode: Why prices fluctuate - the impact of interest rates on our lives
This bonus episode is brought to you by Done Deal Motors.Price and value don't exist in isolation - everything is relative. Join us for this bonus episode as we look at our social lens on value and th...
10 Feb 202325min
Why are some countries more successful than others?
Economic growth is not distributed evenly. Why are some societies richer than others? What is the impact of economic growth? let's look at the very essence of economics today and explain how successfu...
9 Feb 202345min
The case for immigration
Immigrants are used to having it hard, both in life an in the public eye where they are often vilified. This lambasting though is based on nothing more than lies - the truth is that immigrants helps s...
7 Feb 202337min
Creating a new Currency
Argentina and Brazil are currently undertaking the herculean task of creating a new currency based on the Euro model. Let’s discuss why they’re attempting this and how the Euro, the model they are fol...
2 Feb 202330min
In Praise of Cathedral Thinking
The people who build Europe's gothic cathedrals knew that they wouldn't be around to see them completed. They were building for people yet to be born. This is what we need to build liveable cities rig...
31 Jan 202327min
Things Learnt Half way up the Alps
Davos’s World Economic Forum, although often maligned for it’s ultra-wealthy attendees - and understandably so - is still an event that outlines, and in some cases, shapes the economic priorities of t...
26 Jan 202346min
