181 - Is Cryptocurrency the silver bullet to inflation?
We’re continuing our conversation on inflation, this time through the lens of cryptocurrency to understand if it actually is the safe haven to inflation that many seem to think it is Hosted on Acast. ...
21 Okt 202133min
180 - Money and inflation - What to make of the current rising costs
From the Greek Goddess Maia, to the Roman God Mercury, and the Lord Edward Pub in Dublin, this week's chat on inflation takes an eclectic turn. We’re seeing price increases across various aspects of o...
18 Okt 202131min
179 - The crossroad between a Mad Max or a Star Trek Future
This week we connect with Alec Ross, the author of the Raging 2020s to talk about the fight for our future, how share-holders rose to power and the way that society can take back control for a better ...
14 Okt 202144min
178 - Tinder for ideas and the new corporate tax rate implications
We kick off the week with the launch of our new international trade and money course which aims to bring economics to everyone! We start the chat with a quick overview of the course before talking abo...
12 Okt 202133min
177 - Is China the new Japan?
We examine the similarities between China in 2022 and Japan in 1990. The trajectory of huge export-led growth, dragging Japan in the 1950s, 60s, 70s out of the post-WW2 morass, and China in the 1990s,...
7 Okt 202139min
176 - Britain's coming Winter of Discontent
"A spectre is haunting Britain—the spectre of stagflation". It's not always the podcast paraphrases Karl Marx, but when it comes to ideology, there are few better examples of "the one size fits all" t...
5 Okt 202136min
175 - Conversation with the brilliant behavioural economist Dan Ariely
From the experience economy, to the economics of meaning, the psychology of Covid deniers, what happens when you are too committed to on idea, the perils of Facebook, the economics of internet bullyin...
30 Sep 202145min
174 - The Housing Price Theory of Everything
We kick off with a jammy deal in Dublin and why it tells you everything you need to know about what's wrong with Ireland's housing market. Plus the hidden costs of house price increases everything fro...
28 Sep 202122min
