227. How Economics Can Stop Us Making Stupid Choices
How can governments and businesses nudge us to change our behaviour? Are we too easily manipulated by the private sector? How do we design economic policy for the real world, not mythical perfect mark...
24 Nov 202539min
226. Will Labour’s Mansion Tax Backfire?
Will growth and savings be hurt by pension tax changes in the budget? Will the property market be whacked by plans to tax high value properties? How will they police a mileage tax on electric cars? ...
20 Nov 202540min
225. How Damaged Is Reeves By Budget Chaos?
Why have investors turned against Reeves and Starmer? Was the u-turn on the income tax rise bad economics and bad politics? How will the budget raise the £25bn still needed? Robert and Steph discu...
17 Nov 202533min
224. Would Ousting Starmer Risk Economic Meltdown?
How much will a political coup against the Prime Minister affect the confidence of UK investors? Are Reform capitalising on Rachel Reeves’ negativity? Can the Treasury find enough money to solve the n...
13 Nov 202541min
223. Is The AI Boom Like 1929 Or The Dot Com Bubble?
What does the 1929 crash teach us about now? Is the AI boom as dangerous as the Great Crash? If it goes pop, what will we be left with? Robert speaks to Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times columnis...
10 Nov 202536min
222. The Four Budget Priorities For Rachel Reeves
Did the Chancellor’s pre-budget speech work? Why should she increase the basic rate of income tax? Is it time to abolish the pensioner’s triple lock? Robert asks economist Jim O’Neill about the ad...
6 Nov 202533min
221. Why Reeves Should Put Up Income Tax
Can the truce between Trump and Xi hold? What should Starmer do now to prepare for the coming AI shock? And how can Reeves’s budget combine tax rises with growth stimulation? Robert talks with Moha...
3 Nov 202543min
220. How Do We Make Big Business Behave?
How can investors compel companies to pay the “real” living wage and stop selling foods that make us obese? Can anyone with a pension put pressure on businesses? Why are American fund managers so scar...
30 Okt 202537min
