114. The End Of The G20?
Robert and Steph discuss their respective trips to Brazil - with the Prime Minister for the G20 summit - and Belfast - for lunch with Hillary Clinton; both of them involving conversations about leader...
21 Nov 202427min
113. Dan Neidle: Labour Put Up The Wrong Taxes
Tax guru, Dan Neidle joins Steph and Robert to explain why the chancellor’s decision to increase employer’s national insurance was such a mistake, how capital gains tax should have been reformed and w...
17 Nov 202443min
112. What Trump’s Economics Means For Us
Steph and Robert discuss how the UK should respond to Trump’s economics, why business is falling out of love with Labour and whether Starmer’s plan for clean energy by 2030 is deliverable or sensible....
14 Nov 202434min
111. What Would Happen If We Didn't Tax Anyone?
The Undercover Economist, Tim Harford joins Steph to answer your questions, including how a taxless society would operate, whether we can get ourselves out of economic mess by making different lifesty...
11 Nov 202441min
110. Will Trump Make Us Richer Or Poorer?
Robert and Steph look at the risks and rewards of Trump’s radical plan to reshape America’s economy, they profile the unconventional likely next Treasury Secretary in a Trump administration, they expl...
8 Nov 202433min
109. How Can We Make Taxes Pay?
What do beards, bachelors and windows have in common? Financial Times Columnist, Tim Harford takes us on a tax tour. And with £40 billion pounds worth of tax rises coming our way, Tim chats to Steph a...
7 Nov 202443min
108. Rachel Reeves Has Made An Important Start
Robert and Steph chat to former Chief Economist of the Bank of England, Andy Haldane, about whether the Chancellor took enough risks in her budget, whether many economists are being too gloomy about t...
4 Nov 202449min
107. Rachel Reeves: “We Don’t Need To Come Back And Ask For More”
Robert and Steph hear from the Chancellor about how she shaped her history-making budget, why she won’t be coming back for much more tax in future budgets, why the IFS is wrong to say she’ll have to t...
1 Nov 202432min
