Challenging the distortionary impacts of land value
Land, is of course, heavily constrained. In this podcast Phil Dobbie asks Professor Steve Keen whether enough value is placed on it and the influence it has on the broader economy. Housing speculation...
17 Apr 201831min
Why Russia supports their tough guy
It’s hard to support everything Vladamir Putin does – he probably was involved in the attack in Salisbury. If not, there are lots of other violations of human rights we can point to. But he does have ...
6 Apr 201841min
Is a trade deficit a bad thing?
In this podcast series Prof Steve Keen has repeatedly argued the importance of keeping an economy in surplus. But, Alex Howlett, a regular listener and Patreon supporter, asks why this might be. He su...
3 Apr 201826min
Is there a case for full reserve banking?
One of our podcast listeners, Arjen, asks the question, “Why don't you recommend a full-reserve banking system instead of fractional reserve? There would be much less debt in such a system and a small...
27 Mars 201839min
Is energy efficiency a race to the top?
We’ve talked a lot on the Debunking Economics podcast about how energy is the only real driver of an economy, so the performance of an economy is driven by the availability of the resource and how eff...
20 Mars 201828min
Will skilling up improve productivity?
Britain’s productivity levels are 17 percent lower than the rest of the G7. A French worker could take Friday off and still beat the output of a British worker. So, does that mean we mean a more educa...
14 Mars 201829min
Banks will be banks – can technology change that?
Many people it seems have turned to cryptocurrencies as a way of side stepping banks – a technology that will challenge their dominance and democratise the supply of money. Others look to fintech as a...
4 Mars 201819min
Why booms and busts widen the rich poor gap
We know there is growing discontent around the world about the distribution of wealth and, it seems, financial crises can make the problem worse. In this edition of the Debunking Economics podcast Phi...
24 Feb 201831min
