Coins and Crypto Carnage
Digital assets are crashing across the board, something that we’ve warned about across various episodes. Today’s chat is about what is happening & why its happening - is this going to be like the .com...
17 Maj 202244min
Scandinavian Models
Swanneying around Gothenburg this week, the thought stuck me how do these people do it? Why do the Scandinavians do this so well economically, from income, to health, to women feeling safe walking alo...
12 Maj 202247min
The coming interest rate crusade against inflation?
Imagine mortgage rates at 8%, inconceivable possibly but when you think about it not completely out of the question. Historically we've been here before. We examine the last time the interest/inflatio...
10 Maj 202242min
The Death of Distance - direct from Inis Meain
This one’s a special one: we’re coming to you from Inis Meain, the middle island of the three Aran islands to discuss how Covid and connectivity has enhanced our ability to thrive in remote locations,...
5 Maj 202241min
What can the Reformation tell us about Twitter, Martin Luther, Elon Musk and Vladimir Putin?
What is power? How is it acquired and who owns it? We look at the economics of power, the power of networks and the "strength of weak ties" and the constant historic tension between vertical power, th...
3 Maj 202234min
The Biggest Question in Economics - How exactly does and economy grow or contract?
Economies weren’t always focused on growth, as weird as that might sound now, growth, is a relatively new concept. Today we’re joined by one of the greats: Mark Blyth, who talks to us about past & fut...
28 Apr 202240min
The centre just held in France, but with houses prices out of control, will it here?
Today’s episode covers a wide range of economic headlines, from the Inis Meain 10k, the critical roll of credit unions, Macron's win, to Irish housing and what the dysfunctional markets for cars in Cu...
26 Apr 202239min
The third world debt crisis is going to affect you
One continent has been missing from the headlines lately - Africa: they’re going through a severe debt crisis and with the current state of globalization, what happens there is going to ripple here. J...
21 Apr 202243min
