207 - What's happening in finance, why all the crashing? Plus, the key to unlocking the Irish economy
We breakdown what is happening with the falling stocks in the tech sector by talking about bonds, inflation and returns on investment before looking at the state of the Irish economy as we emerge from...
25 Jan 202250min
206 - Is it Last call for Boris Johnson?
Today is about the UK: as Boris Johnson fights for his political life we breakdown the timeline of events that brought us here, when & how this all might end and finally: what is legacy might be. Host...
20 Jan 202242min
205 - Can the centre hold?
WB Yeats in his poem "The Second Coming", described a world, 100 odd years ago, where the forces of economics and politics meant that "things fall apart" and "the centre cannot hold". In many ways he...
18 Jan 202231min
204 - The Origin of Covid. Where precisely did it come from?
Where exactly did Covid come from? Today’s episode tackles the origin of Covid, where did it come from, the food chain or a lab leak? A lab leak opens the door to all sorts of questions, geo-political...
13 Jan 202243min
203 - Is this the year crypto crashes?
I've no idea whether crypto and Bitcoin in particular will crash, double or stay where it is. No one does. In economic terms, cryptocurrency is definitely SOMETHING, but at this stage, it is patently ...
11 Jan 202233min
202 - The Washington Putsch - One Year on
Let's talk America one year to the day after storming of Capitol Hill. Some warn the US is moving towards civil war, certainly the place is divided, what of the early Biden optimism and just when you ...
6 Jan 202239min
201 - The World at a Tipping Point
The New Year and a new credit cycle. In 2021 the world was awash with money, but will this continue in 2022? If not what will it mean for the economy, for you, and for confidence? All credit cycles f...
4 Jan 202246min
200 - The economics of Nighttime. Why we need more not less, socializing!
Happy Christmas! Hope you had a good one! Weird that this week we are talking about more boozing, more socializing, more venues, more events, more late nights, more entertainment just when things are ...
28 Dec 202143min
