Macroeconomics for a Globalized World
Now that we all have more time on our hands, why not use this time to learn economics? I've devised a new macro economics course based largely on the course I teach in Trinity College Dublin. The audi...
2 Apr 202014min
The economics of the possible
We are looking at the complete rethinking of economics. So much is possible, from mortgage rates plummeting here immediately, to ensuring that taxes never have to rise to pay for our corona spending. ...
31 Mars 20201h 6min
Beyond money - Why livelihoods matter most
Capitalism as we know it has been suspended. The most important thing now is to minimize unemployment and see beyond the crisis. Unemployment isn’t just economical, it’s psychological and emotional. W...
24 Mars 202046min
Lockdown, Herd immunity & helicopter money
Happy St Patrick's Day. The strangest, most eerie one I've ever experienced. Make no mistake about it, this Coronavirus will change our world profoundly. Nothing, not economics, not politics, not soci...
17 Mars 202042min
Corona goes Global
With markets collapsing, oil prices plummeting and the West about to be put in lockdown, we examine the dramatic consequences of Corona for economics and politics. Plus in geo-politics what the showdo...
10 Mars 202032min
Got you face mask yet?
This week we talk viruses with the brilliant Professor Luke O’Neill and as I’m in New York - and no one does panic better than this shower- we explore the similarities between pandemics, financial mar...
3 Mars 202044min
Germany is changing - and Europe should take notice
Germany is going through a fundamental change - the alt-right is rising, Angela Merkel’s reign is coming to an end and Germans are aging… how will the steady hand of Europe’s metamorphosis impact the ...
25 Feb 202042min
The battle for the soul of Fianna Fail (if there is such a thing) and are we witnessing China’s Chernobyl?
Napoleon once said “to govern is to choose”, Fianna Fail has to make a choice, will it be SF or FG in coalition? Plus as the Corona Virus spreads are we witnessing China’s Chernobyl, a tipping point m...
18 Feb 202039min
