The Other Hand
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The coming battle for Europe. Will the right triumph in the upcoming wave of elections? Frankenstein unleashed?
Oct 16, 202643 min
Is home ownership overrated? Will the turmoil in bond markets 'cure' the house price problem?
Oct 14, 202635 min
Should the fiscal watchdog be anxious? Many others are. American psycho?
Oct 12, 202637 min
Podcast special: A fireside chat between Jim, Minister Jack Chambers, Cormac Fitzgerald & Cróna Clohisey
Oct 11, 202649 min
Podcast special: initial reaction to the Irish budget
Oct 6, 202615 min
Budget week is here. Simple narratives versus complex reality. And some method acting.
Oct 6, 202637 min
Financial repression in all our futures? Faling real wages in the US help explain the Trump slump. A Burnham bounce?
Oct 4, 202638 min
The alien spaceships have arrived - it turns out that we built them
Sep 30, 202639 min
The Times They Are A-Changin' - especially if AI represents a new, second inflationary shock.
Sep 25, 202635 min
House prices, performative fiscal theatre and the existential threat facing the EU.
Sep 23, 202638 min
Interest rates on the up. Carney sticks it to Trump - and the UK
Sep 20, 202632 min
Can an array of Nvidia chips really be conscious? And kill us all?
Sep 18, 202647 min
Donald Trump says it is as big a hoax as climate change. But there are now real fears about our AI future
Sep 16, 202652 min
The rise of the right: It's all about immigration. And modern Caligulas.
Sep 13, 202630 min
Are we getting dumber? Almost certainly, as AI is going to kill us all. Apparently.
Sep 11, 202626 min
House prices will stay elevated until the economy tanks. Will Uncle Sam ask Ireland for its money back?
Sep 6, 202637 min
Interest rates going up on both sides of the Atlantic. Bonds crash and could spark a real problem - for everyone
Sep 3, 202638 min
Big Tech's Britney Spears defence. Proving we are human is becoming increasingly difficult.
Sep 2, 202644 min
US, UK and Irish political scene setting. In conversation with Sarah Carey
Aug 30, 202641 min
The forever war in Ukraine. The death of the pub? Where is the cheapest pint in London? Marking AI's homework
Aug 26, 202640 min
AI will get you 80% of the way there. Economic D-day declared by Trump. US bond buying bombs.
Aug 23, 202632 min
Higher interest rates on the way? Japan to blow up the financial world?
Aug 19, 202637 min
Banks are destined to go the way of video stores and travel agents. In the age of AI are we also living in the stupid age?
Aug 16, 202638 min
Inflation is the dog that is yet to bark - loudly anyway.
Aug 14, 202632 min
Does education pay off? What is education for anyway?
Aug 12, 202642 min
Cost of living crisis, inflation & debt. The Finance Minister is drowning (in cash) not waving.
Aug 9, 202643 min
Ireland-UK vibes. A rapidly changing world. AI hysteria
Aug 6, 202639 min
Plato said we should be ruled by philosopher kings. The Tech Bros seem to agree. Democracy is so over.
Aug 2, 202648 min
Is the AI bubble bursting or just deflating? What will a stockmarket crash do to the Irish economy?
Jul 28, 202639 min
Ireland's budget circus rolls into town. No strategic thinking wanted.
Jul 24, 202635 min
Does 'The Odyssey' predict we are going the way of the ancient Greeks? Is Trump riding our version of the Trojan Horse?
Jul 22, 202637 min
Is Trump about to rig the next election? 2028: will there ever be better year for China to seize Taiwan?
Jul 19, 202642 min
Does immigration cause high house prices? The role of luck and policy in economic destiny
Jul 15, 202633 min
A Kremlin insider speaks - we should all listen. Latest IMF forecasts.
Jul 12, 202625 min
A deep dive into the Irish economy - from the bottom up.
Jul 10, 202643 min
Corporation taxes: Boom or bust? Both? Farage begins his long goodbye
Jul 8, 202634 min
The largest indigenous Irish business is......Tourism. Bigger than construction, bigger than agriculture.
Jul 2, 202636 min
Jobs apocalypse for the car industry? Pensions apocalypse? BIS warns (again) about AI bust.
Jun 30, 202633 min
Burnham's impending coronation and Brexit's 'Assault on thinking'.
Jun 26, 202640 min
Is humanity a bump in the road for AI? Ethics & the tech bros.
Jun 24, 202640 min
Donald Trump loses the war. Some AI slop. Risk Vs Uncertainty
Jun 20, 202638 min
They think it's all over. Society: is there such a thing? A White House cage fight.
Jun 16, 202636 min
Hoping for the end of the war. Higher interest rates in Europe but not the US?
Jun 14, 202636 min
Brexit has failed. Everything going wrong in the UK is now connected to that simple fact.
Jun 12, 202654 min
The UK is not the country that J D Vance and Farage says it is. The Irish economy did not shrink by 12%
Jun 9, 202636 min
The biggest and hardest questions. Perhaps some answers? In conversation with Sarah Carey.
Jun 4, 202659 min
Has the UK rejoined the EU already? Interest rates are going to rise. Should they?
May 29, 202635 min
The Pope & Jim offer differing perspectives on tech. The robots are coming and they are Chinese
May 26, 202635 min
Are you lower value human capital? Ireland's Labour market is slowing.
May 23, 202633 min
Is AI coming for your job? US petrol stations can't handle $10 gasoline. Neither can its economy.
May 20, 202633 min