The Other Hand
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Is inflation on the rise again? Britain to rejoin the EU? ChatGPT looks tired.
Starmer looks finished Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Trump declares war on the EU. It's time for someone to stand up. Anyone.
It's time for rage Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Maybe Irish corporation taxes are destined never to collapse? Famous last words? The Department of Yes and No
A big week for economic data Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
An American Oligarchy takes shape. Russia leads, Trump follows.
OECD economic forecasts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
UK & Irish tax & govt. spending: a real drag. An explanation of the the USA - Russia bromance
Vance & co hate Europe because...... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Could anybody get elected in Ireland on a platform of fiscal restraint? Reeves last budget?
A tale of two budgets. Or not. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ukraine is sold out by America. The weird connections between Hobbits, right-wing nutjobs and Moscow.
All the latest data Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nationalism: where does it come from? The glue that binds us or the poison that kills us?
In conversation with Professor Shane O'Mara Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ireland gets a new Finance Minister - possibly not the best one available. Trump opens some files.
Zero or lots: the only two numerical concepts allowed to enter the immigration discourse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Another Liz Truss moment for the UK? Clown car government in full view
Irish inflation and the 'New' Housing plan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Trump's superpower: is inflation about to play the role of Kryptonite?
Time to crowdfund the BBC? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Musk's trillion $ wages. AI: boundless possibilities or extinction level event?
Trump Towers everywhere Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Does money drive us mad? Discuss. The madness of UK economic policy.
all the latest data Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Do tech billionaires have anything to say about how to run the country? They do, but are they worth listening to?
Maybe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Irish economy shrinks....but is up double digits. Keir Starmer: MIA. All the latest data.
AIAIAIAIAIA Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Economic growth: it's more mysterious, more fragile and more unusual than you can possibly imagine
Some reflections in the wake of the recent Nobel Prize for economics Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
AI is everywhere apart from the data. Trump crowns himself and dumps on Americans.
Stock markets go up, again Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Will boredom rather than Trump scupper Ireland's success? Latest data. House prices again.
Too few taxpayers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
China is winning. The next industrial revolution will be just like first: based on cheap energy.
The IMF says the global economy is in surprisingly reasonable shape Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Why the next bust is going to be particularly nasty. What would a business-friendly budget look like?
The trend is your friend. Until it bends Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Budget 2026. And a bit on current market madness
A strategic budget? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
France is broken. Britain is broken. Ireland is not. So stop trying to fix it
AI does not understand. Humans do. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The evils of social media & the internet's 'enshittification'. The great AI Bubble: when will it burst?
The EU needs to shrink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dishonest tax policy on both sides of the Irish sea. Green is good economics.
Radical suggestions and enviable certainty Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Digital ID: coming soon to a country near you. Immigration & the economy.
Farage or Burnham for next UK PM? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Economic resilience - don't take it for granted. Just ask Argentina
Latest update from the OECD. And walking for good. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Budgets loom in Ireland & the UK. The fiscal contrast grows ever more stark.
Trump trashes the Constitution. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The UK love bombs Trump. Markets go all in on AI
Jim's walk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Don't mention the war. Is it possible to be optimistic? Sincere and performative beliefs
Some automation would be a very good thing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Have the limits of democracy been reached? France suggests yes. But all the alternatives are still much worse.
America opts for ill health. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Is Trump rewriting the rules of economics? Should Taiwan give up now?
Needed: Moral clarity and policy effectiveness Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Raising a flag to mark the demise of Western civilisation. Buying gold and selling...everything?
Is there a little bit of racism in all of us? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The UK Chancellor damages the economy, the Prime Minister-in-waiting sullies the country
An Irish presidential hopeful that Jim can support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ireland is one of the richest, most equal societies on earth. Go figure.
How did wind and solar become a matter of anti-wokism? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Peace in our time? Probably not. 'MAGA Marxism' - count the ironies, follow the money
Read before commenting Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ireland is distorting EU economic data. The tyranny of the minority. Tariffs & inflation
A theory of everything that is going wrong Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Can The EU survive MAGA? The ultimate test looms.
A worthwhile Canadian initiative: stand up to Trump. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Unemployment rises for the first time in a while. Tax receipts still booming.
ChatGPT5 is here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Don't hand the country's infrastructure to Musk. Or Bezos. Or any tech bro
Trump plays with bond market fire Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Is data on the US now fundamentally corrupted?
All exports to the US to go through the six counties? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Trump bends reality - but for how long?
The EU's abject humiliation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Leprechaun economics spreads. Flooding the zone in the US & UK - will Ireland be next?
Farage looks like a shoe-in for Prime Minister. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A cunning plan. It might just work !
Long thought to be extinct - evidence of strategic thinking spotted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Trump breaks with Murdoch. And the US economy keeps humming along
The tariff threat hasn't gone away Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Will the OTB kill the Irish Economy? Real house prices: context if not consolation
Trump to fire Powell? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Everyone is left behind in the UK. Vance tries to put lipstick on a pig
All the latest data Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
At last! the solution to the housing crisis: build match boxes!
Why didn't we think of this before? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Should Ireland care about the UK's slide into despair?
Not much Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10% tariffs + 15% exchange rate hit = economic carnage?.
UK's Labour goes from bad to worse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Irish politics today: paralysed by indecision. But is that what we want?
We begin with a slightly idiosyncratic - and highly stylised - discussion of how Ireland went from a nation of farmers to a high-tech economy, missing out on industrialisation. Our focus is on one very simple question: Having got Ireland to ‘here’, why is the current crop of leaders incapable of dealing with known problems that have known solutions?Previous generations of politicians and civil servants eventually took big and brave decisions. Perhaps backbone discovery requires a crisis. But we have had plenty of those recently, and have at least one right now. And nothing ever changes. Where are the giants now? The ones who, like Alan Dukes - and others - many years ago, took great personal career risks to do the right thing?Has democracy reached its limits? Small, sometimes single-person, blocking coalitions can impede or stop any policy they don’t like. NIMBYism on steroids. Many economies will recognise this one.Today’s crop of very smart politicians have worked out that the route to success - or mere survival - is to never make a mistake, never annoy anyone. That means never taking a decision. Let others do that and watch them fall by the wayside. Rise without trace. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.