The Other Hand
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"Ireland is no longer Irish". Discuss
What, exactly, is wrong with immigration? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Trump chickens out. Starmer veers right and loses middle England.
Time to welcome foreigners to our universities Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Performative trade deals. The UK pays protection money to the Mob.
Gates skewers Musk. And much more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Meme coins and property deals provide no clues about Trump's values
Irish Exchequer returns and the sound of weeping from Downing Street Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Financial markets think it's (nearly) all over. Are they right?
Is Trump really constrained? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The US is the richest and most succesful country ever. Why do so many think it is so awful?
Ethics and values in a godless universe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
House building fails to take off. China has the upper hand over Trump. Tesla sales disappoint.
Germany's most protracted slump since WW2 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Trump starts to show up in the global economic data. The IMF adds to the gloom
MAGA wants the papacy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Will house prices be crushed by the Trump recession? Who wants to go back down the mines?
Is Europe now a better place to live than America? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The business of sport - in conversation with rising motor racing star Alex Denning
It's nearly all about money. But talent helps. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Unites States unites the world
Against it Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
China gets slammed. China retaliates. Rinse and repeat.
Was China the real target all along? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Is this a Liz Truss moment for the world? Is smuggling into the US the next big thing?
The foundations of the world economy are cracking Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Is a global recession imminent?
Probably Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Is it time to call the US a Dictatorship? If it walks like a duck....
And just a little bit about the breakdown of the world economy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Keir Starmer falls into Donald Trump's trap. Liberation day looms.
Upping the tariff war ante Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The new cold war: The US v. everyone else
Ireland accelerates towards a cliff edge Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The rapidly changing Irish personal finance landscape. Can you manage your own bin charges?
Jim talks to Mark Hedderman, President of the LIA, about the new and evolving world of Irish personal finance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transitory inflation is back. Is the era of full employment drawing to a close?
Dark MAGA dismantles America Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The coming constitutional crises - in more than one country
Greed is not good Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Happy St Patrick's Day! Ireland's place in the world - the threats and opportunities
Some advice: don't be like the UK Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Trump is unbound and unhinged. At least the stock market has worked it out.
Taking the knee is all very well but..... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
MAGA is all in. Even a stock market crash is not going to change hearts or minds
The most important moment for Europe since the Berlin Wall came down Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In conversation with Dan Davies, author of "The Unaccountability Machine"
From Brad de Long's review of the book:Understanding how to make our systems more accountable and more human may not be the key to our survival, but it is certainly the key to our happiness and prosperity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The West is over. Get over it.
The EU must transform itself or die Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Can the EU survive the collapse of the post-WW2 world order?
Not without big changes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
How to cope with a pro-Russian cult that is trying to destroy any idea of "The West"
Hide Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The US gives Europe the finger
Trump aligns with Moscow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Will the West unite against its new common enemy? (That's America, in case you hadn't guessed)
Canada should join the EU Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Finding nobility in the health service. Something notably absent in the White House
Why cause chaos? 'Because I can'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Should the first act of Ireland's new government be an emergency budget?
Hoping for the best and not preparing for the worst Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Wanted: politicians who fill in potholes. Delivery, delivery, delivery
Where is Ireland's charismatic right-wing rabble rouser? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Are you warming to Donald Trump?
Day 1 of the new era Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
How to stop Farage from being the next UK Prime Minister
Could 2025 be the year of peak populism? The year of 'the great awakening' of normal people?The MAGAisation of corporate America: something that is already looking like overreach and is sewing the seeds of its own destruction.Radical delivery is now demanded: policies to make things better - at least to make things work again. Spain is giving it a go with some radical proposals to solve its housing crisis.Do your mental health a favour: get off Twitter and Facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The dark side of technology - from tech evangelist Joan Mulvihill
Akin to launching aeroplanes without safety or regulatory checks Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The age of stupid? Or will financial markets impose sanity?
Economists have sung the praises of free trade for centuries. But nobody that matters believes any longer that free trade is good. The new religion has taken us into the unknown. Or perhaps not: the known unknown is a question. What happens when really stupid people run the world?What's the difference between Trump's threats of military force and Putin's similar remarks pre-invasion?Free trade laid the basis for post WW2 prosperity. On average we became a lot better off. But some people did not. Free trade's dirty secret is that it creates both winners and losers. Economists have been frightened to talk about the losers, partly through a disgraceful lack of interest but also because of a key belief. Give a bad or thick politician the slightest excuse to become full-on protectionist and they will grab it with both hands. They will adopt policies that look superficially plausible but harm almost everyone. Only the plutocracy wins.Over in the UK, things are going from bad to worse. The stark conclusion from the bond market crash: the government has run out of money. Or, at the very least, easy money. The Starmer-Reeves administration risks failure. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Is the Musk-Trump administration trying to kill the idea of the West? Bond markets crash and German mysteries
Are all tech-titans evil? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Can the EU survive Trump?
And all the latest data! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Looking forward, looking backward. It's that time of year again.
How much is enough? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Second biggest fiscal disaster in the history of the State? Or just disaster porn?
Irish House prices up again, Fed cuts, markets tank, UK woes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Musk is winning in Washington, Farage is winning in the UK
The UK's Labour government has already had to 'reset' it's goals. Nigel Farage is the big winner from Keir Starmer's incompetence.In the US, it looks increasingly like Elon Musk has Trump's ear. For now, at least Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
'House prices 10% over-valued". What does this mean? Anything?
House prices, latest data and interest rates Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A surprising haven of stability: Ireland has something new to offer the world
France and Germany join the list of countries offering nothing but political chaos. Farage wants the UK to be in that club very soon. Guess which country has bought itself another 5 years of peace and all of the economic & business attractions that go with it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Well done Ireland: a strong mandate for continuity centrism.
We take a look at the results of GE 24 and disagree about several things. More such disagreements are very likely. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Not another Eurozone debt crisis?
Are we in the foothills of another Euro area crisis? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Fine Gael mess up yet another election campaign
Sarah Carey joins us to discuss an election campaign that has finally caught fire. But not in the way that Fine Gael would likeWhen will they realise the civil war is over? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Election special! With renowned political commentator Tull McAdoo
Well-known political analyst, commentator and occasional comedian, Tull McAdoo, joins Chris to talk about the General Election.Will Ireland join the rest of the world and sweep out the incumbent government? Or is the economy doing so well that incumbency is actually a positive?We may have to wait until Easter for a government Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ireland is marooned between a Kakistocracy and a Mediocrity
The world is changing. Rapidly. Have we noticed? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Irish house prices and jobs are still booming.
Irish employment is still growing - at another all-time high. Not unrelatedly, house prices are also booming.UK farmers are protesting about inheritance taxation. What are the issues and do they have wider resonance? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Budget 2025 meets Project 2025. Nobody seems to have noticed.
Budget 2025 has been derailed by Project 2025 - the radical agenda denied by Trump during his campaign (it really is so extreme even he had to disavow it). Notwithstanding the denials, Project 2025 is now being implemented. But few Irish or European politicians seem to have noticed.Latest EU Commission economic forecasts are pretty dire.The US is leaving the EU for dust. And a new gap has emerged: the EU North versus the Eu SouthWill the EU ever be an economically dynamic region again?Has the battle against inflation really been won? At least one natural gas price has doubled recently.China is limbering up to fight the Trump trade war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.