The Other Hand
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Inflation falls - then rises because of official policy measures to boost prices. Followed by budget 2024 measures to mitigate the cost of living crisis
You couldn't make it up Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Abolish planning laws to cure housing crisis? Lessons from bombing London. Monetary dinosaurs spotted in Germany.
The battle to be Trump's VP. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Unemployment cured, Irish style. EU slips into recession? The UK is not London.
Brace for another ECB policy mistake Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
China: it's getting serious. What does it mean for the world?
Rental crisis goes global. So does the bond crisis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Bond market crash - why this is so important. China crisis? Our ignorance about inflation.
Reminder: it's August Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
More dystopian fiction from the ITimes. UK inflation horrors. Italian anti-business right-wing politics.
Governments can't solve every problem. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Truthiness, populism and stochastic parrots. Think you know how your brain works? Neuroscientist Professor Shane O'Mara takes us through the exciting and fascinating developments in how we think.
Can we change our minds? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Why not spend the €65bn on social housing? Should we rescue people from their financial folly? Biden builds on Trump's policies.
Did WW3 just start? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ireland and the BBC. Banks deserve everything they are about to get. China deflates?
Slowdown drums beat louder Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mortgage rates and savings rates: banks go for the better PR. Are their mega profits sustainable?
Will America survive a second Trump Presidency? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Turbulence over Dublin Airport. EV sales take off but might lose power.
Landings soft and hard Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A much bigger story than RTE goes unreported. Lots of economic data confuses more than it clarifies
If bankers want market salaries there needs to be more banks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Big week for interest rates, but is the peak getting further away with recent rises in commodity prices? Global economic data is painting a very mixed picture.
Where will Wagner go next? Poland? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Is Putin trying to get your mortgage rate up? Food prices under threat again. China is caught between a rock and a hard place.
Voters don't like paying for climate mitigation. Make the alternatives cheaper! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ireland booms or just avoids recession? Falling exports - technical or threat to growth and public finances?
IS the UK a developing economy? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Has Ryan Tubridy done the nation a great service? If inflation is coming back down all on its own, why raise interest rates? The UK is literally getting sick.
Why is UK inflation orders of magnitude more than anywhere else? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
If central bankers get their way, your house price could fall - perhaps by a lot. The many mysteries of modern economics.
Confused? You will be. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ireland's embarrassment of riches? Tax revenues explode in the first half of 2023. What to do with them?
Make Irish yoghurt great again. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
RTE, celebrity pay and hopeless governance. Bidenomics: some surprising consequences. The usual suspects tell McGrath not to cut taxes. He will ignore them. .
Zero GDP growth and a booming economy? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Interest rates start to bite. House prices, obviously, but also in some unexpected places. UK water companies just one example - plenty of others.
Does the IMF really think corporate profits are responsible for inflation? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Seven years on from the Brexit referendum. Still as controversial as ever, despite the evidence saying there is no controversy. Dealing with complexity in a world that excludes experts.
In conversation with top British Brexit expert, Professor Chris Grey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The UK: in a deep hole and still digging. The riskiness of the mortgage. Brexit: Good for Ireland?
'Make Ireland Great Again'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Fretting over Irish inflation completely misses the point of the Euro? Things could be worse: UK has much lower trend growth, much higher core inflation - stagflation nation.
UK interest rate rises risk house price collapse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Chat GPT skills now needed for entry level finance jobs. Extraordinary times for a few US companies. Gas prices spike - hopefully only for a short while
Another dot.com bubble? In conversation with Gary McCarthy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ukraine floods, Putin waits for Trump. Broken windows policing - why we are paying the price for Obama's inaction.
Strange economic data and broken correlations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Is the housing crisis solvable? How much is it to do with a population that has nearly doubled? Will S. County Dublin have to be told to add an extra three stories?
Lessons from Sydney's suburbs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Boom or recession: data says both! What's going on?
Some energy prices now back to historic norms Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Don't poke Twitter! Saying nice things about Ireland is not allowed! Biden runs rings around the Republicans over the debt ceiling. Lower inflation brings interest rate hope to Europe.
Revolutions can be revolting Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Germany in recession, US growth up, even the UK is doing better. Working from home - what happens if there is a recession: power back to the employers?
Irish labour market still going gangbusters Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Banks making out like bandits. Energy companies making out like banks. Wholesale Energy prices down again.
Economists are using the wrong model Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Does Leinster's battering by Rochelle carry any lessons for Ireland's chances at the World Cup? The Rugby Special edition of the pod is back by popular demand!
With Nathan Johns of The Irish Times Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Guns, babies and Jesus: America tries to export its culture wars to the UK. A debt bomb in the housing market? "Brexit has failed", but Farage is still here.
Brexiteers promised the end of UK manufacturing. They may have been right. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Debt bomb to be defused? Latest housing data point to a proper slowdown. Latest EU Commission forecasts: part of the monolithic, gloomy consensus
Consensus is often wrong Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Food inflation: curable by shouting at retailers? US slow banking crisis rumbles on. Uk avoids recession but not boiled frog syndrome t
Are you a banana? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Finance Minister continues to drown in cash. Unemployment below 4% - only 2nd time in Irish history. Big week for interest rates: are we there yet??
Gas prices are a tenth of their peak last year. Has your gas bill fallen? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The US has found a common enemy to unite against: China. AI is not going to kill you - not yet at least. The Fed will get the slowdown it wants, maybe even recession. Europe does not realise just how far the policy agenda has changed in DC.
In (amazing) conversation with Noah Smith Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Michael D and a little knowledge. Another one-off banking failure in the US. Getting to the top of the mountain and finding nothing there.
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Bumper tech profits = yet more corporate taxes? Ireland is really a small economy with 10 large companies. Biden & the debt ceiling.
The CMA bites! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
'Greedflation' - are we being price gouged by the usual suspects? At least tech profits bode well for Irish corporation tax take. Another 'isolated' bank in trouble
The astonishing collapse in commodity prices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What is Ireland going to do with all its money? Do a Norway or a UK? Oil prices reverse. AI accelerates.
And much more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
China moves to the world's centre stage. British journalism: offensive or xenophobic about Ireland? The government says the Irish economy will remain in rude health
But worries persist about the health of the US. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Who has the Special Relationship, UK or Ireland? Macron's foreign policy fail. Are businesses using inflation as an excuse to hike profits?
Is Biden too old? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Global economic gloom from the IMF - but has it just issued the biggest buy signal since March 2009? And, "You get who you elect." Be careful
"Interest rates to fall to pre-pandemic levels" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Global recession increasingly in the economic narrative - but not in the numbers. IMF spectacularly gloomy about the next 5 years. AI rides to rescue growth?
Arguing with the Chatbots Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Is the tax system fair? How much is enough?
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Ireland's tax machine stays in top gear. When are tax cuts self-financing? Global property price data deteriorating. Commercial property is a big worry and threat.
First sign of job market weakness? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
House prices crack? Banking crisis over? AI: history in the making or a big meh?
Does this podcast sound human or bot to you? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Double whammy for the world economy? Interest rates to fall very soon? Have the limits to democracy been reached?
Why we can't build anything. Why we can't get anything done Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Financial crisis 2.0: here we go again. Boris Johnson's Pound Shop Watergate is the end of the psychodrama
More Interest Rate Hikes. More Mistakes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Grand Slam Special! Reflections on Ireland's first Dublin Grand Slam win. And a chat about Sports journalism and the future of print & other media.
With Irish Times journalist Nathan Johns Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.