The Other Hand

Another Liz Truss moment for the UK? Clown car government in full view 15.11.2025 31:18 ↓

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? 13.11.2025 34:58 ↓

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? 09.11.2025 33:48 ↓

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. 06.11.2025 30:50 ↓

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? 04.11.2025 35:41 ↓

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. 31.10.2025 33:40 ↓

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 24.10.2025 33:23 ↓

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. 22.10.2025 30:41 ↓

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. 20.10.2025 27:49 ↓

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. 16.10.2025 36:56 ↓

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? 14.10.2025 34:32 ↓

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 09.10.2025 25:53 ↓

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 07.10.2025 40:17 ↓

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? 05.10.2025 35:22 ↓

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. 02.10.2025 31:20 ↓

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. 28.09.2025 36:02 ↓

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 24.09.2025 29:57 ↓

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. 21.09.2025 30:46 ↓

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 18.09.2025 33:32 ↓

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 14.09.2025 40:09 ↓

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. 11.09.2025 36:54 ↓

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? 08.09.2025 33:44 ↓

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? 03.09.2025 31:39 ↓

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 29.08.2025 37:06 ↓

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. 24.08.2025 33:29 ↓

How did wind and solar become a matter of anti-wokism? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.