The Other Hand

Peace in our time? Probably not. 'MAGA Marxism' - count the ironies, follow the money 20.08.2025 32:49 ↓

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Ireland is distorting EU economic data. The tyranny of the minority. Tariffs & inflation 16.08.2025 32:18 ↓

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. 13.08.2025 30:16 ↓

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. 10.08.2025 34:28 ↓

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 07.08.2025 31:45 ↓

Trump plays with bond market fire Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is data on the US now fundamentally corrupted? 03.08.2025 29:33 ↓

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? 31.07.2025 30:30 ↓

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? 26.07.2025 32:33 ↓

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 ! 23.07.2025 30:22 ↓

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 20.07.2025 30:30 ↓

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 17.07.2025 33:51 ↓

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 13.07.2025 27:37 ↓

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! 10.07.2025 32:46 ↓

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? 06.07.2025 40:51 ↓

Not much Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

10% tariffs + 15% exchange rate hit = economic carnage?. 02.07.2025 34:41 ↓

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? 27.06.2025 26:00 ↓

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 se...

War: A podcast special 23.06.2025 33:26 ↓

Nobody knows anything Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are house prices really that high? Stagflation, interest rates and Switzerland 22.06.2025 28:43 ↓

Normalisation of the grotesque continues apace Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is there a good rationale for bombing Iran? All the latest data. More totalitarian steps in the US 19.06.2025 32:00 ↓

The truth is out there Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

War and the world economy. The UK's sordid service sector. Is 'progressive' pejorative? 15.06.2025 35:12 ↓

Manufacturing and other fetishes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

America's big birthday approaches. But is that Republic going the way of the Romans? 11.06.2025 33:05 ↓

Rent controls don't work. They usually make things worse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The economy is going gangbusters. Or not. Dublin & London subsidise everybody else. Why? 08.06.2025 32:19 ↓

"Empathy will destroy Western civilisation" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ireland & the UK: 2 countries, 1 rich, 1 not so much. 3 crises & neither doing anything about them 05.06.2025 34:30 ↓

Transatlantic betrayal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Trump family enriches itself. In plain sight 01.06.2025 32:08 ↓

No outrage, not even surprise Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trump creates a new unregulated banking system. What could possibly go wrong? 28.05.2025 30:53 ↓

Harvard and Apple complete the trifecta of destruction Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.