The Other Hand

Bond market crash - why this is so important. China crisis? Our ignorance about inflation. 20.08.2023 33:46 ↓

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. 17.08.2023 31:53 ↓

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. 14.08.2023 46:35 ↓

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. 12.08.2023 33:38 ↓

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? 09.08.2023 31:18 ↓

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? 05.08.2023 28:39 ↓

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. 02.08.2023 29:16 ↓

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 30.07.2023 34:17 ↓

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. 26.07.2023 32:06 ↓

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. 23.07.2023 33:57 ↓

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? 20.07.2023 33:52 ↓

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. 17.07.2023 35:05 ↓

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. 07.07.2023 33:55 ↓

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? 05.07.2023 27:08 ↓

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. . 02.07.2023 34:57 ↓

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. 30.06.2023 33:07 ↓

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. 28.06.2023 48:25 ↓

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? 24.06.2023 34:32 ↓

'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. 22.06.2023 34:05 ↓

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 17.06.2023 30:43 ↓

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. 11.06.2023 28:27 ↓

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? 08.06.2023 26:23 ↓

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? 05.06.2023 29:16 ↓

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. 02.06.2023 30:37 ↓

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? 28.05.2023 35:22 ↓

Irish labour market still going gangbusters Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.