The Other Hand

354 Episodes

1. 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

   Published: 4/12/2023
2. 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?

   Published: 4/9/2023
3. Is the tax system fair? How much is enough?

   Published: 4/7/2023
4. 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.

   Published: 4/4/2023
5. House prices crack? Banking crisis over? AI: history in the making or a big meh?

   Published: 3/30/2023
6. Double whammy for the world economy? Interest rates to fall very soon? Have the limits to democracy been reached?

   Published: 3/28/2023
7. Financial crisis 2.0: here we go again. Boris Johnson's Pound Shop Watergate is the end of the psychodrama

   Published: 3/24/2023
8. 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.

   Published: 3/19/2023
9. Quantitative destruction: Has the ECB made another gigantic error? Hope and fear: we hope the banking crisis is over, we fear that is not.

   Published: 3/18/2023
10. The Sporting Edition! Some Cheltenham, a little bit of Cricket and a lot of Rugby

    Published: 3/17/2023
11. Three failed US banks, one global financial problem. US bank regulation has failed, reminding us that banks are still not fit for purpose?

    Published: 3/14/2023
12. Gary Lineker and the great BBC fail. A big bank fails in the US: canary or nothingburger?

    Published: 3/12/2023
13. Has Brexit Fever finally been broken? All things Windsor Agreement, all things Brexit - with Professor Chris Grey.

    Published: 3/11/2023
14. Housing evictions: politically toxic, emotionally troubling, personal tragedy. But necessary? The 'Godot' economy. Banks as bandits. Again.

    Published: 3/8/2023
15. How high will mortgage rates go? Good economic news with bad inflation numbers suggest much higher interest rates in the pipeline. Irish economy continues to power ahead. How would you invest €6bn?

    Published: 3/4/2023
16. Windsor Framework or Windsor Knot? It looks like a big deal. But the DUP still complain.

    Published: 2/28/2023
17. China's message to Russia: no nukes and don't lose. More bad inflation news. Will central banks break the global property market?

    Published: 2/25/2023
18. Big positive economic surprises - even in Europe. Even in the UK! What's wrong with a little wage inflation? Interest rate expectations move up again.

    Published: 2/22/2023
19. The big question: buy a house now or wait? Interest rates do look to be going higher for longer. Lessons for nationalist parties elsewhere with the demise of Nicola Sturgeon?

    Published: 2/18/2023
20. Everybody is getting more optimistic about the world economy. The inflation fight could get tricky from here - not good for interest rate prospects. Brexiteers disappear down the conspiracy rabbit hol

    Published: 2/15/2023