The Other Hand

354 Episodes

1. Back to the future? That 70s show...again? Reflections on how the age of abundance may be coming to an end.

   Published: 10/18/2021
2. A budget that butters many small parsnips but buys no votes.

   Published: 10/13/2021
3. The political economy of the budget: 'One of the most prosperous countries on earth' or 'a dystopian hell-hole'? The answer matters. A lot.

   Published: 10/9/2021
4. Booming tax revenues and difficult political choices. The madness of King Boris: He's invented anti-business Neanderthal Thatcherism.

   Published: 10/6/2021
5. Global economy screeching to a halt? How bad will it get? The first official acknowledgement that Brexit might just have something to do with British chaos. Brexit did, after all, mean Brexit.

   Published: 10/2/2021
6. Is an energy crisis about to derail the world economy? Brexit as it was foretold. Time to get real - and honest - about the environment

   Published: 9/29/2021
7. In conversation with journalist, author and broadcaster Duncan Weldon. '200 years of Muddling Through.' Why is the UK in its current state? Look at where it has come from.

   Published: 9/24/2021
8. China crisis? Cost of living crisis? It's a gas. Ireland in 2021 viewed from the 1980s: nobody would believe it.

   Published: 9/23/2021
9. Time to abolish the budget? Fat chance. Take fiscal policy away from politicians! Why is the system so unreformable?

   Published: 9/15/2021
10. Remembering 9/11

    Published: 9/11/2021
11. 'The rise of the illiberal left'. The uselessness of economic forecasts. Your winter heating bills are going up - a lot.

    Published: 9/8/2021
12. The economy rebounds. Housing plans: how flimsy are the foundations? A surprising linkage: inequality causes low interest rates and high house prices. Monetary policy dominance over?

    Published: 9/3/2021
13. Housing: a deep crisis met only by shallow thinking. Restaurants are closing because of labour shortages. The UK is short 100,000 lorry drivers. Higher pay means we have to pay more.

    Published: 8/30/2021
14. Stockmarket jitters: the start of the big one? Chinese attacks on corporate titans. Questioning 'conspicuous environmentalism'.

    Published: 8/21/2021
15. Anger and fact-free belief about house prices. Is this the age of anti-austerity? Brexit: still happening as predicted. Afghanistan: if the exit was inevitable surely the method wasn't?

    Published: 8/16/2021
16. Berliners are revolting (over rents). Latest economic news. The politicisation of the environment. Where are Ireland's looney toons?

    Published: 8/12/2021
17. Post-pandemic economies: what will they look like? More on house prices and interest rates: normality means higher rates. So things won't be normal? Australia quietly abandons zero covid?

    Published: 7/31/2021
18. Resuming International travel. What's China up to? Latest IMF views on the world economy. Young people and their pitchforks.

    Published: 7/27/2021
19. Is it time to take a 30 year fixed mortgage? Latest update on the economy. Covid corner: 1200 scientists say the UK is wrong.

    Published: 7/17/2021
20. Hitting the beach after July 19th? Be prepared for a shock if you are renting a car. Supply chain problems are worsening - not just for autos. Johnson's gamble looks like he's going 'all in'.

    Published: 7/13/2021