The Other Hand

354 Episodes

1. A smile on our faces? In conversation about all things UK - 'Brexit & Beyond' - with Professor Chris Grey

   Published: 7/10/2024
2. Has Liz Truss done the world a big favour? Reflections on the UK General election

   Published: 7/8/2024
3. Why is everyone so unhappy? Or are we? In conversation with Professor Shane O'Mara

   Published: 7/4/2024
4. The horseshoe theory of politics - hard right or left? The year of the election goes into top gear

   Published: 7/1/2024
5. Irish house prices on the rise again. So are global house prices. They should have fallen 30%-50 but interest rates are now set to fall.%

   Published: 6/21/2024
6. The Middle of the Year of The Election - how the Pentagon's analysis of UFOs could help political analysts

   Published: 6/16/2024
7. 'After taking the pin out, you are supposed to throw the grenade'. Is the UK really in worse political shape than the US?

   Published: 6/7/2024
8. "Stop the world, we want to get off": SF takes offence at the 'militarisation of the EU'. A poor month for the Irish consumer. REal wage growth might come to the rescue.

   Published: 6/2/2024
9. A rare opportunity to do the strategically right thing and reap political dividends: a budget for housing, not tax cuts.

   Published: 5/29/2024
10. Economic PTSD? EU economy growing again. US economy accelerates? Stock market reaction to Nvidia humbles analysts

    Published: 5/26/2024
11. Interest rates likely to fall next month - in the EU at least. But does the ECB know what it is doing? Nvidia & the nuttiness of stock markets.

    Published: 5/23/2024
12. Politics & opinion polls in Ireland, UK & US. Why are Sinn Fein suffering because of immigration? Have they lost vital momentum?

    Published: 5/19/2024
13. Is immigration just one of those unsolvable problems? Biden's EV tariffs repeat the mistakes of the 1970s

    Published: 5/15/2024
14. Is the liberal world order really about to collapse? Or should we take cheer from 'The Curse of The Economist"

    Published: 5/13/2024
15. Has Robert Kennedy JR's brain been eaten by a worm? Could it be responsible for his conspiracy theories. Do protests work?

    Published: 5/11/2024
16. If Gaza gifts Trump the White House the great Bidenomics experiment is over. A lot of other things will also be over.

    Published: 5/9/2024
17. Unemployment edges up on both sides of the Atlantic. UK election results show Sunak up as a hopeless politician he really can't do politics.

    Published: 5/5/2024
18. An ex-UK Cabinet Minister suggests bussing refugees to the Irish border in order to show the "pious" Irish government who is the boss.

    Published: 5/1/2024
19. If war is coming to Europe, is membership of the EU and neutrality mutually inconsistent?

    Published: 4/28/2024
20. What will the next generation think of us? Taking the other side of IMF forecast bets.

    Published: 4/25/2024