Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack "You don't have the cards" was a crude way for Donald Trump to say that he has the bully pulpit and that he's going to use it. Rejoining us on the tortoise shack is lecturer, author of Tax Haven Ireland and editor of the Irish Marxist Review, Dr Brian O'Boyle and he has as always some great insights to that is behind the rhetoric. We talk about the neoliberal ouroboros, the dollar in decline and why Ireland needs to have a grownup conversation about our tax haven and whether it is working for the wider society. Paul Murphy on Michael Lowry's two finger salute is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-125204820 Donate to Dignity for Palestine here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/dignity-for-your-124980167