In this edition of the Debunking Economics podcast Steve Keen explains why he is an ardent supporter of Brexit. Phil Dobbie, who believes Britain should stay in as long as the EU exists, asks whether a more moderated approach to the original idea of a European Union would have been a better outcome. But it’s clear Steve’s thoughts are that the concept, as it stands, is so abhorrent that a Brexit is needed to encourage others to do the same and pull the whole thing apart. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Reserve banks spend a lot of time discussing the interplay between inflation and interest rates. In this third episode of the Debunking Economics podcast we look at how the two are inter-related and whether the bond is as tight as Central Banks seem to believe. How does it relate to the interest rate your own bank charges for a mortgage? And why, when interest rates are so low, are we not seeing the expected level of inflation growth?  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Donald Trump has some weird ideas. Building a wall along the southern US border and getting Mexico to pay for it, for example. But, as Steve Keen explains, on other matters Trump’s intuition is right, he just loses the argument with some of the detail. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week the inflation rate in the UK hit one percent. It’s a long way from the high teens of the late seventies and early eighties. In this inaugural episode of The Debunking Economics Podcast, Phil Dobbie suggests that low inflation is a good thing. It means prices aren’t going up. But, Prof. Steve Keen suggests there’s one reason we should be welcoming higher inflation. He also discusses the role of inflation in monetary decisions made by Reserve Banks around the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.