

The Other Hand
Jim Power & Chris Johns
Economics and finance demystified.A recent listener's comment:"I first heard about ChatGPT on your podcast and immediately started using it. I’m 73 and wrote my first program at 16. Having witnessed all developments in computing down the years I think this is the greatest since www. Your pod is informative in many different areas, politics, economics, society changes, housing crisis etc but at times goes beyond that. This episode tying up all this but also the implications of AI with a knowledgeable guest. ENTHRALLING! Keep it coming."cjpeconomics.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jul 26, 2023 • 32min
Big week for interest rates, but is the peak getting further away with recent rises in commodity prices? Global economic data is painting a very mixed picture.
Where will Wagner go next? Poland? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 23, 2023 • 34min
Is Putin trying to get your mortgage rate up? Food prices under threat again. China is caught between a rock and a hard place.
Voters don't like paying for climate mitigation. Make the alternatives cheaper! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 20, 2023 • 34min
Ireland booms or just avoids recession? Falling exports - technical or threat to growth and public finances?
IS the UK a developing economy? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 17, 2023 • 35min
Has Ryan Tubridy done the nation a great service? If inflation is coming back down all on its own, why raise interest rates? The UK is literally getting sick.
Why is UK inflation orders of magnitude more than anywhere else? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 7, 2023 • 34min
If central bankers get their way, your house price could fall - perhaps by a lot. The many mysteries of modern economics.
Confused? You will be. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 5, 2023 • 27min
Ireland's embarrassment of riches? Tax revenues explode in the first half of 2023. What to do with them?
Make Irish yoghurt great again. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 2, 2023 • 35min
RTE, celebrity pay and hopeless governance. Bidenomics: some surprising consequences. The usual suspects tell McGrath not to cut taxes. He will ignore them. .
Zero GDP growth and a booming economy? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 30, 2023 • 33min
Interest rates start to bite. House prices, obviously, but also in some unexpected places. UK water companies just one example - plenty of others.
Does the IMF really think corporate profits are responsible for inflation? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 28, 2023 • 48min
Seven years on from the Brexit referendum. Still as controversial as ever, despite the evidence saying there is no controversy. Dealing with complexity in a world that excludes experts.
In conversation with top British Brexit expert, Professor Chris Grey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 24, 2023 • 35min
The UK: in a deep hole and still digging. The riskiness of the mortgage. Brexit: Good for Ireland?
'Make Ireland Great Again'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


