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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May 18, 2023 • 32min
Debt bomb to be defused? Latest housing data point to a proper slowdown. Latest EU Commission forecasts: part of the monolithic, gloomy consensus
Consensus is often wrong Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 13, 2023 • 34min
Food inflation: curable by shouting at retailers? US slow banking crisis rumbles on. Uk avoids recession but not boiled frog syndrome t
Are you a banana? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 7, 2023 • 29min
The Finance Minister continues to drown in cash. Unemployment below 4% - only 2nd time in Irish history. Big week for interest rates: are we there yet??
Gas prices are a tenth of their peak last year. Has your gas bill fallen? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 5, 2023 • 41min
The US has found a common enemy to unite against: China. AI is not going to kill you - not yet at least. The Fed will get the slowdown it wants, maybe even recession. Europe does not realise just how far the policy agenda has changed in DC.
In (amazing) conversation with Noah Smith Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 3, 2023 • 38min
Michael D and a little knowledge. Another one-off banking failure in the US. Getting to the top of the mountain and finding nothing there.
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Apr 28, 2023 • 37min
Bumper tech profits = yet more corporate taxes? Ireland is really a small economy with 10 large companies. Biden & the debt ceiling.
The CMA bites! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 26, 2023 • 30min
'Greedflation' - are we being price gouged by the usual suspects? At least tech profits bode well for Irish corporation tax take. Another 'isolated' bank in trouble
The astonishing collapse in commodity prices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 22, 2023 • 38min
What is Ireland going to do with all its money? Do a Norway or a UK? Oil prices reverse. AI accelerates.
And much more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 19, 2023 • 32min
China moves to the world's centre stage. British journalism: offensive or xenophobic about Ireland? The government says the Irish economy will remain in rude health
But worries persist about the health of the US. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 15, 2023 • 39min
Who has the Special Relationship, UK or Ireland? Macron's foreign policy fail. Are businesses using inflation as an excuse to hike profits?
Is Biden too old? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
