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.
Episodes
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Jul 17, 2025 • 34min
Will the OTB kill the Irish Economy? Real house prices: context if not consolation
Trump to fire Powell? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 13, 2025 • 28min
Everyone is left behind in the UK. Vance tries to put lipstick on a pig
All the latest data Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 10, 2025 • 33min
At last! the solution to the housing crisis: build match boxes!
Why didn't we think of this before? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 6, 2025 • 41min
Should Ireland care about the UK's slide into despair?
Not much Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 2, 2025 • 35min
10% tariffs + 15% exchange rate hit = economic carnage?.
UK's Labour goes from bad to worse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 27, 2025 • 26min
Irish politics today: paralysed by indecision. But is that what we want?
We begin with a slightly idiosyncratic - and highly stylised - discussion of how Ireland went from a nation of farmers to a high-tech economy, missing out on industrialisation. Our focus is on one very simple question: Having got Ireland to ‘here’, why is the current crop of leaders incapable of dealing with known problems that have known solutions?Previous generations of politicians and civil servants eventually took big and brave decisions. Perhaps backbone discovery requires a crisis. But we have had plenty of those recently, and have at least one right now. And nothing ever changes. Where are the giants now? The ones who, like Alan Dukes - and others - many years ago, took great personal career risks to do the right thing?Has democracy reached its limits? Small, sometimes single-person, blocking coalitions can impede or stop any policy they don’t like. NIMBYism on steroids. Many economies will recognise this one.Today’s crop of very smart politicians have worked out that the route to success - or mere survival - is to never make a mistake, never annoy anyone. That means never taking a decision. Let others do that and watch them fall by the wayside. Rise without trace. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 23, 2025 • 33min
War: A podcast special
Nobody knows anything Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 22, 2025 • 29min
Are house prices really that high? Stagflation, interest rates and Switzerland
Normalisation of the grotesque continues apace Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 19, 2025 • 32min
Is there a good rationale for bombing Iran? All the latest data. More totalitarian steps in the US
The truth is out there Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 15, 2025 • 35min
War and the world economy. The UK's sordid service sector. Is 'progressive' pejorative?
Manufacturing and other fetishes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
