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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Feb 12, 2023 • 37min
AI, ChatGPT3 (and 4): hype or revolutionary? Will Microsoft eat Google’s lunch? Plus the latest economic news and our thoughts about the monetary nutcases at the ECB
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Feb 10, 2023 • 32min
Rugby special! As the 6 Nations gets underway we speak to Irish Times sports journalist Nathan Johns. Why were Ireland so good and Wales so poor? Prospects for the next match and beyond.
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Feb 8, 2023 • 38min
What recession? US economy confuses everybody. So does the head of the ECB. The disconnect between the UK and its stock market. The Irish tax machine refuses to slow down.
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Jan 31, 2023 • 39min
Three years of Brexit, three more years of Brexit BS. Eurozone economy still doing better than expected. IMF forecasts Russia to grow and the UK to shrink.
Fighting over a pie that doesn't grow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 27, 2023 • 38min
US economy refuses to go into recession. Will anybody notice the better Irish housing data? Shinners hoist their own petards. UK opens up another futile front on the war on drugs.
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Jan 25, 2023 • 34min
Energy prices down again. Eurozone economy starts growing but the UK does not. Politicians in difficulties on both sides of the Irish Sea: two ex-finance minister under fire. One will keep his current job.
Boiled frogs and dots joined. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 22, 2023 • 44min
Donohoe's expenses row: materiality, proportionality & hypocrisy. Is Sinn Fein really an all-Ireland party? Tech & Banks in trouble?
Chinese demography and the interest rate outlook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 20, 2023 • 32min
Latest economic data. The big housing questions: does the government understand the true nature of the housing crisis? Does Sinn Fein?
A simple explanation of the Uk's trilemma. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 14, 2023 • 39min
More good news on inflation. More good news for the Irish economy. The UK: still digging in a vey deep hole. Amazing insights into the state of US politics.
A debate about which health system is in worse shape Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 11, 2023 • 33min
Is the economic outlook really as awful as everyone says? NIMBYs are active on both sides of the Irish Sea - both left and right say don't build here.
Looking up at the stars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
