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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Jan 5, 2023 • 38min
Some good news on inflation, better news on gas prices, same old news on Irish tax revenues and the UK's very deep hole
And what others are saying about the 2023 outlook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 23, 2022 • 42min
Looking back and looking forward. Where will forecasters be wrong for 2023? Just how bad has Brexit been for the UK? Mind your language!
Is Britain broken or just a bit cracked? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 21, 2022 • 38min
Japan springs a major surprise for global markets. EU trying to cap energy prices. Broken Britain part 42.
Hotels start to house their own workers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 20, 2022 • 31min
Podcast special! In conversation with Ben Watts. A deep dive into the energy world with all of the obvious, topical, questions. Build more wind farms!
It's a no-brainer: costs & the environment demand confronting the NIMBYs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 17, 2022 • 37min
Central bankers spook markets. Will they overdo it and cause a crisis? Global housing crash? The NHS in 'systemic failure'.
Who is happiest? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 14, 2022 • 37min
Has the peak in inflation finally arrived? Watch what politicians do, not what they say: Fine Gael is a left-wing party. Germany's Ukraine inconsistencies. Listeners reviews and comments.
Jim worries about a charisma deficit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 9, 2022 • 37min
Irish inflation falls but electricity prices rise 63%. Food prices are up, as are farmer's profits. Where is the urgency to get cheaper energy? energy security? OpenAI's Chatbot will change the world.
Tech woes persist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 6, 2022 • 36min
The lean, mean, green tax machine that is the Irish economy. The US is forecast to be in slowing but isn't. The EU is. Has the $ turned? The logic & ethics of the oil price cap.
The Economist opines on sex. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 4, 2022 • 42min
A conversation with Noah Smith. Polymath, renaissance man: neither description does justice to this extraordinary writer. Intelligence, wit and wisdom in abundance. And optimism.
This really is worth a listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 2, 2022 • 41min
A bubble in predicting the end of the world? Why the latest data suggests that Armageddon isn't immediately obvious. Podcasting and freedom of speech.
A United Ireland: when rather than if? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
