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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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.
Nov 29, 2022 • 32min
Centuries of the patriarchy. Listening to our listeners. What's going on in China? Latest news on the economy
Slowing not crashing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 26, 2022 • 38min
'Failed State' narrative gets another boost from record employment numbers. The strange behaviour of MEPs and oil prices. A solution for inequality
Investment advice from Nigel Farage Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 24, 2022 • 33min
New analysis & forecasts from the OECD. A new narrative for the UK: Brexit is bad enough but that's by no means the only thing going wrong. Maidan & Kennedy anniversaries remembered.
The perils of public speaking Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
