The Economy Is About to Snap: Justin Explains What’s Really Coming in 2026

This episode is a wild mix — starting with new chairs and a ridiculous pitch for a male-led sex-advice show… but very quickly turning into one of the most in-depth economic breakdowns the podcast has ever hosted.Justin drops a full macroeconomic masterclass covering:📉 Why the global economy is “out of kilter”✔ Inflation out of control✔ The hidden consequences of massive COVID money printing✔ Why young people can’t buy homes anymore✔ And how wealth keeps cycling upward to the already rich🏠 The real reasons property prices exploded — globallyAnd why Ireland’s situation is both similar and uniquely worse.🤖 AI’s dirty little secretIf you strip AI from the US economic data… the economy barely exists. Is AI the biggest bubble since Dotcom?📉 Is a recession coming?The case for 2026 being a once-in-a-generation chance to buy a house — and why the “worm is turning.”🌍 The decade-by-decade pattern of economic shocks1975 petrol crisis → 2008 crash → COVID → and whatever comes next.It’s sharp, alarming, hilarious and genuinely helpful — the kind of episode listeners will replay and send to friends who “don’t get economics.”And yes… the sex-podcast joke returns just when you think it’s safe.🎧 New episodes every Thursday & Sunday.🕒 CHAPTER00:00 — New Chairs & ChaosGraham Norton chair energy, 15 sheep, wild opening.02:00 — “We Should Start a Sex Podcast…”The Sexy Boys gets pitched.05:00 — Ireland, Money & Generational EconomicsFrom 1975 to 2008 to COVID — how we got here.08:00 — The Housing Crisis Explained SimplyWhy houses cost €800k when wages are €65k.11:00 — Inflation, Global Markets & the COVID Money FloodHow the rich got richer — and everyone else got locked out.14:00 — Will 2026 Be the Reset Year?Justin’s prediction: the worm is turning.17:00 — The AI Bubble Nobody Wants to AdmitIf you remove AI spending… the US economy collapses.19:00 — Back to the Madness: Sexy Boys Returns21:00 — Wrap Up & Aftershow Tease Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.