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1

The Chief Rule Breaker: David Gardner on Beating the Market

2

The Caveman and That Dunsinking Feeling

3

The Yen Dollar Euro Salad

4

AI Deflation: The New Railway Crash?

5

What Does The Ceuta Incident Mean For Europe?

6

Prometheus Abides

7

The €133 Billion Black Hole: Why Ireland Can’t Track Its Spending

8

Rich Country, Broken State

9

Spain Won Again, 500 Years Later

10

Is AI About to Crash the Global Economy?

11

Mbappé vs Le Pen: The Battle for France

12

England V Norway: A Tale of Two Oil Discoveries?

13

Alexander Hamilton: How a Caribbean Orphan Built America

14

Ireland's Silent Sell Off and the Employee Ownership Solution

15

The Death of the American Dream

16

The Man Who Broke the Global Economy

17

Why Did Brazil Never Make It?

18

The EU Is Cracking

19

World Cup Series: Haiti

20

Could Canada Have A Brexit Moment?

21

Inside the World Cup's Narco State

22

Why Social Democracies Win World Cups

23

The Coming Water Crisis

24

Why Trump Is About to Come for Ireland

25

How Trump Could Kill the Dollar

26

Why Nobody's Having Babies Anymore

27

Britain Is Broke

28

Immigration: What's The Plan?

29

China Is Winning, Trump Doesn't Know It Yet

30

Why Your Barista Has a Master's Degree

31

The UAE, Iran, and the Hostage at the Heart of the Oil War

32

The Failure Premium: Where is the Money Going?

33

Ireland Is Killing Its Entrepreneurs

34

Is America Losing Control?

35

Subsidies, Strikes and the Coming July Clash

36

Is Ireland the Worst-Run Rich Country in Europe?

37

The Housing Finale: Can Ireland Build Its Way Out?

38

How The Housing Market Was Designed to Fail - Part 2

39

The Brittle Housing Market: Why the System Is Worse Than You Think - Part 1

40

The Next Global Recession?

41

Did Big Tech Ruin the Internet? with Cory Doctorow

42

Is the West Losing Africa to China?

43

Why Some Countries Create Jobs and Others Export People

44

Shedonomics: Can Europe Survive China’s Manufacturing Machine?

45

St Patrick's Day Special: Who Exactly Are The Irish Americans?

46

The Economics of War

47

America's Road to Tehran - Part 2

48

How the West Lost Iran: Oil, Coups, and the Road to Revolution - Part 1

49

Can Democracy Survive an AI Economy?

50

Can Europe’s “Hidden Continent” Finally Break Free?

51

Can You Prosper Without Building Proper Cities?

52

Revenge of the Nerds

53

What Happens to an Economy When Credit Stops Flowing?

54

Can the New Fed Boss Shrink QE Without Crashing Everything?

55

Why Did Bitcoin Crash Again? The Scam That’s Been Around Since Dante

56

Swipe Left on Society: Singledom, Sexless Men, and the New Politics of Loneliness with Aideen McQueen

57

Stop Wasting Your Talent and Start Making a Difference with Rutger Bregman

58

Ireland’s American Problem: The Jockey, the Horses, and the End of the Easy Money Era

59

The Great Global Rebalancing: How Trump's America is Losing its Grip on the World's Capital with Sony Kapoor

60

The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy!

61

Trump vs. The Fed: Sabotage, Showdown, or Economic Revolution?

62

The Great Uncoupling & Fiscal Crisis: America, Europe & the Bond Market Reckoning

63

The Bipolar Economy: Trump, Oil & the End of Balance with Carole Nakhle

64

Venezuela Falls, Cuba Trembles with Marla Dukharan

65

After Maduro: Who Really Runs Venezuela Now? with Juan Tokatlian

66

What If 2026 Is the Year America Leaves Us Behind?

67

What's Really Going on In Venezuela? Oil, Empire & the Next Proxy War

68

2025: China’s Year

69

Was Genghis Khan the World’s First Globalist?

70

Can Wind Power Make Us Rich Again?

71

Europe Under Threat: Can the Centre Hold?

72

The Great Affordability Lie?

73

Petty Lines in the Sand

74

China Explained with Dan Wang

75

Is Central Asia the Next Front Line of Global Power? with Peter Frankopan

76

Why Can’t the West Build Anymore?

77

Is $4,000 Gold the First Crack in the Fiat Era?

78

Hollywood, Soft Power & Ireland’s Anti-American Left?

79

Vibecession, AI Mania & The New Casino Economy with Kyla Scanlon

80

The Tech Crash, The Demographic Time Bomb, and Ireland’s Future 40

81

The Pope’s Children at 20: How Ireland Grew Up

82

Australia, Argentina & Ireland: A Tale of Three Economies

83

The Life Raft for Billionaires: Why Tech Titans Are Buying New Zealand

84

The AI Bubble: Boom, Bust & Baked in Nimbin

85

The Lost Sailors: From Aboriginals to Schumpeter

86

The Land of Opportunity Down Under: Australia

87

Saudi the Kingmaker: Gaza, Trump & a New Middle East with Andrew Maxwell

88

The Behavioural Budget: How Tax Shapes Us

89

The Art of Creation with The Edge - Part Two

90

The Art of Creation with The Edge

91

What is Radical Politics?

92

Culture Wars in the West, Alliances in the East

93

Who Owns the Flag? From the American Revolution to Charlie Kirk

94

The Economics of Golf

95

From Cod to Culture: What Inishmore Teaches Us About the Experience Economy

96

Could the GAA Solve Ireland’s Housing Crisis?

97

Deepfakes, Big Tech, and the Coming AI Crash?

98

France on the Brink: Debt, Drama, and a Possible Sixth Republic

99

Economics in a Tent: Live at Electric Picnic 2025

100

Is America The Richest Third World Country?

101

Germany, 10 Years After “Wir Schaffen Das”, What Really Happened? with Katja Hoyer

102

The Nationalisation of the New Home Market

103

Ukraine at the Crossroads: From Donetsk to the Garrison State

104

Ireland is a Hostage to Fortune

105

America’s Dutch Disease: How Debt Became the World’s Hottest Export

106

From The Godfather to the Blockchain: How Easy Money Seduced Wall Street (and the White House)

107

Japan: Lost in Translation Part Two

108

Japan: From Feudal Isolation to Economic Superpower

109

Generation Rent: How Housing Costs Are Exporting Ireland's Future

110

Did Europe Just Surrender to Trump?

111

When the West Woke Up: How Yugoslavia Fell Apart

112

Why Ireland Must Rethink Its Economic Future; Fast

113

The Ghosts of Yugoslavia: Borders, Bankers & Balkan Ghosts

114

Can We Cope With This Level of Immigration?

115

Who Wants to Live Forever? The Economics of Immortality, Tech Bros & Tír na nÓg

116

Trieste and the City of the Future

117

Who Killed the Living City?

118

Content, Culture & the Bottom Line: How Finance is Killing the Avant-Garde

119

Has the Balance of Global Power Just Shifted to Israel?

120

The Dollar, the Ape & the End of an Empire

121

Memoirs of an Arab Jew

122

The Islamic Enlightenment

123

The Hanseatic League: Europe’s First Free Trade Zone

124

Will America’s Debt Crash the Global Economy?

125

From Bolsheviks to Bolt: The Tallinnovation Nation

126

Creativity in the Cul-de-Sac: Why the Suburbs Won

127

Spain’s Miracle Economy: What They Got Right (That We Didn’t) with Joe Haslam

128

The Bilbao Blueprint

129

The Moody Blues: No More Finance Bros in LA

130

The Battle for Africa with Pumi Mashigo

131

Trump’s New Enemies: Billionaires, Big Pharma & Bibi?

132

A Letter from Africa with Simon Kuper

133

Inflation for Losers with Mark Blyth

134

How Canada Became the Anti-Trump Blueprint

135

Slowing Down in an Age of Acceleration with Elif Shafak

136

The Art of Taxation: How a Crisis Could Save Your City

137

Popeonomics?

138

The New Great Game?

139

Paris, Power & Picking Sides: Europe’s Awakening in a MAGA World

140

The Molly Bloom Model: Why Economies Should Say Yes

141

The Nike Economy: Why Vietnam Is America’s Hidden Factory Floor

142

Tariffs & Other Fantasies

143

The Economics of Employee Ownership

144

Jeffrey Goldberg Has Entered the Chat

145

Did Ferris Bueller Predict the Trade War?

146

Why Do Good People Make Bad Decisions?

147

Trump's First 65 Days

148

Trump, Putin & McGregor: Ukraine & the New World Order with Olesya Khromeychuk

149

The Doonbeg Doctrine: Trump and the Chaos Economy

150

Is America the Next Big Short? With Michael Lewis

151

Germany Wakes Up: Britain Breaks Out

152

Casement, Congo & the Comeback of Empire: Is Trump Reviving Imperialism?

153

The King’s Gambit: DIY Declan, Trump’s Market Meltdown & Musk’s 18th-Century Twin

154

Deutschland Dilemma: Voting Blocs, Power Shocks & the Bundeswehr Rocks with Katja Hoyer

155

MAGA, Mercantilism & Mass Extinction: The Economics of a Shifting World Order

156

The Second Republic: Reinventing Ireland for the Future

157

The End of the Affair - Europe and America's Nasty Divorce

158

The Economics of the Merchant of Venice: Lessons from an Empire of Trade

159

Hard Liquor, Soft Power: The Death of Proportionality

160

Trump, Tariffs & the Gold Rush: The McKinley Playbook

161

The Population Paradox: Growth, Crisis, and the Global Economy

162

DeepSeek, Deep State or Deep Pockets? Karen Hao on China’s AI Power Play

163

From Fartcoin to Trumpcoin: How Memes and Tokens Are Redefining Power and Wealth

164

The Coming IMF Bailout of Britain!

165

The MAGA Era: Irish America’s New Identity

166

King Trump and the Bubble Economy

167

Monsignor Joe Rogan and the Tech Bro Confessions: Risk, Bubbles, and MAGA Tailwinds

168

The Epiphany: What Joyce, the Dead, Musk and Twitter Teach Us About Economic Power

169

America’s $30 Trillion Gamble: How Debt Could Rewrite the Global Economy

170

Runways to Reality: How Airports Reflect the World Around Us

171

Swiftonomics and Centrist Dads: 2024 in Review

172

Putin’s Empire, the West’s Game: Revisiting Bill Browder’s Insight on Russia

173

AI, Feudal Overlords, and the Fight for the Future: A Conversation with Martin Wolf

174

The Bro-tocracy Rises: Top 10 World-Changing Events of 2024

175

The Prosperity Paradox: Ireland’s Boom, Europe’s Bust, and the Price of Success

176

What's Next for Syria?

177

The Economics of the Miracle on 34th Street

178

National Capitalism: A New Era of Economic Survival?

179

Syrian Warnings,Irish Limitations, Japanese Solutions

180

From Beijing to the Box Room: The Global Forces Locking Out a Generation

181

The Octagon Versus the Putting Green

182

Immigration, Housing & Trump's Shadow

183

Mars Bar-isation of the Irish Electorate & Other Yarns

184

What's Happening in Germany?

185

The Trump Epoch: Entering a New Supercycle

186

The Trumpquake: Power, Divisions, and a New World Order

187

Power and Plutocracy: Have we Reached Peak Billionaire?

188

Trump 2.0: Should Ireland Be Worried?

189

Scotland The Brave

190

Is Your City Dying?

191

America at a Crossroads: Trump, Power, and the Future of U.S. Democracy

192

Are Strong Institutions Enough? Unpacking the Nobel Prize in Economics

193

Could Sanctions Against Israel become a Reality?

194

Culture vs. Economics: The Battle for America's Political Soul with Thomas Frank

195

Fuelling the Fire: Middle East Tensions and Ireland's High Cost-Energy Crisis

196

Middle East on the Brink: Where are the Adults?

197

The Tragedy of the Middle East: A Letter from Lebanon

198

Can Draghi's €800 Billion Plan Save Europe from Decline?

199

Germany on the Brink: Economic Fragility, Immigration Tensions, and the Rise of the Right

200

The Vinyl Comeback: How Records Survived Streaming

201

An Apple A Day Keeps The Taxman Away

202

Hitler’s Plan to Destroy Britain with Counterfeit Money – from Money: A Story of Humanity

203

From Poetry to Punches: Ireland’s Journey from Michael D. to McGregor

204

A Letter from America with Jim Chanos

205

What Taylor Swift & Oasis Tickets Tell Us About The Economy!

206

Arab Disunity: From Ancient Rifts to the Gaza Conflict

207

A Kick In The Jackson's Hole

208

Economics of Trust: What's Next for the UK?

209

Can Ireland Fix Its Infrastructure Crisis Before It's Too Late?

210

How to Destroy a Country: Venezuela with Noah Smith

211

Can Dublin Avoid the Donut Effect?

212

The Downward Spiral of Upward Social Mobility

213

Inside the Head of the FED

214

Inheritance Tax & The Curse of the Silver Spoon

215

The Napster of Finance: A Revolut-ion

216

Kamala's Cash, Vance's Chance, and Biden's Big Exit

217

Ireland's Population Boom: Opportunity or Crisis?

218

A Day In The Life Of Abed Salama with Nathan Thrall

219

Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History Of Germany’s Wealthiest Dynasties

220

Beyond The Wall; Life In The GDR With Katja Hoyer

221

From Millers to Influencers: Navigating the New Economy

222

A young Irish economist and a Nobel prize winner walk into a bar....

223

Blazers Vs. High Viz Jackets

224

The Economics of Irish Restaurants

225

Sold Down the River

226

Common Sense is Coming Home!

227

Christiane Amanpour in Conversation

228

A Live Podcast Straight from Dalkey!

229

Decoding Global Markets with Dave Tilson

230

Neoliberalism, my arse!

231

Tomorrows World: Living With AI

232

Enemies to Lovers: The Conversation We Really Should Be Having Ahead of The European Elections

233

Independence Day for the UK, again?

234

Recognise Palestine, Now What?

235

The Price is Wrong with Brett Christophers

236

Can the Premier League Teach Us About the Future of the UK Economy?

237

2024:40 The Opium Wars

238

2024:39 Letter from America with Evan Solomon

239

2024:38 Rich in Poor Houses

240

2024:37 The Rwanda-isation of Ireland

241

2024:36 Cod & Chips: The Story of Irish/Italians

242

2024:35 The Political Fallout of Housing

243

2024:34 Istanbul: The Centre of our World

244

2024:33 The Future is Turkish!

245

2024:32 Humanomics

246

2024:31 What Elon's travails tell us about the New Cold War?

247

2024:30 Common Law or Common Sense? Nimbyism's Grip on Housing

248

2024:29 Eat the Rich with Nick Hanauer

249

2024:28 The Souk Versus The Citadel with Bassem Youssef

250

2024:27 Sam Bankman Fried and Male Over-Confidence with Michael Lewis

251

2024:26 The Curse of Inheritance

252

2024:25 Should We Copy The Swiss Or Is That Too Cheesy?

253

2024:24 The Dehumanisation of Curiosity

254

2024:23 The Economics of the Creative Mind with Ed Guiney

255

2024:22 The Irish Government, as trustworthy as a Kate Middleton photo-album?

256

2024:21 Bitcoin is Still Not Money

257

2024:20 Why Is China Getting So Rich?

258

2024:19 ADHD Nation

259

2024:18 Stuck in 1980s

260

2024:17 What is Éire Accelerationism and Why Does it Matter? with Will O'Brien

261

2024:16 The Joy of Maths with Colm O'Regan

262

2024:15 The Murder of Navalny - What's Next for Putin and Europe?

263

2024:14 A Climate Warning from the Past

264

2024:13 The Return of the Kennedys with Pippa Malmgren

265

2024:12 Unveiling the Drivers of the World Economy with Martin Wolf

266

2024:11 The Bitter Lessons of Brexit with Martin Wolf

267

2024:10 The Gen Z Gender Schism

268

2024:09 Public Sector Productivity, Who Pays?

269

2024:08 People Before Bonnet

270

2024:07 Javier Milei and Understanding the Political Extremes Part One

271

2024:06 The Problem of Success and Why We Need To Change Our Minds

272

2024:05 Protecting Global Trade - the Economics of the Houthi Problem

273

2024:04 How Culture and Language Leads to Economic Growth

274

2024:03 The End of the Starsky & Hutch Super-Cycle

275

2024:02 The Year of Insurrection

276

2024:01 The Economic Growth Equation & the Great 2023 Book Review

277

2023 in review

278

The shifting political landscape - a conversation with Naomi Klein

279

The economics of imagination

280

What happens in Vegas!!

281

Bitcoin is back, why?

282

The Paradox of Prudence

283

Putin's Back!

284

Shane MacGowan, the Diaspora and the coming 2nd Irish Republic.

285

Liberal democracy under threat?

286

Riots in Dublin and the Power of Crowds

287

What does Argentina’s U-turn mean?

288

The Economics of the AI Revolution

289

Why 1923 still Matters

290

The World in 2024. The NATO-Sphere

291

BiBi Netanyahu - The Most Important Politician in America

292

A live podcast straight from Kilkenomics

293

The roots of the Israel-Palestinian Conflict pt4

294

We need to talk about the pay gap

295

The Roots of the Israel-Palestinian Conflict pt3

296

The impending commercial property crash

297

The roots of the Israel-Palestinian Conflict pt2 (1967-1993)

298

When Mantras Replace Hard Thinking: The Case of the Irish Budget

299

The roots of the Israel-Palestinian Conflict pt1

300

US interest rates: What's driving them?

301

Brexit: the cost of reality

302

The September Rate Spike - Is it Time to Worry?

303

Argentina: An economic and now, political car crash. Its worse than you think

304

Why Ireland should copy Vienna

305

Are we at the 4th turning?

306

The ECB on Trial

307

Swedenomics

308

Crouch, Bind, Set! & G20 economics

309

How India became the coming power

310

The tragedy of state outsourcing

311

Uncovering Portugal

312

Ireland is a teenager in a geriatric home

313

We need to invest now, or face the consequences

314

The end of the Chinese financial miracle?

315

Poland rising

316

The Easiest Way to Rob a Bank is to Run It

317

The Reign in Spain

318

Is the DeGrowth Movement the future?

319

The Economics of Oppenheimer

320

Sinead, Music and Stone Age Economics

321

How Italy became anti-fragile

322

Insiders VS Outsiders

323

The Tyranny of Nostalgia

324

Has the FED done the impossible? Is a soft landing coming?

325

Bastille Day Special: What makes France tick?

326

The Recession that Isn't Happening

327

What's happening in Germany

328

Fiscal Incontinence!

329

European evolution, train tales and the history of mathematics

330

A Russian Revolution?

331

Searching for America with David Brooks

332

Why modern cities need to look at the 19th century for inspiration

333

The Unionist strategy against Irish Unity: Poverty

334

The Economics of Football seen through the eyes of Logan Roy

335

The opioid crisis in America is coming to Europe

336

Why more interest rate hikes are coming and Irish census revelations

337

Follow the money

338

Why the Federal Reserve is stuck in a "cul de sac", and what it means for you.

339

What you know about Western civilization is wrong

340

The Coming Great Crash?

341

This is the most important week in the Ukraine war - and global geo-politics as a whole

342

A Coming US Default?

343

American Bank Carnage part 2

344

How does the UK recover financially?

345

The Dream Economy

346

Civilization and the planet

347

The Paradox of Prudence

348

Feed your Brain

349

Biden, Relationships VS interests & Contemplations from TED

350

The benefits of longterm thinking in the TikTok age

351

Why negativity took over the news cycle

352

Global Irish Soft Power

353

It's Easter, Ramadan, Passover take your pick! We head to Jerusalem, spiritual home of all three religions.

354

Why a country can be rich on paper, but feel poor in reality

355

China plays chess, while Russia plays poker

356

The Next Global Banking Crisis is Here

357

Apartment Living Cures Housing Viruses

358

Bank Carnage

359

On St Patricks Day, a US State of the Nation special with Bernie Sanders

360

SVB Bank Run. Is 2023 a re-run of 2008?

361

The UK is stuck in a political, economical and social cul de sac is there a way out?

362

The end of economists

363

Russia - A Giant Hostage Situation?

364

Addressing land capture and the new face of the world bank

365

In defence of Democracy

366

The housing fix might be here - if we hold strong

367

The great China/USA breakup

368

Immigration Part 2: Is immigration a class issue?

369

Bonus episode: Why prices fluctuate - the impact of interest rates on our lives

370

Why are some countries more successful than others?

371

The case for immigration

372

Creating a new Currency

373

In Praise of Cathedral Thinking

374

Things Learnt Half way up the Alps

375

Around the world, 30 year olds are getting screwed

376

The view from Kyiv - Part 2

377

Letter from Kyiv

378

Unmasking cryptocurrency from both a financial and technological standpoint

379

The story of money

380

Reframing the housing crisis

381

A hard look at the return of Inflation - and why it hasn't been transitory

382

Irish Argentine

383

The UK’s transformation in 2022

384

Bonus episode: The economics of movies

385

Ukraine economics - Before & after the war

386

The new phase of the economy and short trading explained

387

The end of competence

388

Adam Smith was wrong: we need to diversify, not specialize

389

The End of a 14-year Bull Market

390

Finding Russia’s Remote Killers

391

The great crypto collapse

392

Planning for 10 Million people

393

The nature of money

394

Letter from America

395

Tech Feudalism with Yanis Varoufakis

396

How the world changes with interest rates - Live from Kilkenomics

397

Is Ukraine a distraction for a Taiwan takeover? - With Angelica Oung

398

Housing market shifts and tech stock carnage - With Katie Martin

399

Bonus episode: How to thrive in these turbulent times

400

The house price horror show - With Vinjeru Mkandawire

401

The UK’s fall from grace, it's not about politicians, it's about policy.

402

We might already be in World War 3 - it’s just not what you thought it would look like - With Pippa Malmgren

403

London Calling! - With Mark Blyth

404

Why central bankers want higher unemployment

405

The new energy reality

406

UK experiments & Irish stability

407

The crucial link between the planet and your pension

408

UK chaos and bond doom loop

409

Endgame for Putin?

410

Is Liz Truss the leader of a Doomsday Cult?

411

Populism might not be what you think

412

With interest rates going up, housing market is heading down

413

How inflation in the 1970s brought us to our current situation - and what we can do about it

414

The Queen is dead. What now for her kingdom?

415

Lizz Truss: Friend or Foe? And the state of the UK nation

416

How it all came down: The story of the last leader of the USSR

417

The Chinese property bubble has just burst, here’s what you need to know

418

With Euro/dollar below parity, lets talk exchange rates

419

Weedenomics

420

Financing a Revolution: The economics of Michael Collins

421

The Economics of Music

422

Why the housing crisis can undo 30 years of economic growth

423

How behavioural economics and personalization shapes your life

424

The Return of Malthus?

425

Taiwan and the Global Economy (With Angelica Oung)

426

Is Putin winning?

427

Why Manufacturing Matters

428

Why the Italian government crumbled

429

How & why recessions happen

430

The Coming Currency Crises. Are you safe?

431

What China’s shock recession means for you!

432

The new financial era is here for a coming world where there will be more Nigerians than Europeans

433

The end of Boris Johnson and the British Inconsistent Triplet

434

In conversation with Gary Shteyngard

435

People have the Power

436

The future of the internet with Tim O’Reilly

437

The transformation of Ireland and what comes next

438

We don’t know ourselves - A conversation with Fintan O’Toole

439

The future of the internet economy with Stripe co-founder: John Collison

440

The 2nd Atomic Age

441

Inflation returns (kinda), what would James Joyce think?

442

Platinum Jubilee, Sordid Slavery

443

What hairdressers and Lobster Thermidor tell us about the economy, employment and inflation

444

Putin and the long game against the West

445

Brexiternity - the only way the Tories to stay in power

446

There's great dryin' in that wind!

447

A Global Perfect Storm

448

Living with inflation, the story of Turkey

449

Coins and Crypto Carnage

450

Scandinavian Models

451

The coming interest rate crusade against inflation?

452

The Death of Distance - direct from Inis Meain

453

What can the Reformation tell us about Twitter, Martin Luther, Elon Musk and Vladimir Putin?

454

The Biggest Question in Economics - How exactly does and economy grow or contract?

455

The centre just held in France, but with houses prices out of control, will it here?

456

The third world debt crisis is going to affect you

457

231 - Germany's dreadful choice & Elon Musk's “Chaos monkey” moment

458

230 - How to save democracy

459

229 - Pipes, Pumps and Putin. The Energy Crisis is here.

460

228 - The uncomfortable reality of our energy future

461

227 - Crunch Time for Energy

462

226 - REITs and the possible end of Russia

463

225 - The economics of energy

464

224 - The Resurgence of the Liberal order

465

223 - China at a tipping point

466

222 - Odessa - the vibrant symbol of urban irreverence and why it irritates Putin so much.

467

221 - Why climate change is an investment, not a cost

468

220 - Russian sanctions explained with Sony Kapoor

469

219 - Women in economics

470

218 - Russian sanctions & Wartime speculations

471

217 - The Economics of the War

472

216 - Russia/Ukraine and where we go next

473

215 - Are interest rates the solution to inflation?

474

214 - Are the central banks working for you? Or big money?

475

213 - How do we solve the inflation problem?

476

212 - The full shilling? The case for crypto as a speculative asset - but a currency, eh no!

477

211 - Understanding inflation through the man behind the FED in America

478

210 - Russian tensions explained & pub economics

479

209 - If global warming is the question, free public transport is the answer

480

208 - Breaking down the metaverse & why we we need to disconnect

481

207 - What's happening in finance, why all the crashing? Plus, the key to unlocking the Irish economy

482

206 - Is it Last call for Boris Johnson?

483

205 - Can the centre hold?

484

204 - The Origin of Covid. Where precisely did it come from?

485

203 - Is this the year crypto crashes?

486

202 - The Washington Putsch - One Year on

487

201 - The World at a Tipping Point

488

200 - The economics of Nighttime. Why we need more not less, socializing!

489

199 - the Central banks have spoken… what does it mean?

490

198 - The economics of Football

491

197 - The changing political landscape in Ireland & the UK

492

196 - The Russian crisis that nobody saw coming

493

195: The economics that made America

494

194 - What happens now?

495

193 - Comparing innovation between the US and Europe with Michael Fertik

496

192 - Movement: markets, people and viruses

497

191 - China and America's latest Sputnik moment

498

190 - The housing crisis solution is going to be imperfect

499

189 - When money dies: Notes on hyperinflation, currency manipulation and Ponzi schemes, plus who is with who in the new Middle East

500

188 - Lessons from Oslo: How to create green innovation

501

187 - The return of inflation

502

186 - The myths of dereliction - and how to fight back

503

185 - Inflation, leverage and the ecological warning from the vikings

504

184 - The Climate Change Opportunity

505

183 - What’s next for Germany and why it matters; plus the life of journalist Robert Fisk

506

182 - Why now is the time to go for a wage rise!

507

181 - Is Cryptocurrency the silver bullet to inflation?

508

180 - Money and inflation - What to make of the current rising costs

509

179 - The crossroad between a Mad Max or a Star Trek Future

510

178 - Tinder for ideas and the new corporate tax rate implications

511

177 - Is China the new Japan?

512

176 - Britain's coming Winter of Discontent

513

175 - Conversation with the brilliant behavioural economist Dan Ariely

514

174 - The Housing Price Theory of Everything

515

173 - Evergrande implosion and the economics of Colonialism

516

172 - The Economics of Casement, Carson, Congo and Colonialism

517

171 - Inflation: why it's personal

518

170 - A few thoughts from Dubai and what Sally Rooney and the points race can tell us about the elite and elite overproduction?

519

169 - The great Chinese closedown

520

168 - Thoughts on the new Irish housing plan

521

167 - Education for the brave new world

522

166 - Taliban Tremors

523

165 - Afghanistan, from the perspective of people who are & have been there with Nelofer Pazira Fisk

524

164 - Russia after Putin with political dissident Mikhail Khodorkovsky

525

163 - The Edge & Brian Cox go beyond the music

526

162 - The politics of catastrophe with Niall Ferguson

527

161 - Sitting down with Bernie Sanders

528

160 - The economics of love (Best of)

529

159 - Dante and the economics of the 14th century

530

158 - Economics at a crossroad with Mark Blyth & Eric Lonergan

531

157 - Mid-year review with Paul Donovan

532

156 - Get on board with ESG or else!

533

155 - Is Cuba in the middle of a regime change

534

154- The economics of climate change, the coming resource wars and what we can do about it.

535

153 - Follow the Money: Why is the government selling the Bank of Ireland cheaply and why now?

536

152 - The NYtimes is wrong - Ireland is not a tax haven

537

151 - Reimagining cities post COVID

538

150 - Rich Man/Poor Man with Stephanie Kelton & Marla Dukharan

539

149 - Let’s talk Pride, is there a gay economy?

540

148 - Is the political centre back?

541

147 - The housing market by the numbers

542

146 - The Great Caste War

543

145 - Kamikaze Kapitalism

544

144 - What is Money? With Eric Lonergan

545

143 - G7, global corporate taxes & Disrupting the building sector

546

142 - Value is created in the mind with Rory Sutherland

547

141 - Is Bitcoin a bubble or the currency of the future - or can it be both? Part.2

548

140 - Is Bitcoin a bubble or the currency of the future - or can it be both? Part.1

549

139 - Boring but radical: How Biden is getting it done

550

139 - The UK’s new economic approach

551

138 - Global panic buying & inflation

552

137 - Israel and Palestine, explained, put into perspective and hopefully made more clear with Tom Friedman

553

136 - What the Pope told Mack!

554

135 - Vultures, cuckoos, pigeons - what's with all these avian funds?

555

134 - Lessons from the Great Depression

556

133 - The beauty of discovering numbers

557

132 - Pulling up the drawbridge

558

131 - What will your Spotify Moment look like? Learning from the music industry

559

130 - The end of Neo-Liberalism & economic super-cycles explained with Dario Perkins

560

129 - No one is safe until everyone is safe

561

128 - Clinging to power, what's the next move?

562

127 - By 2030 there will be more female millionaires in the world than men. Change is coming.

563

126 - The end of the road for the Irish corporate tax advantage?

564

125 - When China flexes. Is Taiwan Asia's Berlin wall?

565

124 - Where is the "lockdown dividend"? Joe Biden the economic revolutionary - plus its Vespa time!

566

123 - Our hyper-integrated world. Suez canal, supply chain fragility & the death of traditional recessions!

567

122 - Its time for a buyer’s strike

568

121 - The Psychology of the Far Right

569

120 - Cease and desist. Get out of the housing market right now, plus the 5 fundamental ways cities are changing

570

119 - The Economic Revolution is here

571

117 - Learning from the master innovator Johannes Gutenberg

572

116 - White collar crime, why vaccines are destiny, & the miraculous resurrection of Boris Johnson

573

115 - The War on Drugs has failed, stop it.

574

114 - Building back better

575

113 - Bidenomics, why we should not worry about inflation and embracing economic heres

576

112 - How Ireland really works!

577

111 - The future of the City

578

110 - Going Dutch, London's Brexit losses and what's the story with Bitcoin?

579

109 - The fallout from economic mania & the conventional thinking trap with Tom Bergin

580

108 - How to fix the housing market

581

107 - Wall Street and the Short Selling Revolution Part 2

582

106 - Wall Street, Game Stop and the Short Squeeze Revolutionaries!

583

105 - The Rentier Economy

584

104 - Doughnut Economics

585

103 - Doc Martins, the financialization of the global economy, IPO's, inequality and Joe Biden's political agenda

586

102 - The last day of Trump

587

101 - How to end this Lockdown for good!

588

100 - American Carnage and its radicalized Middle

589

The Brexit Dividend - for everyone bar Britain!

590

Every Day is Crucial!

591

Christmas Podcast

592

Investor or Speculation? Tech, market madness & the cost of mistakes

593

When Scotland Rises

594

Beyond Brexit. What does the post-Brexit world look like?

595

Meritocracy - Scourge or Salvation

596

Brexit and much more with Andy Haldane, Chief Economist of the Bank of England

597

The end of the car park

598

"Hand of pod" - The Maradona Generation

599

The World in 2021

600

the fallout from COVID

601

Show me the money

602

“Don’t cry for me Great-Brit-Annia” - to be sung imagining Boris Johnson channelling his inner Elaine Page

603

Lets talk about unemployment

604

Outside it’s America!

605

Orange is the new Red

606

A Good Day to hide Bad News!

607

Market & Politics - Why Who Wins Matters & Why It Doesn’t

608

Skin in the Game

609

The Funeral of Austerity & the Return of Brexit, plus when an Opel Jersey walked into the Tate Gallery!

610

A gem of a Letter from America with the brilliant Tom Frank

611

How will Trump getting Covid affect the campaign, and why Ireland’s youth should determine the budget.

612

Economics at a tipping point

613

How the UK breaks up….lessons from the Balkans, plus Trump’s possible road to victory

614

Back to Brexit

615

The American divide and the Vaticanization of the ECB

616

Cryptocurrency & the future of money

617

How history shapes current policies

618

The 15 minute city

619

Angrynomics - Why its okay to be mad about the current economic crisis and what we can do about it

620

How bonds not bombs liberated Ireland

621

Living in interesting times and how best to think of it

622

Taxes, urine & wealth creation

623

From "the craic economy" to the annexation of the West Bank

624

Black Swans & Black lists

625

The enormous potential of free money and the illusion of a V shaped recovery

626

Addressing generational wealth inequality

627

Skin deep

628

Tribal voices

629

America burns, Ireland’s potential reset and the end of Fianna Fáil?

630

Unconventional thinking: its enemies & why it is important

631

We are living through a Pandession

632

Leaving Cert - the Irish equivalent of national service. Covid in the Caribbeans & what Judy Garland tells you about monetary economics.

633

The extreme urgency of now

634

Why economics is not a cult, negative oil prices, Newcastle United, Altar boys, America’s reckoning and gay hit men! Whats not to love?

635

What’s Next? Lessons from the Great Depression, avoiding bad economics, reading the markets’ tea leaves & the youth surge.

636

What’s Next? The frugal four, antibody testing and post-COVID changes

637

The Anatomy of a Pandemic

638

Macroeconomics for a Globalized World

639

The economics of the possible

640

Beyond money - Why livelihoods matter most

641

Lockdown, Herd immunity & helicopter money

642

Corona goes Global

643

Got you face mask yet?

644

Germany is changing - and Europe should take notice

645

The battle for the soul of Fianna Fail (if there is such a thing) and are we witnessing China’s Chernobyl?

646

Storm Shinner

647

Stats, polls & elections

648

The Giant Global Housing Swindle

649

Why traffic is like gas, not liquid

650

Irish elections and the differences between Fine Gael & Fianna Fáil

651

USA, IRAN and the 3 M’s that precede wars

652

Special episode: Welcome to the Third Decade of the 21st century

653

The economics of love

654

Boris Johnson, the last PM of the UK?

655

Why the British election is about so much more than who will be the next PM. It’s about the very fabric of British society - explained with FT chief political commentator Robert Shrimsley - one is the sharpest political minds covering the UK right now

656

Populism and the evolution of Ireland - Live From Vicar street

657

Impeachment explained and the polarization of US politics with professor Bill Black

658

A hard look at the human impact of the housing crisis

659

Economics and the law of unintended consequences

660

What does a post-meat world means for society and the economy?

661

Is the age of the job over?

662

Brexit - are we there yet? Plus, how the map of the Mid East has been redrawn in the week - all brought to you from the Atlas Mountains in Morocco.

663

Brexit endgame: a plot summary

664

We need to fix the root problem: wealth inequality

665

How to get ready for globalization 3.0

666

Out of Africa

667

A future warning from past cities!

668

Boris Johnson is not a politician, he’s a gambler

669

Curious minds - Discussing Turkey and losing democracy with Ece Temelkuran

670

The Fragility of democracy and why winner takes all economics has led to the rise of populism

671

Trade wars, amazon fires & the unexpected consequences of economics

672

Ireland, Brexit and the Great British Breakoff, from Britsplaing to Explaining and lots more in between!! Enjoy

673

Are we heading towards a global economic slowdown?

674

Trying to untangle Iran and the Middle East relationships

675

Curious minds - Discussing the evolution of journalism and technology with Tom Friedman

676

China's unique approach to foreign influence

677

The next phase of Brexit through its history, its psychology and its economics

678

Why healthy economies are inherently unstable not inherently stable!

679

The failed war on drugs

680

Understanding China's trade wars, Brexit and Tianammen Square through the lens of Japanese history

681

A guide to understanding Germany

682

Why it’s time to move Dublin Port

683

International property cycles

684

Trump’s tariffs explained & the new tech cold war

685

Exploring the ramifications of a united Ireland

686

Special episode: A sit down with Bernie Sanders

687

US politics, the fed, AOC & quantitative easing

688

Shadow banks & Dublin's crane epidemic

689

Black Irish & European elections

690

Is Brexit good or bad for Ireland?