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Is it time to call the US a Dictatorship? If it walks like a duck....
32 mins; April 05, 2025
Keir Starmer falls into Donald Trump's trap. Liberation day looms.
29 mins; April 01, 2025
The new cold war: The US v. everyone else
31 mins; March 28, 2025
The rapidly changing Irish personal finance landscape. Can you manage your own bin charges?
40 mins; March 25, 2025
Transitory inflation is back. Is the era of full employment drawing to a close?
36 mins; March 23, 2025
The coming constitutional crises - in more than one country
33 mins; March 20, 2025
Happy St Patrick's Day! Ireland's place in the world - the threats and opportunities
33 mins; March 17, 2025
Trump is unbound and unhinged. At least the stock market has worked it out.
34 mins; March 14, 2025
MAGA is all in. Even a stock market crash is not going to change hearts or minds
29 mins; March 11, 2025
In conversation with Dan Davies, author of "The Unaccountability Machine"
54 mins; March 05, 2025
The West is over. Get over it.
31 mins; March 01, 2025
Can the EU survive the collapse of the post-WW2 world order?
34 mins; February 22, 2025
How to cope with a pro-Russian cult that is trying to destroy any idea of "The West"
34 mins; February 20, 2025
The US gives Europe the finger
34 mins; February 16, 2025
Will the West unite against its new common enemy? (That's America, in case you hadn't guessed)
34 mins; February 11, 2025
Finding nobility in the health service. Something notably absent in the White House
31 mins; February 05, 2025
Should the first act of Ireland's new government be an emergency budget?
28 mins; January 23, 2025
Wanted: politicians who fill in potholes. Delivery, delivery, delivery
29 mins; January 21, 2025
Are you warming to Donald Trump?
29 mins; January 20, 2025
How to stop Farage from being the next UK Prime Minister
29 mins; January 15, 2025
The dark side of technology - from tech evangelist Joan Mulvihill
47 mins; January 13, 2025
The age of stupid? Or will financial markets impose sanity?
32 mins; January 10, 2025
Is the Musk-Trump administration trying to kill the idea of the West? Bond markets crash and German mysteries
33 mins; January 08, 2025
Can the EU survive Trump?
30 mins; January 07, 2025
Looking forward, looking backward. It's that time of year again.
40 mins; December 24, 2024
Second biggest fiscal disaster in the history of the State? Or just disaster porn?
29 mins; December 19, 2024
Musk is winning in Washington, Farage is winning in the UK
37 mins; December 15, 2024
'House prices 10% over-valued". What does this mean? Anything?
28 mins; December 12, 2024
A surprising haven of stability: Ireland has something new to offer the world
27 mins; December 07, 2024
Well done Ireland: a strong mandate for continuity centrism.
32 mins; December 03, 2024
Not another Eurozone debt crisis?
27 mins; November 27, 2024
Fine Gael mess up yet another election campaign
34 mins; November 25, 2024
Election special! With renowned political commentator Tull McAdoo
33 mins; November 23, 2024
Ireland is marooned between a Kakistocracy and a Mediocrity
31 mins; November 23, 2024
Irish house prices and jobs are still booming.
31 mins; November 20, 2024
Budget 2025 meets Project 2025. Nobody seems to have noticed.
30 mins; November 17, 2024
What can you do if the electorate will bear anything but the truth?
46 mins; November 15, 2024
The Trump effect on markets and the global economy. Somebody is getting it very wrong. Who?
34 mins; November 11, 2024
Our verdict on Trump 2.0. It's not pretty.
43 mins; November 06, 2024
Can we bridge the big divides? Whoever wins?
30 mins; November 05, 2024
UK drowns in debt as Ireland wallows in cash - what a contrast. Labour delivers a proper old fashioned class war budget
33 mins; November 02, 2024
Europe's woes deepen. They go back a long way and are suddenly getting worse - Germany's car engine has broken down
34 mins; October 30, 2024
Unchecked power: why do so many men adore The Godfather?
35 mins; October 24, 2024
Why do we fight? An exploration of the causes of conflict and war, focussing on a brilliant and important book
50 mins; October 22, 2024
The house price boom is getting boomier. Is there still a cost of living crisis?
29 mins; October 18, 2024
Needed: a resilient domestic economy. Shocks are certain. Only question is when
38 mins; October 15, 2024
Is the Irish economy under-heating? Inflation gets headlines, disinflation not so much.
34 mins; October 13, 2024
UK politics: dysfunction and chaos. Again already?
37 mins; October 09, 2024
The post-budget state of Irish politics: in conversation with leading Irish journalist Sarah Carey
41 mins; October 06, 2024
Was the budget really 'morally bankrupt'? 'Partying like it's 2006'?
31 mins; October 03, 2024
Budget 2025 - the big questions: Democracy or totalitarianism? Which is better at building houses?
30 mins; September 28, 2024
A central banker urges government to spend. That's a sentence we never thought we would write
33 mins; September 26, 2024
Europe's manufacturing slowdown threatens recession and promises lower interest rates
34 mins; September 23, 2024
House prices go boom. So does the Federal Reserve - Trump will go nuts
29 mins; September 18, 2024
Apple tax hysteria - it's getting very silly.
38 mins; September 16, 2024
Draghi to Brussels: do whatever it takes or the EU is toast. Irish inflation, American debt and the mystery of still too high Euro interest rates.
37 mins; September 14, 2024
A podcast for petrol-heads. Life in the fast lane: the business of motor racing. And a young person's perspective on Ireland.
31 mins; September 12, 2024
Apple taxes. Windfall taxes. A podcast special
21 mins; September 10, 2024
'Europe faces an existential crisis'. According to Mario Draghi, at least.....He's right.
28 mins; September 09, 2024
It keeps raining cash on the Finance Minister. A big budget is coming.
27 mins; September 06, 2024
It's raining: spend the rainy day fund now! Have Sinn Fein finally stumbled upon a good idea?
34 mins; September 03, 2024
Who is J D Vance? A podcast special with Professor Shane O'Mara
60 hours 4 mins; August 30, 2024
Tax breaks on pensions: what are they for? Inheritance taxes: should they be 100%
35 mins; August 28, 2024
Never mind the policy, feel the vibe! Why any focus on Kamala Harris' economics is besides the point - for now.
30 mins; August 24, 2024
House prices zooming up again. What is driving property values? Is more construction really the answer?
33 mins; August 18, 2024
Is it time to cancel Twitter/X? The weirdness of Trump. The pound-shop Bond villain Musk
33 mins; August 13, 2024
Could Intel go the way of Nokia? The three big threats to Ireland's economy
31 mins; August 09, 2024
Stock markets go down as well as up. Narrative fallacies and how to think about what happens next.
35 mins; August 07, 2024
Is the era of ultra low interest rates about to make an unexpected return?
34 mins; August 03, 2024
Global growth is slowing - central banks behind the curve? Rocketing gas prices will cloud the inflation picture
37 mins; July 31, 2024
Economic growth - what is it good for? Everything. Beware the luxury beliefs of the degrowthers
34 mins; July 28, 2024
Catwomen, conspiracy theories and skewed tax systems
34 mins; July 25, 2024
If inflation is coming down why is the price of a pint still over 7 quid?
31 mins; July 21, 2024
Irish politics and the meaning of life. In conversation with Sarah Carey
48 mins; July 17, 2024
Was the Summer Economic Statement worth the paper it was written on?
35 mins; July 13, 2024
A deep dive into the current state of Irish politics with Tull McAdoo
30 mins; July 11, 2024
A smile on our faces? In conversation about all things UK - 'Brexit & Beyond' - with Professor Chris Grey
43 mins; July 09, 2024
Has Liz Truss done the world a big favour? Reflections on the UK General election
38 mins; July 07, 2024
Why is everyone so unhappy? Or are we? In conversation with Professor Shane O'Mara
41 mins; July 03, 2024
The horseshoe theory of politics - hard right or left? The year of the election goes into top gear
27 mins; July 01, 2024
Irish house prices on the rise again. So are global house prices. They should have fallen 30%-50 but interest rates are now set to fall.%
30 mins; June 21, 2024
The Middle of the Year of The Election - how the Pentagon's analysis of UFOs could help political analysts
26 mins; June 16, 2024
'After taking the pin out, you are supposed to throw the grenade'. Is the UK really in worse political shape than the US?
28 mins; June 06, 2024
"Stop the world, we want to get off": SF takes offence at the 'militarisation of the EU'. A poor month for the Irish consumer. REal wage growth might come to the rescue.
34 mins; June 02, 2024
A rare opportunity to do the strategically right thing and reap political dividends: a budget for housing, not tax cuts.
35 mins; May 29, 2024
Economic PTSD? EU economy growing again. US economy accelerates? Stock market reaction to Nvidia humbles analysts
33 mins; May 26, 2024
Interest rates likely to fall next month - in the EU at least. But does the ECB know what it is doing? Nvidia & the nuttiness of stock markets.
33 mins; May 23, 2024
Politics & opinion polls in Ireland, UK & US. Why are Sinn Fein suffering because of immigration? Have they lost vital momentum?
27 mins; May 19, 2024
Is immigration just one of those unsolvable problems? Biden's EV tariffs repeat the mistakes of the 1970s
30 mins; May 15, 2024
Is the liberal world order really about to collapse? Or should we take cheer from 'The Curse of The Economist"
31 mins; May 13, 2024
Has Robert Kennedy JR's brain been eaten by a worm? Could it be responsible for his conspiracy theories. Do protests work?
39 mins; May 10, 2024
If Gaza gifts Trump the White House the great Bidenomics experiment is over. A lot of other things will also be over.
29 mins; May 08, 2024
Unemployment edges up on both sides of the Atlantic. UK election results show Sunak up as a hopeless politician he really can't do politics.
35 mins; May 04, 2024
An ex-UK Cabinet Minister suggests bussing refugees to the Irish border in order to show the "pious" Irish government who is the boss.
39 mins; April 30, 2024
If war is coming to Europe, is membership of the EU and neutrality mutually inconsistent?
33 mins; April 27, 2024
What will the next generation think of us? Taking the other side of IMF forecast bets.
31 mins; April 25, 2024
Irish house prices up again. Time to change the global growth narrative? Markets, the IMF & The Economist all have bought into stronger growth & higher interest rates.
37 mins; April 20, 2024
Will Ireland go Dutch? Prolonged coalition negotiations likely if no party gets more than 30% of the GE vote.
31 mins; April 18, 2024
It's beginning to look a lot like the 1930s
33 mins; April 16, 2024
Higher for longer US interest rates = higher for longer mortgage rates in Ireland and U.K.
28 mins; April 14, 2024
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