Debunking Economics - the podcast
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A debt jubilee – the only real answer?
41 mins; May 07, 2020
After Corona, the new normal
33 mins; April 30, 2020
Understanding the real Adam Smith
32 mins; April 28, 2020
Corona bailouts – for main street or Wall Street?
30 mins; April 21, 2020
Private energy, shared planet
31 mins; April 17, 2020
Will COVID-19 kill the EU?
31 mins; April 07, 2020
Who is handling this virus the best?
32 mins; April 01, 2020
How did we get here?
41 mins; March 27, 2020
Next, a repair based economy?
24 mins; March 21, 2020
Do we need a Corona bond?
38 mins; March 12, 2020
Is technology the only real driver of growth?
30 mins; March 11, 2020
We need to prepare the economy for a lock down
37 mins; March 03, 2020
Can US debt keep rising forever?
32 mins; March 02, 2020
The multiplier effect and who stops it working
30 mins; February 25, 2020
Should Central Banks do all the work, or none of it?
33 mins; February 17, 2020
The impact of AI – good or bad for the economy?
31 mins; February 10, 2020
Does fiscal stimulus work? What about Friedman’s argument of nominal value?
33 mins; February 03, 2020
Davos does diddly-squat
37 mins; January 28, 2020
Is the share market killing innovation?
41 mins; January 20, 2020
Does the UK economy need the royals?
26 mins; January 15, 2020
Steve Keen’s Predictions for 2020
34 mins; January 06, 2020
Five Big Myths of Classical Economics
38 mins; December 23, 2019
The Opportunity Cost Fallacy
27 mins; December 16, 2019
Business cycles – what causes them?
32 mins; December 11, 2019
Economic Growth – it’s complicated
31 mins; December 03, 2019
Should we do more to price-in externalities?
29 mins; November 24, 2019
Free broadband – Corbyn’s bad connection
42 mins; November 18, 2019
What can we do about pay gaps?
39 mins; November 12, 2019
Brexit - a good idea or not?
41 mins; November 03, 2019
Making an MMT Green New Deal Global
33 mins; October 27, 2019
Can MMT pay for a Green New Deal?
34 mins; October 21, 2019
Will Trump ever win his trade war?
34 mins; October 12, 2019
Can We Afford McDonnell’s Four Day Week?
30 mins; October 07, 2019
Can MMT work in countries with a trade deficit?
37 mins; September 30, 2019
The insignificance of gold
30 mins; September 23, 2019
The false economies of private health
29 mins; September 16, 2019
Should we have tighter controls on money supply?
40 mins; September 09, 2019
Preparing for an entrepreneurial Britain
35 mins; September 02, 2019
Are we on the verge of a global recession?
37 mins; August 27, 2019
What went wrong at Bretton Woods. Time for another meeting?
34 mins; August 19, 2019
An economic model that includes energy
43 mins; August 12, 2019
Freeports – right for now or a spin on an outdated idea?
29 mins; August 05, 2019
Has Monetary Policy Had Its Day?
35 mins; July 31, 2019
The future’s solar, finance is the problem
57 mins; July 24, 2019
Good debt, bad debt
39 mins; July 15, 2019
Is there a better way of funding retirement?
23 mins; July 08, 2019
Could a land tax replace income tax?
33 mins; July 03, 2019
Facebook’s Libra Could Be Really Good News
34 mins; June 24, 2019
Is the EU anti-growth?
31 mins; June 17, 2019
Steve Bannister Pours Cold Fusion on Climate Deniers
47 mins; June 09, 2019
US v China. How will it end?
33 mins; June 04, 2019
The not so caring sharing economy
32 mins; May 27, 2019
The good news for Australian Labor voters
37 mins; May 19, 2019
Will higher oil prices drive alternative energy investment?
37 mins; May 12, 2019
Why are some countries rich and others poor?
29 mins; May 07, 2019
UBI and a Debt Jubilee – an economic solution or a reward for sloth?
39 mins; May 01, 2019
Does outsourcing create a problem for local economies?
27 mins; April 24, 2019
Why Steve Keen is voting Liberal in the Aussie election
34 mins; April 15, 2019
Fixing housing affordability
32 mins; April 11, 2019
Getting out of the monopoly rut
40 mins; April 04, 2019
Interest rates – have they anywhere to go?
31 mins; March 18, 2019
The next big recession – when, where and how
37 mins; March 11, 2019
Is Modern Monetary Theory too closed for open economies
30 mins; March 04, 2019
Were Austrian economists wrong to have purpose?
33 mins; February 25, 2019
Nordhaus’ Climate Model Debunked
24 mins; February 18, 2019
Fact-checking Freidman
36 mins; February 11, 2019
What’s a country’s optimum population size?
29 mins; February 04, 2019
Were mum and dad right about saving?
38 mins; January 29, 2019
Running knowledge economies using production-based theories
29 mins; January 21, 2019
Is the Euro to blame for European disunity?
33 mins; January 14, 2019
Capital gains tax – a failed experiment in growth
26 mins; January 07, 2019
Productivity through growth – why it makes sense to run the economy hot
34 mins; December 31, 2018
Where do you draw the line on migration?
25 mins; December 24, 2018
The Future of Banks
38 mins; December 18, 2018
Will banks ever behave?
25 mins; December 18, 2018
Who’s next for a debt crisis?
51 mins; December 05, 2018
Living in a post growth economy
27 mins; November 29, 2018
Can Central Banks Save Us from Climate Change?
35 mins; November 23, 2018
How is privatisation working out for you?
34 mins; November 14, 2018
Taxing the multinationals
32 mins; November 09, 2018
Will China survive the trade war?
34 mins; October 31, 2018
Sharing in the spoils of your hard work
26 mins; October 28, 2018
Could the Euro be the world’s reserve currency?
31 mins; October 20, 2018
Announcing the Nobble Prize in Economics
33 mins; October 10, 2018
The inefficiency of inequality
33 mins; October 05, 2018
Labour mobility – do we need more or less?
25 mins; September 18, 2018
Are the Kiwis right to ban foreign home buyers?
34 mins; September 17, 2018
Does a flattening yield curve mean a US recession is on the way?
30 mins; September 11, 2018
The hypotheticals of Robinson Crusoenomics
33 mins; August 30, 2018
Trump – good or bad for America?
30 mins; August 23, 2018
Getting the balance right between government and private debt
41 mins; August 12, 2018
Are universities losing critical thinking?
34 mins; August 01, 2018
The growth of credit is slowing money down
28 mins; July 26, 2018
What’s the main driver of inflation?
35 mins; July 20, 2018
Can Economics Save The Planet?
31 mins; July 11, 2018
Slow Money
30 mins; July 06, 2018
Do we need cold hard cash?
24 mins; June 29, 2018
A Tale of Two Economies
30 mins; June 19, 2018
Do high mortgages slow growth?
25 mins; June 13, 2018
Growth – why it won’t last forever
32 mins; June 08, 2018