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The Other Hand

ByJim Power & Chris Johns
410 episodes

Podcast Summary

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 Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-other-hand-with-jim.power-and-chris.johns. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#1

Ireland & the UK: 2 countries, 1 rich, 1 not so much. 3 crises & neither doing anything about them

Transatlantic betrayal Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-06-0537mins
#2

The Trump family enriches itself. In plain sight

No outrage, not even surprise Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-06-0136mins
#3

Trump creates a new unregulated banking system. What could possibly go wrong?

Harvard and Apple complete the trifecta of destruction Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-05-2834mins
#4

No big tariff consequences in the data - yet. Ireland still going gangbusters?

How many words for unceratinty are there? Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-05-2432mins
#5

MAGA split. Fiscal crisis brewing in the US? Brexit boredom in the UK

Immigration redux. Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-05-2236mins
#6

Money for nothing. 'More': is that really what gives us meaning?

In conversation with Joan Mulvihill Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-05-2141mins
#7

"Ireland is no longer Irish". Discuss

What, exactly, is wrong with immigration? Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-05-1735mins
#8

Trump chickens out. Starmer veers right and loses middle England.

Time to welcome foreigners to our universities Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-05-1434mins

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#9

Performative trade deals. The UK pays protection money to the Mob.

Gates skewers Musk. And much more! Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-05-0938mins
#10

Meme coins and property deals provide no clues about Trump's values

Irish Exchequer returns and the sound of weeping from Downing Street Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-05-0739mins
#11

Financial markets think it's (nearly) all over. Are they right?

Is Trump really constrained? Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-05-0436mins
#12

The US is the richest and most succesful country ever. Why do so many think it is so awful?

Ethics and values in a godless universe Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-04-3033mins
#13

House building fails to take off. China has the upper hand over Trump. Tesla sales disappoint.

Germany's most protracted slump since WW2 Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-04-2732mins
#14

Trump starts to show up in the global economic data. The IMF adds to the gloom

MAGA wants the papacy Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-04-2435mins
#15

Will house prices be crushed by the Trump recession? Who wants to go back down the mines?

Is Europe now a better place to live than America? Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-04-2038mins
#16

The business of sport - in conversation with rising motor racing star Alex Denning

It's nearly all about money. But talent helps. Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-04-1835mins
#17

The Unites States unites the world

Against it Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-04-1538mins
#18

China gets slammed. China retaliates. Rinse and repeat.

Was China the real target all along? Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-04-1134mins
#19

Is this a Liz Truss moment for the world? Is smuggling into the US the next big thing?

The foundations of the world economy are cracking Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-04-0830mins
#20

Is a global recession imminent?

Probably Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-04-0731mins
#21

Is it time to call the US a Dictatorship? If it walks like a duck....

And just a little bit about the breakdown of the world economy Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-04-0536mins
#22

Keir Starmer falls into Donald Trump's trap. Liberation day looms.

Upping the tariff war ante Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-04-0131mins
#23

The new cold war: The US v. everyone else

Ireland accelerates towards a cliff edge Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-03-2835mins

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#24

The rapidly changing Irish personal finance landscape. Can you manage your own bin charges?

Jim talks to Mark Hedderman, President of the LIA, about the new and evolving world of Irish personal finance. Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-03-2545mins
#25

Transitory inflation is back. Is the era of full employment drawing to a close?

Dark MAGA dismantles America Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-03-2339mins
#26

The coming constitutional crises - in more than one country

Greed is not good Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-03-2037mins
#27

Happy St Patrick's Day! Ireland's place in the world - the threats and opportunities

Some advice: don't be like the UK Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-03-1737mins
#28

Trump is unbound and unhinged. At least the stock market has worked it out.

Taking the knee is all very well but..... Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-03-1438mins
#29

MAGA is all in. Even a stock market crash is not going to change hearts or minds

The most important moment for Europe since the Berlin Wall came down Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-03-1133mins
#30

In conversation with Dan Davies, author of "The Unaccountability Machine"

From Brad de Long's review of the book:Understanding how to make our systems more accountable and more human may not be the key to our survival, but it is certainly the key to our happiness and prosperity. Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-03-0559mins
#31

The West is over. Get over it.

The EU must transform itself or die Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-03-0235mins
#32

Can the EU survive the collapse of the post-WW2 world order?

Not without big changes Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-02-2338mins
#33

How to cope with a pro-Russian cult that is trying to destroy any idea of "The West"

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2025-02-2038mins
#34

The US gives Europe the finger

Trump aligns with Moscow Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-02-1639mins
#35

Will the West unite against its new common enemy? (That's America, in case you hadn't guessed)

Canada should join the EU Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-02-1138mins
#36

Finding nobility in the health service. Something notably absent in the White House

Why cause chaos? 'Because I can'. Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-02-0536mins
#37

Should the first act of Ireland's new government be an emergency budget?

Hoping for the best and not preparing for the worst Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-01-2432mins
#38

Wanted: politicians who fill in potholes. Delivery, delivery, delivery

Where is Ireland's charismatic right-wing rabble rouser? Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-01-2233mins
#39

Are you warming to Donald Trump?

Day 1 of the new era Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-01-2033mins
#40

How to stop Farage from being the next UK Prime Minister

Could 2025 be the year of peak populism? The year of 'the great awakening' of normal people?The MAGAisation of corporate America: something that is already looking like overreach and is sewing the seeds of its own destruction.Radical delivery is now demanded: policies to make things better - at least to make things work again. Spain is giving it a go with some radical proposals to solve its housing crisis.Do your mental health a favour: get off Twitter and Facebook Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-01-1633mins
#41

The dark side of technology - from tech evangelist Joan Mulvihill

Akin to launching aeroplanes without safety or regulatory checks Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-01-1453mins
#42

The age of stupid? Or will financial markets impose sanity?

Economists have sung the praises of free trade for centuries. But nobody that matters believes any longer that free trade is good. The new religion has taken us into the unknown. Or perhaps not: the known unknown is a question. What happens when really stupid people run the world?What's the difference between Trump's threats of military force and Putin's similar remarks pre-invasion?Free trade laid the basis for post WW2 prosperity. On average we became a lot better off. But some people did not. Free trade's dirty secret is that it creates both winners and losers. Economists have been frightened to talk about the losers, partly through a disgraceful lack of interest but also because of a key belief. Give a bad or thick politician the slightest excuse to become full-on protectionist and they will grab it with both hands. They will adopt policies that look superficially plausible but harm almost everyone. Only the plutocracy wins.Over in the UK, things are going from bad to worse. The stark conclusion from the bond market crash: the government has run out of money. Or, at the very least, easy money. The Starmer-Reeves administration risks failure. Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-01-1137mins
#43

Is the Musk-Trump administration trying to kill the idea of the West? Bond markets crash and German mysteries

Are all tech-titans evil? Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-01-0939mins
#44

Can the EU survive Trump?

And all the latest data! Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2025-01-0733mins
#45

Looking forward, looking backward. It's that time of year again.

How much is enough? Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2024-12-2446mins
#46

Second biggest fiscal disaster in the history of the State? Or just disaster porn?

Irish House prices up again, Fed cuts, markets tank, UK woes. Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2024-12-2033mins
#47

Musk is winning in Washington, Farage is winning in the UK

The UK's Labour government has already had to 'reset' it's goals. Nigel Farage is the big winner from Keir Starmer's incompetence.In the US, it looks increasingly like Elon Musk has Trump's ear. For now, at least Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2024-12-1642mins
#48

'House prices 10% over-valued". What does this mean? Anything?

House prices, latest data and interest rates Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2024-12-1332mins
#49

A surprising haven of stability: Ireland has something new to offer the world

France and Germany join the list of countries offering nothing but political chaos. Farage wants the UK to be in that club very soon. Guess which country has bought itself another 5 years of peace and all of the economic & business attractions that go with it. Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2024-12-0832mins
#50

Well done Ireland: a strong mandate for continuity centrism.

We take a look at the results of GE 24 and disagree about several things. More such disagreements are very likely. Become a member at Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2024-12-0338mins

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