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The Other Hand

Jim Power & Chris Johns

Economics and finance demystified.


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  • 357 - Irish house prices and jobs are still booming.

    Irish employment is still growing - at another all-time high. Not unrelatedly, house prices are also booming.


    UK farmers are protesting about inheritance taxation. What are the issues and do they have wider resonance?

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    Thu, 21 Nov 2024 - 31min
  • 356 - Budget 2025 meets Project 2025. Nobody seems to have noticed.

    Budget 2025 has been derailed by Project 2025 - the radical agenda denied by Trump during his campaign (it really is so extreme even he had to disavow it). Notwithstanding the denials, Project 2025 is now being implemented. But few Irish or European politicians seem to have noticed.


    Latest EU Commission economic forecasts are pretty dire.


    The US is leaving the EU for dust. And a new gap has emerged: the EU North versus the Eu South


    Will the EU ever be an economically dynamic region again?


    Has the battle against inflation really been won? At least one natural gas price has doubled recently.


    China is limbering up to fight the Trump trade war.

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    Mon, 18 Nov 2024 - 30min
  • 355 - What can you do if the electorate will bear anything but the truth?

    Trump is impossible to forecast - so should we stop trying? Is talking about him merely enabling him? Colluding with him?


    There is a spiders-web of connections between Trump and Brexit.


    Farage, Le Pen and Orban have a new spring in their step.


    Brexiteers still hanker after a free trade deal with the US. They must confront the reality of a protectionist US President - and government.


    One way Trump could make mischief would be to implement his global tariffs but offer the UK an exemption. The British government could hardly say no. But that would blow out of the water all of their efforts 'to get closer to the EU'. That would be the end of the 'rebuilding trust' project.


    Brexit is now too difficult to talk about. It may even be a problem too difficult to solve. Most Britons agree that Brexit was a mistake but is now a problem child best kept hidden.


    Electorates everywhere want anything but the truth.


    A fabulous conversation with Professor Chris Grey



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    Sat, 16 Nov 2024 - 46min
  • 354 - The Trump effect on markets and the global economy. Somebody is getting it very wrong. Who?

    The list of reasons why Trump won is getting longer. Some make sense, some do not. We look at the evidence-based ones. One very stark conclusion: not every Trump voter thinks all that positively about the President-elect. It's simply that they find the Democratic Party even more repulsive.


    The Trump trade is on. The stock market loves the prospect of trade wars, budget-busting tax cuts and mass deportations. Something doesn't add up.


    Incumbent governments everywhere are having a very hard time. The outgoing Irsh coalition should take note.


    Old media is as wounded as the opinion poll industry. Podcasting helped win it for Trump. A billion spent on TV ads did nothing for Harris.

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    Tue, 12 Nov 2024 - 34min
  • 353 - Our verdict on Trump 2.0. It's not pretty.

    Well, we said it was the year of election. Now we live with the consequences.

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    Thu, 07 Nov 2024 - 43min
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