The Other Hand

354 Jaksot

1. AI, ChatGPT3 (and 4): hype or revolutionary? Will Microsoft eat Google’s lunch? Plus the latest economic news and our thoughts about the monetary nutcases at the ECB

   Julkaistiin: 12.2.2023
2. Rugby special! As the 6 Nations gets underway we speak to Irish Times sports journalist Nathan Johns. Why were Ireland so good and Wales so poor? Prospects for the next match and beyond.

   Julkaistiin: 10.2.2023
3. What recession? US economy confuses everybody. So does the head of the ECB. The disconnect between the UK and its stock market. The Irish tax machine refuses to slow down.

   Julkaistiin: 8.2.2023
4. Three years of Brexit, three more years of Brexit BS. Eurozone economy still doing better than expected. IMF forecasts Russia to grow and the UK to shrink.

   Julkaistiin: 31.1.2023
5. US economy refuses to go into recession. Will anybody notice the better Irish housing data? Shinners hoist their own petards. UK opens up another futile front on the war on drugs.

   Julkaistiin: 27.1.2023
6. Energy prices down again. Eurozone economy starts growing but the UK does not. Politicians in difficulties on both sides of the Irish Sea: two ex-finance minister under fire. One will keep his curren

   Julkaistiin: 25.1.2023
7. Donohoe's expenses row: materiality, proportionality & hypocrisy. Is Sinn Fein really an all-Ireland party? Tech & Banks in trouble?

   Julkaistiin: 22.1.2023
8. Latest economic data. The big housing questions: does the government understand the true nature of the housing crisis? Does Sinn Fein?

   Julkaistiin: 20.1.2023
9. More good news on inflation. More good news for the Irish economy. The UK: still digging in a vey deep hole. Amazing insights into the state of US politics.

   Julkaistiin: 14.1.2023
10. Is the economic outlook really as awful as everyone says? NIMBYs are active on both sides of the Irish Sea - both left and right say don't build here.

    Julkaistiin: 11.1.2023
11. Some good news on inflation, better news on gas prices, same old news on Irish tax revenues and the UK's very deep hole

    Julkaistiin: 5.1.2023
12. Looking back and looking forward. Where will forecasters be wrong for 2023? Just how bad has Brexit been for the UK? Mind your language!

    Julkaistiin: 23.12.2022
13. Japan springs a major surprise for global markets. EU trying to cap energy prices. Broken Britain part 42.

    Julkaistiin: 21.12.2022
14. Podcast special! In conversation with Ben Watts. A deep dive into the energy world with all of the obvious, topical, questions. Build more wind farms!

    Julkaistiin: 20.12.2022
15. Central bankers spook markets. Will they overdo it and cause a crisis? Global housing crash? The NHS in 'systemic failure'.

    Julkaistiin: 17.12.2022
16. Has the peak in inflation finally arrived? Watch what politicians do, not what they say: Fine Gael is a left-wing party. Germany's Ukraine inconsistencies. Listeners reviews and comments.

    Julkaistiin: 14.12.2022
17. Irish inflation falls but electricity prices rise 63%. Food prices are up, as are farmer's profits. Where is the urgency to get cheaper energy? energy security? OpenAI's Chatbot will change the world.

    Julkaistiin: 9.12.2022
18. The lean, mean, green tax machine that is the Irish economy. The US is forecast to be in slowing but isn't. The EU is. Has the $ turned? The logic & ethics of the oil price cap.

    Julkaistiin: 6.12.2022
19. A conversation with Noah Smith. Polymath, renaissance man: neither description does justice to this extraordinary writer. Intelligence, wit and wisdom in abundance. And optimism.

    Julkaistiin: 4.12.2022
20. A bubble in predicting the end of the world? Why the latest data suggests that Armageddon isn't immediately obvious. Podcasting and freedom of speech.

    Julkaistiin: 2.12.2022