Debunking Economics - the podcast
Economist Steve Keen talks to Phil Dobbie about the failings of the neoclassical economics and how it reflects on society.
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 472
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Is it time for a debt jubilee?
Steve Keen and Michael Hudson have both been arguing for a debt jubilee for some time. Now, as COVID-19 hits the poorest hardest, and leaves those with money better off than before, is this the right…
00:51:28 |
Fri 04 Dec 2020
Ask Steve: Keynesian v Post Keynesian; Austrian v Chicago Schools
It’s a first for the Debunking Economics podcast, but we think it’s not a bad idea – a bunch of listener questions to make sure we are all on the same page. Suneil Basu wrote to ask if we could cover…
00:36:47 |
Thu 26 Nov 2020
Taming Asset Prices
The world economy has undergone massive transformation with COVID-19. There will be an even bigger upheaval as climate change takes hold. How do we prepare for the economic changes it will bring abou…
00:36:22 |
Fri 20 Nov 2020
Transitioning an economy
The world economy has undergone massive transformation with COVID-19. There will be an even bigger upheaval as climate change takes hold. How do we prepare for the economic changes it will bring abou…
00:36:07 |
Thu 12 Nov 2020
Bad time for a Brexit
Despite intensive talks Michel Barnier says there are still clear divisions between the EU and the UK over an agreement post-Brexit, which is less than two months away. This week Prof Steve Keen, a B…
00:31:19 |
Fri 06 Nov 2020
Monetary support in a crisis. Does it work?
Governments spent up big at the start of the COVID crisis, but they are being a bit more canny with their money right now. Meanwhile, central banks are seeing the need to step in, with monetary polic…
00:38:22 |
Mon 26 Oct 2020
Who can create money to fight COVID?
There’s a commonly held misconception that the Bank of England is creating extra money and pumping it into circulation through quantitative easing. In this week’s podcast Prof Steve Keen explains how…
00:33:02 |
Mon 12 Oct 2020
A rebirth of localism
Wealth in UK is very concentrated I the southeast of England. In other countries, the structure of administration and banking has seen a more diversified economy. So what could change to make income …
00:35:05 |
Tue 06 Oct 2020
Introducing People’s Bonds, putting government debt to work
Politicians, the media and most economists are obsessed with government debt – now more so than ever. But, as Modern Monetary Theory has shown, there is no issue with governments perpetually running …
00:34:04 |
Wed 30 Sep 2020
The practicality of a job guarantee
Would a job guarantee resolve the battle between inflation and unemployment? Conventional economists argue that when the labour market is tight – and there are few jobs to go around – people ask for …
00:38:33 |
Sun 27 Sep 2020
The mythical world of NAIRU
The US Federal reserve this week indicated that interest rates will remain close to zero through till 2023, at the earliest. Why because inflation is subdued and they don’t expect it to pick up until…
00:36:53 |
Thu 17 Sep 2020
Nordhaus is the climate’s worst enemy
There are the deniers who will argue that mankind has no influence on climate, but worse yet, there are economists who argue the impact will be so small the cost of trying to prevent it will be far g…
00:42:28 |
Wed 09 Sep 2020
Goodbye Shinzo, Farewell Abenomics?
In Japan Shinzo Abe has announced he is stepping aside because of ill health. Will this mark the end of Abenomics, the term used to describe his three-pronged approach to fighting the country’s ailin…
00:35:44 |
Mon 07 Sep 2020
Can MMT solve to the COVID-19 debt problem?
Governments the world over are spending like crazy to try and steer their economies through the COVID-19 crisis. Whether it’s the fiscal policies of the government or the monetary policies of the cen…
00:39:01 |
Thu 27 Aug 2020
The Cost of COVID Cocooning
We’re travelling less, staying away from the office, and spending more time at home. In the short term, it seems, those who still have money are spending a slug of it doing up their house, or moving …
00:33:49 |
Tue 18 Aug 2020
Are we finally heading for a United States of Europe?
The agreement by EU members to issue grants and loans to member states suffering the most from COVID-19 was a turning point for the union. Whilst US politics sees continued bickering on the size and …
00:29:19 |
Fri 14 Aug 2020
Should we really close the door to labour mobility?
The UK’s Home Secretary Priti Patel has revealed the government’s plan to curb migration to the UK, with a universal points system. It’s going to be hard for anyone to migrate to Britain without a jo…
00:34:25 |
Thu 06 Aug 2020
Meanwhile, there’s still a climate crisis
Remember climate change? Believe it or to, even with COVID-19 dominating our consciousness, the environment is still a thing. A new report by NGFS - a voluntary group of central bankers concerned abo…
00:43:12 |
Thu 30 Jul 2020
Good tax, bad tax
Income tax, sales tax, council tax, car tax, capital gains tax, inheritance tax – there’s just so much tax! This week Phil Dobbie talks to Prof Steve Keen about the whole idea of taxation. For many i…
00:10:50 |
Tue 21 Jul 2020
The China crisis: are we being hypocritical trading with China?
The world has become dependent on trade with China, so much so that . We’ve become so we’ve been prepared to overlook human rights violations. But is that about to change? President Trump has managed…
00:35:42 |
Thu 16 Jul 2020
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