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
Levelling up - can Boris really bridge regional diversity?
Boris Johnson has talked frequently about levelling up the UK economy – bringing the wealth of the more deprived areas so they are closer to the wealth of the more affluent areas, without the affluen…
00:32:42 |
Fri 10 Jul 2020
Will money printing pay for the COVID-19 debt?
Inevitably, as governments spend more and more money to help their economies navigate through the COVID-19 crisis, the questions inevitably being asked is, how will all this be paid for? The assumpti…
00:39:56 |
Mon 29 Jun 2020
Does protectionism kill growth?
Donald Trump is pushing ahead with his protectionist agenda, and possibly with good reason. There were over 17 million manufacturing jobs in the US in 2000, in the 10 years that followed, China joine…
00:35:34 |
Tue 23 Jun 2020
Who’s got the right idea on COVID-19 stimulus?
Furloughed workers, self-employed grant schemes, increased unemployment benefits, low interest loans, quantitative easing – governments and central banks are pulling out all the stops to try and offs…
00:39:22 |
Thu 18 Jun 2020
Share Crazy
The world is facing the greatest economic downturn of our time. In the US at least 15 million more people are unemployed than just a few months ago. There are fears of a second wave and, even if it i…
00:32:06 |
Wed 10 Jun 2020
Is the US all it’s cracked up to be?
The US might not be in a great place right now, with the riots, a narcissistic president and the COVID-19 virus taking a long time to slow down, yet, for generations it has been the country the world…
00:29:54 |
Sun 07 Jun 2020
The economics of mental health
Mental health is an issue that impacts a growing number of people, not helped by the COVID 19 lockdown. Divya Dhami, an undergraduate student from the University of British Columbia, says the economy…
00:28:19 |
Sun 31 May 2020
Paying for a pandemic
Governments everywhere have been pledging billions of dollars – in some cases, trillions – to help their economies navigate through the COVID-19 pandemic. Much of it has been spent supporting busines…
00:39:03 |
Wed 27 May 2020
The hierarchy of inequality
There are all sorts of theories on why there is such a huge discrepancy in income in society, and why it differs from one country to the next. For example, why does the USA have a far worse Gini inde…
00:38:48 |
Tue 19 May 2020
Inequality – are we stuck with it?
Economists tend to see income as related to the value labour adds to a product or service. By that rationale, during this crisis, nurses helping save lives contribute only a fraction of the CEOs who …
00:31:29 |
Wed 13 May 2020
A debt jubilee – the only real answer?
Companies and governments are racking up massive debts to cope with the impact of COVID-19. Apart from grants for a month or two of partial salaries, the approach has largely been to extend easy shor…
00:41:44 |
Thu 07 May 2020
After Corona, the new normal
In some parts of the world politicians, investors, business leaders and economists are behaving as though the Corona virus is almost eradicated. There are talks of easing up on restrictions, even tho…
00:33:34 |
Thu 30 Apr 2020
Understanding the real Adam Smith
He has been called the ‘Father of Economics’, but how much of what he talked about and wrote about has stood the test of time? Have we fully understood his ideas of free trade and the invisible hand?…
00:32:23 |
Tue 28 Apr 2020
Corona bailouts – for main street or Wall Street?
Billions of dollars are being pumped into economies the world over to protect economies from COVID-19. Much of it comes in the form of government fiscal stimulus, funded through bond issuance. Some o…
00:30:56 |
Tue 21 Apr 2020
Private energy, shared planet
Putting the Corona virus aside for a moment, on this week’s Debunking Economics podcast Phil Dobbie talks to Steve Keen about our use of energy. He raises the dilemma of energy prices – if they are t…
00:31:54 |
Fri 17 Apr 2020
Will COVID-19 kill the EU?
The EU is debating whether funding to protect economies from the ravages of the Corona virus should come from centrally issued Corona Bonds, or from country-specific debt. In short, should Italy and …
00:31:45 |
Tue 07 Apr 2020
Who is handling this virus the best?
Italy is getting swamped in corona virus cases, whilst China claims the only new infections now come from visitors from overseas. Donald Trump has gone from calling it a hoax to warning that 200 thou…
00:32:19 |
Wed 01 Apr 2020
How did we get here?
How did we allow the spread of the Caronavirus happen? Why were governments and health services so unprepared? In this week’s Debunking Economics podcast entrepreneur and venture capitalist Nick Hana…
00:41:53 |
Fri 27 Mar 2020
Next, a repair based economy?
One of the questions we might be left with after the virus has left us, will be have we become too reliant on international supply chains. Another might be, are we just too reliant on stuff? If we ar…
00:24:53 |
Sat 21 Mar 2020
Do we need a Corona bond?
Central banks have cut interest rates, some governments have introduced stimulus measures. But still the disease spreads and livelihoods are put at risk. In today’s extra (free) edition of the Debunk…
00:38:51 |
Thu 12 Mar 2020
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