An immediate post-budget Irish election? 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.

"Stop the world, we want to get off": SF takes offence at the 'militarisation of the EU'. A poor month for the Irish consumer. REal wage growth might come to the rescue.

6 days ago 34m 44s

How far can EU rate cuts diverge from the US? And much more! 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.

A rare opportunity to do the strategically right thing and reap political dividends: a budget for housing, not tax cuts.

10 days ago 35m 11s

Jean-Claude Juncker, ex-head of the EU Commission, once famously said that policymakers know what is the right thing to do, but don't know how to get re-elected if they do it. That is true too much of the time. But is there a unique opportunity

Economic PTSD? EU economy growing again. US economy accelerates? Stock market reaction to Nvidia humbles analysts

13 days ago 33m 56s

UK election dominates headlines that should be about China simulating war 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.

Interest rates likely to fall next month - in the EU at least. But does the ECB know what it is doing? Nvidia & the nuttiness of stock markets.

16 days ago 33m 23s

Inflation falls in the UK but *only* to 2.3%. Cue weeping and wailing and much hot air. The narcissism of small differences.Does anybody know what really causes inflation? Does the ECB understand the connection (or lack of) between interest rat

Politics & opinion polls in Ireland, UK & US. Why are Sinn Fein suffering because of immigration? Have they lost vital momentum?

20 days ago 27m 49s

Opinion polls on both sides of the Atlantic tell fascinating stories. Sinn Fein has lost momentum. Have they peaked too soon? Rishi Sunak's Tories are now polling at lower levels that the nadir of Liz Truss' government. That really is some goin

Is immigration just one of those unsolvable problems? Biden's EV tariffs repeat the mistakes of the 1970s

24 days ago 30m 4s

We might need 80,000 new houses a year - or we might not. It all depends on so many imponderables.One of them being the level of immigration. We now see that everywhere as a problem to be solved. Is it solvable?Biden is trying to keep cheap Chi

Is the liberal world order really about to collapse? Or should we take cheer from 'The Curse of The Economist"

26 days ago 31m

The State the UK is in & much more! 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.

Has Robert Kennedy JR's brain been eaten by a worm? Could it be responsible for his conspiracy theories. Do protests work?

28 days ago 39m 13s

In conversation with Professor of Experimental Brain Research, Shane O'Mara.Robert Kennedy Junior says a worm has eaten part of his brain. Is this possible? Yes - but his 'brain fog' and other symptoms could have been caused by something else.

If Gaza gifts Trump the White House the great Bidenomics experiment is over. A lot of other things will also be over.

30 days ago 29m 47s

The economic consequences of the war in Gaza have so far been very limited. The oil price has been well-behaved, all things considered.But that war is shaping up to be a forever war. That's the logical conclusion that flows from observing two s

Unemployment edges up on both sides of the Atlantic. UK election results show Sunak up as a hopeless politician he really can't do politics.

May 5th, 2024 35m 16s

Unemployment edges up on both sides of the Atlantic - things are definitely showing early signs of slowing down.Whatever the outlook there are very good reasons to quietly ditch the 2% inflation targets that apply to the FED, BoE and ECB - part

An ex-UK Cabinet Minister suggests bussing refugees to the Irish border in order to show the "pious" Irish government who is the boss.

May 1st, 2024 39m 41s

The border never went away you know. 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.

If war is coming to Europe, is membership of the EU and neutrality mutually inconsistent?

Apr 28th, 2024 33m 25s

A packed podcast:It may be the ultimate social faux pas, but dare we say the latest Revenue annual report contains a wealth of fascinating data?Back taxes owed by SMEs could be - maybe are - a real problemShort-termism: anyone wondering why som

What will the next generation think of us? Taking the other side of IMF forecast bets.

Apr 25th, 2024 31m 29s

The Irish government has released its latest assessment of where the economy is heading. It looks like. a forlorn attempt to dampen expectations ahead of another giveaway budget in a few months time. The last before the general election.The gol

Irish house prices up again. Time to change the global growth narrative? Markets, the IMF & The Economist all have bought into stronger growth & higher interest rates.

Apr 21st, 2024 37m 18s

Wing nuts are in charge? 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.

Will Ireland go Dutch? Prolonged coalition negotiations likely if no party gets more than 30% of the GE vote.

Apr 18th, 2024 31m 28s

Latest opinion polls - and a bit of political crystal ball gazing - points to no one party getting more than 30% of the vote at the upcoming Irish general election.Why is that and what might it mean? Will Ireland 'Go Dutch' (or Belgian...)? Are

It's beginning to look a lot like the 1930s

Apr 16th, 2024 33m 43s

Initial financial market reaction to big events is often wrong 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.

Higher for longer US interest rates = higher for longer mortgage rates in Ireland and U.K.

Apr 14th, 2024 28m 59s

More thoughts on the. Economics of Irish reunification 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.

Irish reunification: the costs and other issues - many that haven't even been thought about

Apr 11th, 2024 49m 20s

Professor Edgar Morgenroth has recently published a joint paper with professor John Fitzgerald that takes a deep dive into the potential costs of Irish reunification.We talk to Edgar about his work. We look at lessons from german reunification

Getting ready for war in Europe? Competing narrative fallacies about markets.

Apr 8th, 2024 27m 23s

Watch the oil price 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.

Inflation falls again. But interest rates cut hopes fade. World economy fails to land - takes off instead.

Apr 3rd, 2024 31m 48s

Irish and Eurozone inflation falls again - what is the ECB waiting for?In the US, the super soaraway economy is dashing hopes of quick rate cuts . Perhaps any rate cuts. We need to remind ourselves that this is a good thing. Will the earthquake

Is free trade always and everywhere a good thing? Get ready for the 2nd China shock - the first one gave us Trump, Brexit and the populist plague

Mar 31st, 2024 36m 15s

One of the first thing that economists are taught is the Free Trade is a Good Thing. One thing that economists don't speak too much about is that free trade creates both winners and losers. Arguably, not nearly enough attention has been paid to

'I didn't leave Fine Gael, they left me'. In conversation with leading journalist Sarah Carey

Mar 27th, 2024 34m 31s

Leading journalist Sarah Carey talks to Jim and Chris about Leo Varadkar's departure and Simon Harris' accession.'Harris needs to be much more than a good communicator'. The big test, one of many, will be his choice of cabinet. That will signal

House prices firmly on the rise again. Leo exits.

Mar 23rd, 2024 37m 51s

Global growth showing signs of acceleration 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.

War in Gaza, Ukraine and....Sudan. Give every new born a €5000 Global Equity ETF. First BoJ hike in 17 years

Mar 21st, 2024 33m 1s

Markets are telling us to stop worrying 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.