Debunking Economics - the podcast

Economist Steve Keen talks to Phil Dobbie about the failings of the neoclassical economics and how i

Episodes

Total: 437

The Science of Trumpism

2021/1/8

If you follow the science of Cliodynamics, the events unfolded in the United States the last few yea

Earlier this year Phil Dobbie asked Steve keen for his predictions for 2020. Without a whiff of COVI

As the US government argues over whether to spend almost another $1 trillion to stimulate an economy

Would the UK be better off with tariffed trade with Europe? The public discourse seems to be focused

The UK has cut its foreign aid budget to help pay for the domestic costs of COVId-19. Is that a bit

Steve Keen and Michael Hudson have both been arguing for a debt jubilee for some time. Now, as COVID

It’s a first for the Debunking Economics podcast, but we think it’s not a bad idea – a bunch of list

Taming Asset Prices

2020/11/20

The world economy has undergone massive transformation with COVID-19. There will be an even bigger u

Transitioning an economy

2020/11/12

The world economy has undergone massive transformation with COVID-19. There will be an even bigger u

Bad time for a Brexit

2020/11/6

Despite intensive talks Michel Barnier says there are still clear divisions between the EU and the U

Governments spent up big at the start of the COVID crisis, but they are being a bit more canny with

There’s a commonly held misconception that the Bank of England is creating extra money and pumping i

A rebirth of localism

2020/10/6

Wealth in UK is very concentrated I the southeast of England. In other countries, the structure of a

Politicians, the media and most economists are obsessed with government debt – now more so than ever

Would a job guarantee resolve the battle between inflation and unemployment? Conventional economists

The US Federal reserve this week indicated that interest rates will remain close to zero through til

There are the deniers who will argue that mankind has no influence on climate, but worse yet, there

In Japan Shinzo Abe has announced he is stepping aside because of ill health. Will this mark the end

Governments the world over are spending like crazy to try and steer their economies through the COVI

We’re travelling less, staying away from the office, and spending more time at home. In the short te