Debunking Economics - the podcast

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

Episodes

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Back in the forties Dutch economist Petrus Johannes Verdoorn argued that people became more producti

Theresa May has been busy setting rules on UK migration after Brexit. Freedom of movement was, of co

The Future of Banks

2018/12/18

Fintech companies are all chomping at the bit to take market share away from banks. Right now they’r

Will banks ever behave?

2018/12/18

Banks were bailed out during the financial crisis in 2008. In the US the Treasury bought billions in

House prices have started to fall in Australia. In Sydney they’ve fallen 10 percent in a year – Stev

One for our listeners, Pieter Verhoeven, suggested we look at steady state economics and the post-gr

According to NASA ninety-seven percent of climate scientists believe that climate change is the resu

In the UK we’ve privatised the railways, coach companies, the banks, power, airports, Royal Mail, wa

Multinationals have an uncanny ability to avoid tax. In this edition, Phil Dobbie and Steve Keen tal

President Trump looks set to step up the tariff battle against China as he embarks on the fruitless

John McDonnell has proposed that all companies over a certain size would be required to transfer equ

A few weeks back Jean Claude Juncker suggested that the Euro should be established as a reserve curr

Today William D Nordhaus and Paul Romer were announced as joint winners of the Noble Prize for Econo

It’s often argued, by politicians and business owners, that higher wages cut into company profits, w

One of the reasons people voted for Brexit was to “take control of our borders”. Around the world, w

A new law in New Zealand prevents foreign buyers from acquiring homes in there. It’s a response to r

The spread of yield between short and long term US Treasuries is narrowing. It could even invert, me

Robinson Crusoe lives on a desert island with Man Friday. There’s no need for money. But then Woman

He is running the only country in the G7 to see economic growth accelerate right now. His followers

Governments have been using the terms ‘fiscal conservatism’ and ‘austerity’ to bring down government