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Economics, political economy and finance in language that might make some sense. cjpeconomics.substack.com

Jim Power & Chris Johns


    • Jun 1, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    The Trump family enriches itself. In plain sight

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2025 32:08


    No outrage, not even surprise 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.

    Trump creates a new unregulated banking system. What could possibly go wrong?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 30:53


    Harvard and Apple complete the trifecta of destruction 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.

    No big tariff consequences in the data - yet. Ireland still going gangbusters?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2025 28:35


    How many words for unceratinty are there? 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.

    MAGA split. Fiscal crisis brewing in the US? Brexit boredom in the UK

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 31:53


    Immigration redux. 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.

    Money for nothing. 'More': is that really what gives us meaning?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 37:32


    In conversation with Joan Mulvihill 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.

    "Ireland is no longer Irish". Discuss

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2025 31:12


    What, exactly, is wrong with immigration? 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.

    Trump chickens out. Starmer veers right and loses middle England.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 30:00


    Time to welcome foreigners to our universities 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.

    Performative trade deals. The UK pays protection money to the Mob.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 34:24


    Gates skewers Musk. 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.

    Meme coins and property deals provide no clues about Trump's values

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 34:42


    Irish Exchequer returns and the sound of weeping from Downing Street 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.

    Financial markets think it's (nearly) all over. Are they right?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 31:10


    Is Trump really constrained? 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.

    The US is the richest and most succesful country ever. Why do so many think it is so awful?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2025 30:56


    Ethics and values in a godless universe 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.

    House building fails to take off. China has the upper hand over Trump. Tesla sales disappoint.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025 27:41


    Germany's most protracted slump since WW2 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.

    Trump starts to show up in the global economic data. The IMF adds to the gloom

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 31:24


    MAGA wants the papacy 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 house prices be crushed by the Trump recession? Who wants to go back down the mines?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025 34:36


    Is Europe now a better place to live than America? 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.

    The business of sport - in conversation with rising motor racing star Alex Denning

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 33:23


    It's nearly all about money. But talent helps. 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.

    The Unites States unites the world

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 34:15


    Against it 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.

    China gets slammed. China retaliates. Rinse and repeat.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 30:00


    Was China the real target all along? 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.

    Is this a Liz Truss moment for the world? Is smuggling into the US the next big thing?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 28:00


    The foundations of the world economy are cracking 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.

    Is a global recession imminent?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 28:05


    Probably 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.

    Is it time to call the US a Dictatorship? If it walks like a duck....

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2025 32:38


    And just a little bit about the breakdown of the world economy 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.

    Keir Starmer falls into Donald Trump's trap. Liberation day looms.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 29:31


    Upping the tariff war ante 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.

    The new cold war: The US v. everyone else

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 31:09


    Ireland accelerates towards a cliff edge 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.

    The rapidly changing Irish personal finance landscape. Can you manage your own bin charges?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 40:17


    Jim talks to Mark Hedderman, President of the LIA, about the new and evolving world of Irish personal finance. 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.

    Transitory inflation is back. Is the era of full employment drawing to a close?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 36:05


    Dark MAGA dismantles America 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.

    The coming constitutional crises - in more than one country

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 33:31


    Greed is not good 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.

    Happy St Patrick's Day! Ireland's place in the world - the threats and opportunities

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 33:58


    Some advice: don't be like the UK 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.

    Trump is unbound and unhinged. At least the stock market has worked it out.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 34:14


    Taking the knee is all very well but..... 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.

    MAGA is all in. Even a stock market crash is not going to change hearts or minds

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2025 29:10


    The most important moment for Europe since the Berlin Wall came down 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.

    In conversation with Dan Davies, author of "The Unaccountability Machine"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 54:31


    From Brad de Long's review of the book:Understanding how to make our systems more accountable and more human may not be the key to our survival, but it is certainly the key to our happiness and prosperity. 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.

    The West is over. Get over it.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 31:11


    The EU must transform itself or die 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.

    Can the EU survive the collapse of the post-WW2 world order?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 34:06


    Not without big changes 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.

    How to cope with a pro-Russian cult that is trying to destroy any idea of "The West"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 34:16


    Hide 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.

    The US gives Europe the finger

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 34:22


    Trump aligns with Moscow 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 the West unite against its new common enemy? (That's America, in case you hadn't guessed)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2025 34:25


    Canada should join the EU 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.

    Finding nobility in the health service. Something notably absent in the White House

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2025 31:53


    Why cause chaos? 'Because I can'. 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.

    Should the first act of Ireland's new government be an emergency budget?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 28:11


    Hoping for the best and not preparing for the worst 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.

    Wanted: politicians who fill in potholes. Delivery, delivery, delivery

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2025 29:03


    Where is Ireland's charismatic right-wing rabble rouser? 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.

    Are you warming to Donald Trump?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2025 29:35


    Day 1 of the new era 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.

    How to stop Farage from being the next UK Prime Minister

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2025 29:31


    Could 2025 be the year of peak populism? The year of 'the great awakening' of normal people?The MAGAisation of corporate America: something that is already looking like overreach and is sewing the seeds of its own destruction.Radical delivery is now demanded: policies to make things better - at least to make things work again. Spain is giving it a go with some radical proposals to solve its housing crisis.Do your mental health a favour: get off Twitter and Facebook 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.

    The dark side of technology - from tech evangelist Joan Mulvihill

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 47:35


    Akin to launching aeroplanes without safety or regulatory checks 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.

    The age of stupid? Or will financial markets impose sanity?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2025 32:39


    Economists have sung the praises of free trade for centuries. But nobody that matters believes any longer that free trade is good. The new religion has taken us into the unknown. Or perhaps not: the known unknown is a question. What happens when really stupid people run the world?What's the difference between Trump's threats of military force and Putin's similar remarks pre-invasion?Free trade laid the basis for post WW2 prosperity. On average we became a lot better off. But some people did not. Free trade's dirty secret is that it creates both winners and losers. Economists have been frightened to talk about the losers, partly through a disgraceful lack of interest but also because of a key belief. Give a bad or thick politician the slightest excuse to become full-on protectionist and they will grab it with both hands. They will adopt policies that look superficially plausible but harm almost everyone. Only the plutocracy wins.Over in the UK, things are going from bad to worse. The stark conclusion from the bond market crash: the government has run out of money. Or, at the very least, easy money. The Starmer-Reeves administration risks failure. 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.

    Is the Musk-Trump administration trying to kill the idea of the West? Bond markets crash and German mysteries

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025 33:30


    Are all tech-titans evil? 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.

    Can the EU survive Trump?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2025 30:06


    And all the latest data! 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.

    Looking forward, looking backward. It's that time of year again.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024 40:48


    How much is enough? 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.

    Second biggest fiscal disaster in the history of the State? Or just disaster porn?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 29:48


    Irish House prices up again, Fed cuts, markets tank, UK woes. 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.

    Musk is winning in Washington, Farage is winning in the UK

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024 37:14


    The UK's Labour government has already had to 'reset' it's goals. Nigel Farage is the big winner from Keir Starmer's incompetence.In the US, it looks increasingly like Elon Musk has Trump's ear. For now, at least 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.

    'House prices 10% over-valued". What does this mean? Anything?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 28:39


    House prices, latest data and interest rates 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 surprising haven of stability: Ireland has something new to offer the world

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024 27:32


    France and Germany join the list of countries offering nothing but political chaos. Farage wants the UK to be in that club very soon. Guess which country has bought itself another 5 years of peace and all of the economic & business attractions that go with it. 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.

    Well done Ireland: a strong mandate for continuity centrism.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2024 32:25


    We take a look at the results of GE 24 and disagree about several things. More such disagreements are very likely. 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.

    Not another Eurozone debt crisis?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2024 27:36


    Are we in the foothills of another Euro area crisis? 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.

    Fine Gael mess up yet another election campaign

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 34:33


    Sarah Carey joins us to discuss an election campaign that has finally caught fire. But not in the way that Fine Gael would likeWhen will they realise the civil war is over? 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.

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