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The Other Hand

Jim Power & Chris Johns

300 episodes

Economics and finance demystified.

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"I first heard about ChatGPT on your podcast and immediately started using it. I’m 73 and wrote my first program at 16. Having witnessed all developments in computing down the years I think this is the greatest since www. Your pod is informative in many different areas, politics, economics, society changes, housing crisis etc but at times goes beyond that. This episode tying up all this but also the implications of AI with a knowledgeable guest. ENTHRALLING! Keep it coming."

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Episodes page 1 of 6

  1. The ECB will have to choose: rescue France or sink the Euro: Brazil, France & the world's debt problems. Have adults really taken over the UK government?

    · 38 min

    Has the old Vs young war started? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  2. The future has arrived. Hard and fast. Ungovernable France, oil back up, Putin's beatification.

    · 39 min

    Market shocks, AI anxiety, cyber risks, and a shaky European backdrop This episode covers a fast-moving mix of markets, macroeconomics, and geopolitics. Chris and Jim move from oil and AI-driven equity volatility to…

  3. Upload your country's tax code to AI? Ask for personalised (legal) tax avoidance tips and tricks? Mental health issues in Ireland have little to do with the economy?

    · 43 min

    • In this episode, Jim outlines the backdrop to the UK autumn budget: inflation rising to 3.5%, transport inflation at 6.6%, higher borrowing, and the likelihood of another Bank of England rate increase. • The pair…

  4. France's problems are unsolvable. Surprisingly, the UK's might not be. France and Germany cede the EV market to China.

    · 44 min

    Markets, France, AI, Billionaires, and the UK Welfare Crisis This episode ranges from market history and Irish trade data to France’s fiscal bind, the geopolitics of AI infrastructure, billionaire wealth, and the UK’s…

  5. The coming battle for Europe. Will the right triumph in the upcoming wave of elections? Frankenstein unleashed?

    · 44 min

    Will 2027 see a General Election in the UK? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  6. Is home ownership overrated? Will the turmoil in bond markets 'cure' the house price problem?

    · 36 min

    This episode covers a wide-ranging macro and geopolitics conversation, starting with Irish residential property prices and the affordability squeeze, then moving into China’s pressure on the European car industry, IMF…

  7. Should the fiscal watchdog be anxious? Many others are. American psycho?

    · 37 min

    In this episode: • Chris argues the Irish government is spending too much of temporary corporation tax revenue on permanent commitments, citing IFAC’s warning that the state is spending six out of every seven euros…

  8. Podcast special: A fireside chat between Jim, Minister Jack Chambers, Cormac Fitzgerald & Cróna Clohisey

    · 50 min

    • In this episode, Minister Jack Chambers says Budget 27 was built around balance - protecting long-term capital investment while responding to cost of living pressures. • Chambers says next year’s capital investment…

  9. Podcast special: initial reaction to the Irish budget

    · 15 min

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  10. Budget week is here. Simple narratives versus complex reality. And some method acting.

    · 38 min

    • In this episode, Jim breaks down the Irish Department of Finance white paper and says the public finances still look strong, with a forecast general government surplus of 6.9 billion euro this year and 13.5 billion…

  11. Financial repression in all our futures? Faling real wages in the US help explain the Trump slump. A Burnham bounce?

    · 39 min

    This week, Chris and Jim unpack a volatile run of economic data and what it means for markets, growth and household finances. US jobs and wages: • A weaker-than-expected employment report shifts expectations for…

  12. The alien spaceships have arrived - it turns out that we built them

    · 40 min

    This episode ranges from the latest AI headlines and the existential risk debate to the way AI investment is showing up in inflation, bond yields, and central bank thinking. It also turns to Ireland’s budget season,…

  13. The Times They Are A-Changin' - especially if AI represents a new, second inflationary shock.

    · 35 min

    This conversation breaks down the latest economic data and what it means for markets, inflation, and central bank policy. Jim and Chris focus on the surprise strength in US, European, and German indicators, then dig…

  14. House prices, performative fiscal theatre and the existential threat facing the EU.

    · 39 min

    This episode ranges from a personal Camino de Santiago walk to a hard-edged discussion about housing markets, public finances, and political risk in the UK and Europe. Chris and Jim connect the dots between weak…

  15. Interest rates on the up. Carney sticks it to Trump - and the UK

    · 33 min

    UK's moron premium proves very sticky Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  16. Can an array of Nvidia chips really be conscious? And kill us all?

    · 47 min

    In conversation with Professor Shane O'Mara Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  17. Donald Trump says it is as big a hoax as climate change. But there are now real fears about our AI future

    · 52 min

    In this special edition of The Other Hand, host Chris is joined by journalist Sarah Carey and AI entrepreneur Sean Blanchfield (CEO and co-founder of Jentic) for a wide-ranging conversation about artificial…

  18. The rise of the right: It's all about immigration. And modern Caligulas.

    · 30 min

    Wildfires have been diminishing in size. Who knew? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  19. Are we getting dumber? Almost certainly, as AI is going to kill us all. Apparently.

    · 27 min

    Will the universe miss us? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  20. House prices will stay elevated until the economy tanks. Will Uncle Sam ask Ireland for its money back?

    · 37 min

    Peak stuff Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  21. Interest rates going up on both sides of the Atlantic. Bonds crash and could spark a real problem - for everyone

    · 38 min

    Don't mess with Canada Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  22. Big Tech's Britney Spears defence. Proving we are human is becoming increasingly difficult.

    · 44 min

    In conversation with Joan Mulvihill Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  23. US, UK and Irish political scene setting. In conversation with Sarah Carey

    · 41 min

    Occasionally sounding rather unsound.... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  24. The forever war in Ukraine. The death of the pub? Where is the cheapest pint in London? Marking AI's homework

    · 41 min

    The new war between Canada & The US Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  25. AI will get you 80% of the way there. Economic D-day declared by Trump. US bond buying bombs.

    · 32 min

    All the latest data Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  26. Higher interest rates on the way? Japan to blow up the financial world?

    · 38 min

    Who is responsible? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  27. Banks are destined to go the way of video stores and travel agents. In the age of AI are we also living in the stupid age?

    · 39 min

    Jim finishes up in Wales Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  28. Inflation is the dog that is yet to bark - loudly anyway.

    · 33 min

    Is Jim in denial? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  29. Does education pay off? What is education for anyway?

    · 43 min

    Will it ever rain again? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  30. Cost of living crisis, inflation & debt. The Finance Minister is drowning (in cash) not waving.

    · 43 min

    Why are we so bad at planning, procurement & budgeting? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  31. Ireland-UK vibes. A rapidly changing world. AI hysteria

    · 39 min

    All the latest data Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  32. Plato said we should be ruled by philosopher kings. The Tech Bros seem to agree. Democracy is so over.

    · 49 min

    Ireland distorts the economic data, again. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  33. Is the AI bubble bursting or just deflating? What will a stockmarket crash do to the Irish economy?

    · 40 min

    Does regional development ever work? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  34. Ireland's budget circus rolls into town. No strategic thinking wanted.

    · 35 min

    Rain is in the forecast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  35. Does 'The Odyssey' predict we are going the way of the ancient Greeks? Is Trump riding our version of the Trojan Horse?

    · 37 min

    Tariffs are back.... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  36. Is Trump about to rig the next election? 2028: will there ever be better year for China to seize Taiwan?

    · 43 min

    Tech rout? Correction? Another 'buy the dip'? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  37. Does immigration cause high house prices? The role of luck and policy in economic destiny

    · 34 min

    Argentine finances and football Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  38. A Kremlin insider speaks - we should all listen. Latest IMF forecasts.

    · 26 min

    Ireland's massive miss on carbon emissions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  39. A deep dive into the Irish economy - from the bottom up.

    · 44 min

    Jim in conversation with Stephen Cass Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  40. Corporation taxes: Boom or bust? Both? Farage begins his long goodbye

    · 34 min

    AI's losers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  41. The largest indigenous Irish business is......Tourism. Bigger than construction, bigger than agriculture.

    · 36 min

    In conversation with ITIC's CEO, Eoghan O'Mara Walsh Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  42. Jobs apocalypse for the car industry? Pensions apocalypse? BIS warns (again) about AI bust.

    · 33 min

    Ukraine vibe shift Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  43. Burnham's impending coronation and Brexit's 'Assault on thinking'.

    · 40 min

    Can AI count? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  44. Is humanity a bump in the road for AI? Ethics & the tech bros.

    · 41 min

    In conversation with Joan Mulvihill Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  45. Donald Trump loses the war. Some AI slop. Risk Vs Uncertainty

    · 39 min

    All the latest data Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  46. They think it's all over. Society: is there such a thing? A White House cage fight.

    · 37 min

    A Presidential shower Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  47. Hoping for the end of the war. Higher interest rates in Europe but not the US?

    · 36 min

    The Other Hand discovers it is a humanist podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  48. Brexit has failed. Everything going wrong in the UK is now connected to that simple fact.

    · 55 min

    In conversation with Professor Chris Grey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  49. The UK is not the country that J D Vance and Farage says it is. The Irish economy did not shrink by 12%

    · 36 min

    All the latest data Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  50. The biggest and hardest questions. Perhaps some answers? In conversation with Sarah Carey.

    · 1 h 00 min

    It's all about connection Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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