# The Other Hand A podcast by Jim Power & Chris Johns. Economics and finance demystified. A recent listener's comment: "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." cjpeconomics.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Feed: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5 ## Latest episodes - [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?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/4414ef8784b4) (2026-10-28, 39 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6ae18fe97aa7eb2c8a0d7159/media.mp3 - [The future has arrived. Hard and fast. Ungovernable France, oil back up, Putin's beatification.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/10bfb591e87c) (2026-10-25, 40 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6adc9f3b02b9e3b25954fc54/media.mp3 - [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?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/55c5717efbb2) (2026-10-22, 43 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6ad9d1c613113bbc7623268a/media.mp3 - [France's problems are unsolvable. Surprisingly, the UK's might not be. France and Germany cede the EV market to China.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/6822b1eb4f9e) (2026-10-20, 44 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6ad667b710faf2bcfc7d73c6/media.mp3 - [The coming battle for Europe. Will the right triumph in the upcoming wave of elections? Frankenstein unleashed?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/1b04637bb20c) (2026-10-16, 44 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6ad1c07b7c5c47f85e11cb0f/media.mp3 - [Is home ownership overrated? Will the turmoil in bond markets 'cure' the house price problem?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/8b2c1a084a26) (2026-10-14, 36 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6aceae606203da9f28190ae9/media.mp3 - [Should the fiscal watchdog be anxious? Many others are. American psycho?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/20800449e10c) (2026-10-12, 38 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6acbb0e668b7ce6ffbcb8cc3/media.mp3 - [Podcast special: A fireside chat between Jim, Minister Jack Chambers, Cormac Fitzgerald & Cróna Clohisey](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/2ce6aa0fcab6) (2026-10-11, 50 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6aca907ff38f25c0f0beb0ea/media.mp3 - [Podcast special: initial reaction to the Irish budget](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/cfa46e816e85) (2026-10-06, 16 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6ac5061fbe68e9661ce0f739/media.mp3 - [Budget week is here. Simple narratives versus complex reality. And some method acting.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/e2d4beaaf541) (2026-10-06, 38 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6ac3b9b07cbb919e688f0188/media.mp3 - [Financial repression in all our futures? Faling real wages in the US help explain the Trump slump. A Burnham bounce?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/37b8ab8b33dd) (2026-10-04, 39 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6ac10f0d8da1db2e6f161f60/media.mp3 - [The alien spaceships have arrived - it turns out that we built them](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/851ad8c856ca) (2026-09-30, 40 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6abbf4cfe1bd8d0f199e8495/media.mp3 - [The Times They Are A-Changin' - especially if AI represents a new, second inflationary shock.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/5b5ae7260f89) (2026-09-25, 36 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6ab57962432e34fa45f2ff5a/media.mp3 - [House prices, performative fiscal theatre and the existential threat facing the EU.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/20a01494e335) (2026-09-23, 39 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6ab292e393749e4c0b45054e/media.mp3 - [Interest rates on the up. Carney sticks it to Trump - and the UK](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/2209badee979) (2026-09-20, 33 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6aae687c0521dc2c8165506c/media.mp3 - [Can an array of Nvidia chips really be conscious? And kill us all?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/e3f3f85ccce2) (2026-09-18, 48 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6aacfc058a1508074de6989d/media.mp3 - [Donald Trump says it is as big a hoax as climate change. But there are now real fears about our AI future](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/60f62d4d4351) (2026-09-16, 53 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6aa990eafce2f88226839b4c/media.mp3 - [The rise of the right: It's all about immigration. And modern Caligulas.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/c589174d8c96) (2026-09-13, 31 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6aa58eee48975e9795e181e6/media.mp3 - [Are we getting dumber? Almost certainly, as AI is going to kill us all. Apparently.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/2c7591642fb7) (2026-09-11, 27 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6aa2ad10c939da279548aa59/media.mp3 - [House prices will stay elevated until the economy tanks. Will Uncle Sam ask Ireland for its money back?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/2b958bf077a6) (2026-09-06, 38 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6a9c21ef63a0b6cd1e73c211/media.mp3 - [Interest rates going up on both sides of the Atlantic. Bonds crash and could spark a real problem - for everyone](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/8b4eaffda2da) (2026-09-03, 39 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6a980cb61d1d1a8a9d9d2e3b/media.mp3 - [Big Tech's Britney Spears defence. Proving we are human is becoming increasingly difficult.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/f72731ef9eb1) (2026-09-02, 45 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6a97bcc6da248a131d50711d/media.mp3 - [US, UK and Irish political scene setting. In conversation with Sarah Carey](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/f6a8dae98132) (2026-08-30, 42 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6a92b640ee851f3f317995da/media.mp3 - [The forever war in Ukraine. The death of the pub? Where is the cheapest pint in London? Marking AI's homework](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/12d9afa97124) (2026-08-26, 41 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6a8dbc18d96ec0ba1875b80f/media.mp3 - [AI will get you 80% of the way there. Economic D-day declared by Trump. US bond buying bombs.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/fd6fc693d9d0) (2026-08-23, 33 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6a89e34920cb324b77ae6cd1/media.mp3 - [Higher interest rates on the way? Japan to blow up the financial world?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/accc8af8cd43) (2026-08-19, 38 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6a8584301ad8716bb60b9c00/media.mp3 - [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?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/9a50bf638da4) (2026-08-16, 39 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6a7f18ddff328abd8489e67b/media.mp3 - [Inflation is the dog that is yet to bark - loudly anyway.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/1ca25bb2c227) (2026-08-14, 33 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6a7def9c049c692a6bf63c3e/media.mp3 - [Does education pay off? What is education for anyway?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/f7881b896f7e) (2026-08-12, 43 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6a7c5e5f7cf3c5888687a85b/media.mp3 - [Cost of living crisis, inflation & debt. The Finance Minister is drowning (in cash) not waving.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/98ae40fa8bfa) (2026-08-09, 44 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6a7787a3c3e1347e8b196ad4/media.mp3 - [Ireland-UK vibes. A rapidly changing world. AI hysteria](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/9a8201dd2fe3) (2026-08-06, 40 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6a74501ec3e1347e8b5602b5/media.mp3 - [Plato said we should be ruled by philosopher kings. The Tech Bros seem to agree. Democracy is so over.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/56dc9c2bae5e) (2026-08-02, 49 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6a6e4608c826d9d5c929d9d4/media.mp3 - [Is the AI bubble bursting or just deflating? What will a stockmarket crash do to the Irish economy?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/d1729a120964) (2026-07-28, 40 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6a686ca2ad2617d1d5dd5388/media.mp3 - [Ireland's budget circus rolls into town. No strategic thinking wanted.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/619e3f8b83dd) (2026-07-24, 36 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6a626bc444c9eabf3cbba57f/media.mp3 - [Does 'The Odyssey' predict we are going the way of the ancient Greeks? Is Trump riding our version of the Trojan Horse?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/0b02cd9762ad) (2026-07-22, 38 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6a5fa9eae8340c0ebfd306cd/media.mp3 - [Is Trump about to rig the next election? 2028: will there ever be better year for China to seize Taiwan?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/caed543b078e) (2026-07-19, 43 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6a5c8610461a6a4190c27d5c/media.mp3 - [Does immigration cause high house prices? The role of luck and policy in economic destiny](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/6463140c2abc) (2026-07-15, 34 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6a56acba92be37cb7b463ae8/media.mp3 - [A Kremlin insider speaks - we should all listen. Latest IMF forecasts.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/3cf1f7454357) (2026-07-12, 26 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6a52467ec2f78bb689bee3d6/media.mp3 - [A deep dive into the Irish economy - from the bottom up.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/5c710ca78b8d) (2026-07-10, 44 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6a4e5b260be8a67717a5c7f5/media.mp3 - [Corporation taxes: Boom or bust? Both? Farage begins his long goodbye](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/8c3a90a9b8d3) (2026-07-08, 35 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6a4defe8c130c408c2030830/media.mp3 - [The largest indigenous Irish business is......Tourism. Bigger than construction, bigger than agriculture.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/5b90ca0c2d93) (2026-07-02, 37 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6a4609efa736775b26f6b371/media.mp3 - [Jobs apocalypse for the car industry? Pensions apocalypse? BIS warns (again) about AI bust.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/de7686705fc4) (2026-06-30, 34 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6a4365fb71668e37065b9204/media.mp3 - [Burnham's impending coronation and Brexit's 'Assault on thinking'.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/d222ff7ee6b4) (2026-06-26, 41 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6a3e380189bd872840b5060b/media.mp3 - [Is humanity a bump in the road for AI? Ethics & the tech bros.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/1e3814055c60) (2026-06-24, 41 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6a3bc4e91d1e464c654bc138/media.mp3 - [Donald Trump loses the war. Some AI slop. Risk Vs Uncertainty](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/01342ba0e5ce) (2026-06-20, 39 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6a356694f1612f1c69c9c170/media.mp3 - [They think it's all over. Society: is there such a thing? A White House cage fight.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/2e176e3896a3) (2026-06-16, 37 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6a2f9ab7e6540bec0fa850c5/media.mp3 - [Hoping for the end of the war. Higher interest rates in Europe but not the US?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/556a71cebeda) (2026-06-14, 37 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6a2e780f252d86e846e0e060/media.mp3 - [Brexit has failed. Everything going wrong in the UK is now connected to that simple fact.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/0256803b304a) (2026-06-12, 55 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6a2acbfe34a0c5b2c2bc3789/media.mp3 - [The UK is not the country that J D Vance and Farage says it is. The Irish economy did not shrink by 12%](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/cbe5bdcea6e0) (2026-06-09, 37 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6a27cf16427484b4a41d0327/media.mp3 - [The biggest and hardest questions. Perhaps some answers? In conversation with Sarah Carey.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1556107958/91174c7376e1) (2026-06-04, 60 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/633b3ddf2ce407001121c7e5/e/6a20a28c3ab59ca4e2d16fea/media.mp3 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. Every show and episode belongs to its publisher and plays from the publisher's own feed; this site hosts none of them.