Debunking Economics - the podcast

Economist Steve Keen talks to Phil Dobbie about the failings of the neoclassical economics and how it reflects on society.

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Better the dollar you know?
September 20, 2023x
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47:3865.49 MB

Better the dollar you know?

The US dollar is creating real problems right now. Speculators are buying it up as US Treasuries (bonds) offer higher yields at lower prices than other forms of sovereign debt. US shares ...

A zero growth economy – how bad would it get?
September 13, 2023x
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42:1658.14 MB

A zero growth economy – how bad would it get?

There’s a vain hope in investment circles, and amongst politicians, that we can still enjoy economic growth on the road to NetZero. There are those who believe that we can decouple our ec...

Should we all earn less?
September 06, 2023x
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42:0157.78 MB

Should we all earn less?

Are we earning too much? Many of us are now spending less than we earn on day-to-day consumption items We’re putting our excess income into our future earnings, through our pension funds,...

Trump’s Ring Around the Collar
August 30, 2023x
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44:0960.72 MB

Trump’s Ring Around the Collar

If he managed to stay out of gaol and makes it to the White House, Donald Trump has proposed a flat 10% tariff on all goods coming into America. He’s called it the Ring Around the Collar ...

How the finance sector is underestimating the risk on climate
August 23, 2023x
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44:5961.86 MB

How the finance sector is underestimating the risk on climate

Recently Steve was commissioned to write a report for Carbon Tracker, an independent think tank offering in-depth analysis of the impact of climate change and energy transition on the fi...

BRICs wouldn’t be silly enough to develop a gold-backed currency would they?
August 16, 2023x
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32:3944.92 MB

BRICs wouldn’t be silly enough to develop a gold-backed currency would they?

There has been lots of speculation about BRICs countries working to develop a new trading currency, to enable trade without the reliance on the US dollar. There’s also talk that maybe thi...

Did we experience a Pandemic-style People’s QE?
August 09, 2023x
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34:5047.92 MB

Did we experience a Pandemic-style People’s QE?

QE was big news before the pandemic. Then, as governments issued bailouts to keep us at home, central banks went into overdrive, buying up the mushrooming bond issuance from government. I...

Who wins from high house prices. Other than banks?
August 02, 2023x
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34:4247.74 MB

Who wins from high house prices. Other than banks?

Phil and Steve return to the well-worn path of talking about house prices. Why? Because, despite the downturn during the pandemic, followed by sharp rises in interest rates by central ban...