Shutdown, Slowdown and Voted down
China’s slowdown continues. So does the US government shutdown. And what next for Brexit if the meaningful vote is knocked out of court, as expected? I talk to NAB’s Tapas Strickland.
Day: 14 January 2019
Is the Euro to blame for European disunity?
The European economy seems to have found itself in sharp reverse, possibly heading into a continent-wide recession. Italy is already there, Greece has witnessed thousands leaving the country to find jobs, and the yellow vest protests show happy unhappy the French are. Then there’s Brexit, of course. In this edition of the Debunking Economics podcast, Phil Dobbie asks Prof Steve Keen how much we can blame the Euro for the perilous state of the European economy.
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THE TWITTERATI
Banking fears have fallen away and the focus is back on central banks. NAB’s Ray Attrill is asked how far will they go now and why is the market at odds with them? https://podfollow.com/nab-morning-call
How does the world change if transactions in the US dollar shrink as BRICs nations prefer to trade in their own currency. And can the west grow without investment from those countries? @profstevekeen on this week’s Debunking Economics podcast: https://podfollow.com/debunking-economics-the-podcast