The Other Hand

Has the UK rejoined the EU already? Interest rates are going to rise. Should they?

29 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Does Trump care about the mid-terms? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Pope & Jim offer differing perspectives on tech. The robots are coming and they are Chinese

26 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Social media is the new smoking Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are you lower value human capital? Ireland's Labour market is slowing.

23 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

London is hated. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is AI coming for your job? US petrol stations can't handle $10 gasoline. Neither can its economy.

20 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The UK is no longer a serious country Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From moron premium to plonker premium: UK borrowing costs soar. Global inflation and interest rates are on the up

16 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

It's all beginning to feel a bit dot.commy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ireland's budget circus resumes. Productivity growth finally starts again in the US

13 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The UK is ungoverned, not ungovernable. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The past ain't what many of us remember. Populists promise a return to the good old days.

09 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Follow their money Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rising racism, rising bond yields, rising populism: the UK is in a terrible place

06 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We can't handle the truth Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What happens when only 4 trillionaires have all the income? And our parliaments are occupied by chatbots?

01 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

No representation without taxation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UK to get Irish green credits? We could have cheap EVs but instead face multi-billion fines.

29 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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

Podcast Special: In conversation with Peter Burke, Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment

23 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Ireland's Economic Future Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Podcast Short: Jim on the Summer Economic Statement

22 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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

Wanted: grown up politicians willing to have adult conversations.

21 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

AI: good or bad for interest rates & inflation? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Peace in our time? Keir Starmer needs to go.

18 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Ireland buys off the mob - there will be consequences Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

They think it's all over. FOMO, TINA, markets & the $. China & Iran are the big winners of the war

15 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Standing our ground on the fuel protests Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IMF explains why cutting fuel taxes now is a dumb idea. Is war coming for all of us?

12 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Markets cannot price disaster properly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Inflation up, more to come? US petrol over $4 a gallon. Ours is over double that.

10 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

What, exactly, do the fuel protesters want? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stagflation: more flation than stag? Or just bad? How much evil can we tolerate?

07 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A mad, bad world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trump surrenders to Iran? From TACO to WACO.

01 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Iran is now one of the most economically powerful countries on earth Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The dogs of war - mostly barking, one or two surprisingly quiet

30 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Will Farage's links to Trump hurt Reform? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brexit - for the first time in ages. And the war.

20 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Is the US economy in worse shape than we thought? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here we go again - supply chains. From Urea to Silicon Chips.

19 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"Iran is winning" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The world has changed. For central bankers especially. But also for everyone

16 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

An early St Patrick's Day greeting Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tick Tock. Each day things get a little worse.

13 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Interest rates might be heading up Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Don't panic! Not yet, anyway

09 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Markets are worried, but not particularly so Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What's the plan? Gaza writ large?

08 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

And all the latest economic news & data Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Podcast special: War, AI, Slow Learners and Art with Joan Mulvihill

04 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

First live podcast (a recording) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

War. Is the energy price shock the least of it?

02 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Geopolitics. Again Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shadow banks: another crisis brewing? Is AI good or bad?

27 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Is your job safe? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trump throws a tantrum Markets yawn.

24 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Money, Andrew and the British monarchy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Europe deserves much a better press. As does liberal democracy

18 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Weep for it when it's gone Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why have the Epstein files only snared European Royals and Politicians? Conspiracy or coincidence?

10 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

British politics are beyond redemption Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jim's update on the Irish & world economy & markets

08 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A solo run Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is the AI race winnable?Where is the ROI & productivity?

02 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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

Is Trump just another mad mullah?

29 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Strange goings on in financial markets Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Europe must now decide. Reality has bitten

25 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Carney was right. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A new Berlin Wall moment. Just not quite so good as the last one.

20 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

TACO Trump - the last hope? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

World economy in great shape? Not so fast!

07 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Things look great. Until we look deeper. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Looking backwards, looking forwards.

29 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Thanks to all our listeners Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'A numbed & dumbed generation'. Is it too late to regulate tech? Or is it now too big to fail?

22 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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

Give the task of managing the domestic economy to the IDA. Restrict the Finance Ministry to bean counting

19 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bought a book lately? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The assault on Ireland's reputation and soft power.

16 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Some of the punches are landing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is inflation on the rise again? Britain to rejoin the EU? ChatGPT looks tired.

13 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Starmer looks finished Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trump declares war on the EU. It's time for someone to stand up. Anyone.

10 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's time for rage Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Maybe Irish corporation taxes are destined never to collapse? Famous last words? The Department of Yes and No

06 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A big week for economic data Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An American Oligarchy takes shape. Russia leads, Trump follows.

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

OECD economic forecasts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UK & Irish tax & govt. spending: a real drag. An explanation of the the USA - Russia bromance

29 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Vance & co hate Europe because...... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Could anybody get elected in Ireland on a platform of fiscal restraint? Reeves last budget?

26 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A tale of two budgets. Or not. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ukraine is sold out by America. The weird connections between Hobbits, right-wing nutjobs and Moscow.

24 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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

Nationalism: where does it come from? The glue that binds us or the poison that kills us?

22 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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

Ireland gets a new Finance Minister - possibly not the best one available. Trump opens some files.

20 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Zero or lots: the only two numerical concepts allowed to enter the immigration discourse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Another Liz Truss moment for the UK? Clown car government in full view

15 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Irish inflation and the 'New' Housing plan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trump's superpower: is inflation about to play the role of Kryptonite?

13 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Time to crowdfund the BBC? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Musk's trillion $ wages. AI: boundless possibilities or extinction level event?

09 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Trump Towers everywhere Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Does money drive us mad? Discuss. The madness of UK economic policy.

06 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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

Do tech billionaires have anything to say about how to run the country? They do, but are they worth listening to?

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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

Irish economy shrinks....but is up double digits. Keir Starmer: MIA. All the latest data.

31 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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

Economic growth: it's more mysterious, more fragile and more unusual than you can possibly imagine

24 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Some reflections in the wake of the recent Nobel Prize for economics Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

AI is everywhere apart from the data. Trump crowns himself and dumps on Americans.

22 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Stock markets go up, again Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Will boredom rather than Trump scupper Ireland's success? Latest data. House prices again.

20 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Too few taxpayers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

China is winning. The next industrial revolution will be just like first: based on cheap energy.

16 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The IMF says the global economy is in surprisingly reasonable shape Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why the next bust is going to be particularly nasty. What would a business-friendly budget look like?

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The trend is your friend. Until it bends Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Budget 2026. And a bit on current market madness

09 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A strategic budget? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

France is broken. Britain is broken. Ireland is not. So stop trying to fix it

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

AI does not understand. Humans do. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The evils of social media & the internet's 'enshittification'. The great AI Bubble: when will it burst?

05 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The EU needs to shrink Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dishonest tax policy on both sides of the Irish sea. Green is good economics.

02 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Radical suggestions and enviable certainty Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Digital ID: coming soon to a country near you. Immigration & the economy.

28 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Farage or Burnham for next UK PM? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Economic resilience - don't take it for granted. Just ask Argentina

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Latest update from the OECD. And walking for good. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Budgets loom in Ireland & the UK. The fiscal contrast grows ever more stark.

21 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Trump trashes the Constitution. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The UK love bombs Trump. Markets go all in on AI

18 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jim's walk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Don't mention the war. Is it possible to be optimistic? Sincere and performative beliefs

14 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Some automation would be a very good thing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Have the limits of democracy been reached? France suggests yes. But all the alternatives are still much worse.

11 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

America opts for ill health. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is Trump rewriting the rules of economics? Should Taiwan give up now?

08 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Needed: Moral clarity and policy effectiveness Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Raising a flag to mark the demise of Western civilisation. Buying gold and selling...everything?

03 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is there a little bit of racism in all of us? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The UK Chancellor damages the economy, the Prime Minister-in-waiting sullies the country

29 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

An Irish presidential hopeful that Jim can support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ireland is one of the richest, most equal societies on earth. Go figure.

24 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How did wind and solar become a matter of anti-wokism? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Peace in our time? Probably not. 'MAGA Marxism' - count the ironies, follow the money

20 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Read before commenting Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ireland is distorting EU economic data. The tyranny of the minority. Tariffs & inflation

16 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A theory of everything that is going wrong Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can The EU survive MAGA? The ultimate test looms.

13 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A worthwhile Canadian initiative: stand up to Trump. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Unemployment rises for the first time in a while. Tax receipts still booming.

10 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

ChatGPT5 is here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Don't hand the country's infrastructure to Musk. Or Bezos. Or any tech bro

07 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Trump plays with bond market fire Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is data on the US now fundamentally corrupted?

03 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All exports to the US to go through the six counties? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trump bends reality - but for how long?

31 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The EU's abject humiliation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Leprechaun economics spreads. Flooding the zone in the US & UK - will Ireland be next?

26 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Farage looks like a shoe-in for Prime Minister. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A cunning plan. It might just work !

23 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Long thought to be extinct - evidence of strategic thinking spotted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trump breaks with Murdoch. And the US economy keeps humming along

20 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The tariff threat hasn't gone away Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Will the OTB kill the Irish Economy? Real house prices: context if not consolation

17 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Trump to fire Powell? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Everyone is left behind in the UK. Vance tries to put lipstick on a pig

13 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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

At last! the solution to the housing crisis: build match boxes!

10 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why didn't we think of this before? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Should Ireland care about the UK's slide into despair?

06 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Not much Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

10% tariffs + 15% exchange rate hit = economic carnage?.

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

UK's Labour goes from bad to worse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Irish politics today: paralysed by indecision. But is that what we want?

27 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We begin with a slightly idiosyncratic - and highly stylised - discussion of how Ireland went from a nation of farmers to a high-tech economy, missing...

War: A podcast special

23 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nobody knows anything Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are house prices really that high? Stagflation, interest rates and Switzerland

22 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Normalisation of the grotesque continues apace Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is there a good rationale for bombing Iran? All the latest data. More totalitarian steps in the US

19 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The truth is out there Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

War and the world economy. The UK's sordid service sector. Is 'progressive' pejorative?

15 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Manufacturing and other fetishes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

America's big birthday approaches. But is that Republic going the way of the Romans?

11 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Rent controls don't work. They usually make things worse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The economy is going gangbusters. Or not. Dublin & London subsidise everybody else. Why?

08 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"Empathy will destroy Western civilisation" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ireland & the UK: 2 countries, 1 rich, 1 not so much. 3 crises & neither doing anything about them

05 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Transatlantic betrayal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Trump family enriches itself. In plain sight

01 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

No outrage, not even surprise Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.