Ranked #1
The future of social care after Coronavirus
The future of social care after Coronavirus
10,000 care home residents have died from Covid-19, more than a third of all Covid-19 deaths. On Wednesday it was report... Read more
15 May 2020
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34mins
Ranked #2
Could personal debt cause another recession?
Could personal debt cause another recession?
Personal debt is at record levels with one in six of us at risk of a debt crisis. Credit cards, overdrafts and payday lo... Read more
24 Jul 2017
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26mins
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Government Debt
Government Debt
Kirsty chats to special guest Ewa Karwowski, lecturer in economics at Kingston University, about government debt, and th... Read more
19 Oct 2015
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13mins
Ranked #4
Universal Basic Income or Universal Basic Services?
Universal Basic Income or Universal Basic Services?
Universal basic income – an idea that almost no one had heard of just a few years ago – is now one of the most fashionab... Read more
4 Apr 2018
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28mins
Ranked #5
Does GDP Tell The Full Story?
Does GDP Tell The Full Story?
GDP grew by 0.5% in the last quarter of 2015 - but what does that mean, and is it even the right thing to measure? Kirst... Read more
1 Feb 2016
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14mins
Ranked #6
Can we do better than Uber?
Can we do better than Uber?
Last month, Transport for London announced it was withdrawing ride-hailing firm Uber's license to operate in the capital... Read more
30 Oct 2017
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29mins
Ranked #7
Who gains from big data?
Who gains from big data?
Big data. It’s one of those terms that’s far more widely used than it is understood. What is it? And just as importantly... Read more
17 Jul 2017
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29mins
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Budget Special 2017
Budget Special 2017
Chancellor Philip Hammond got out his red box out again last week, to let us know how the country's finances are – or ar... Read more
27 Nov 2017
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29mins
Ranked #9
Election 2019
Election 2019
The election is just around the corner and the outcome will determine the future of the country, and the shape of the ec... Read more
2 Dec 2019
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55mins
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Christmas Special: Review of 2015
Christmas Special: Review of 2015
In the final episode of the year, the tables are turned as Jessie Barnard interviews Kirsty about the economic highlight... Read more
7 Dec 2015
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21mins
Ranked #11
Special Guests: Sustainababble
Special Guests: Sustainababble
In a special double-length episode, guests Dave Powell and Oli Hayes from comedy podcast Sustainababble join Kirsty to t... Read more
16 Nov 2015
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25mins
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Can we bring down house prices without crashing the economy?
Can we bring down house prices without crashing the economy?
It’s one of the biggest contradictions in British politics. Across the country, baby boomers who own a house cheer as th... Read more
19 Mar 2018
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35mins
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Have Living Standards Bounced Back?
Have Living Standards Bounced Back?
Kirsty Styles chats to James Meadway, Senior Economist at the New Economics Foundation (NEF), about the Institute for Fi... Read more
9 Mar 2015
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10mins
Ranked #14
The rent is too high
The rent is too high
More and more of us are renting for longer – not by choice, but by necessity. In cities especially, more people are rent... Read more
14 Aug 2019
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31mins
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People's QE
People's QE
This week Kirsty's joined by Fran Boait, Director of Positive Money, to talk about people's quantitative easing. Why is ... Read more
2 Nov 2015
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10mins
Ranked #16
Class
Class
This week we're bringing you something a bit different - the first episode of a new podcast miniseries from our friends ... Read more
6 Oct 2017
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26mins
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Why the interest rate hike was a bad move
Why the interest rate hike was a bad move
Last week the Bank of England moved interest rates to their highest level in almost a decade. If you’ve got a mortgage, ... Read more
6 Aug 2018
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21mins
Ranked #18
Why economics needs a rethink
Why economics needs a rethink
Last week saw a record number of the world's elite flying their private jets to Davos for the World Economic Forum. Oxfa... Read more
29 Jan 2019
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31mins
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Spending Review
Spending Review
To support the show and help us come back for another series in the New Year, please give £5 or whatever you can afford ... Read more
30 Nov 2015
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13mins
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The rise of the data oligarchs
The rise of the data oligarchs
There are troubling signs that the new data-driven economy is inheriting all the same problems as the old one: power imb... Read more
24 Jul 2018
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24mins