The Other Hand

Johnson's populism has wrecked the UK. Fixing it is beyond any of his likely successors. Ireland's peculiar populism - Shinners in power but not (yet) in office - will lead to a fiscal crisis.

Rip-off Ireland? The end of he celebrity central banker. £ sterling crisis on he way? Will global property follow Bitcoin & stock markets down? BJ stories just get worse.

Everyone is forecasting recession. Be careful what you wish for. UK politics make great entertainment for the outside observer but try living there.

Interest rate rises everywhere: recession next? House prices forecast to fall 20% in at least one country. Why a sovereign wealth fund would be a good idea.

Interest rates set to rise by more than expected: will they kill the housing market? Is the ECB about to make yet another big mistake? 'Boris Johnson is like a shopping trolley with a wonky wheel'.

Why does nothing work any more? Economic weather warnings raised from storm to hurricane. A Dublin restaurant experience. Gate 355: Dublin Airport's entrance to hell.

Ireland booms, UK grinds to a halt. US housing market joins Canada's and starts to slow - signs of things to come?

Rents & the housing crisis. Stock markets in a different kind of crisis: strong signal that global recession is now the big worry for investors.

Is the solution to the housing crisis both simple and obvious? Will higher interest rates burst the global and Irish housing bubbles? Dark warnings of financial stress from crypto.

They haven't gone away you know: water charges. Ireland's dystopia: incomes up, poverty down, inequality down. Truths that can never be told.