There’s a lot of concern about the UK & US governments blowing the budget. Is it something we should worry about? Steve and I delve into the misunderstood impact of higher deficits.

NAB’s Skye Masters talks through yesterday’s RBA surprise and the market response to President Trump’s latest tariff proclamations.

TARIFFS ARE BACK BABY!!! On today’s NAB podcast Tapas and I talk about Zen and the Art of Trade Realignment, with Japan first to take a hit:

Relive the UKIP manifesto from 2017 with @ProfSteveKeen. How much of it worked out?

RT @LoudMouthComms: This week @ProfSteveKeen and I argue the toss over less foreign interest from buyers of US bonds in a discussion on whe….

RT @rdhearing: Are jabs and pills the way to fight the global obesity crisis? Do we know enough about the new weight-loss drugs, and are we….

Obesity rates have nearly tripled since 1975. Are new weight loss drugs the answer? Dr Martin Whyte, associate professor of metabolic medicine at the University of Surrey, says they are very effective. So should we all be taking them?

This week @ProfSteveKeen and I argue the toss over less foreign interest from buyers of US bonds in a discussion on whether the US dollar could lose its reserve status.

I ask Steve Keen whether America’s preoccupation rebuilding manufacturing is misplaced. Steve says not, but, sadly, they don’t have the experience to pull it off.

The dollar drops to a new multi-year low. NAB's Rodrigo Catril talks about how low it could go.

Can Britain's railways be rescued? Prof Paul Plummer from @unibirmingham tells @rdhearing and Phil that we are on the right track now.

Ken Crompton from NAB joins me to talk about NATO, Aussie CPI, Japan’s leading index and US new home sales Lots of little bits of news that didn’t excite markets today.

33. Can you have a free market for public goods? Another one from the Debunking Economics podcast archives, with @ProfSteveKeen via @YouTube.

Attacks on US bases and oil falls? NAB’s Taylor Nugent explains why. And another Fed hawk speaks out. Have the markets responded?

NAB's Tapas Strickland explains how many were aware that a US attack on Iran was imminent and why the market response will be relatively tame today.

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If you really want to understand the background I n the Iran-Israel war, and where it could lead us, you really need to listen to this week’s Why Curve, with @profmabon from @lancasteruniv

The Fed and weak US data is today’s news on the @NAB Morning Call. Tapas Strickland talks us through what happens next with Aussie employment data, the BoE meeting and the wild card, what next for Iran?

Discussing farming and other rual pursuirts on this week's Debunking Economics podcast

Should have gone to Specsavers.