114 - Building back better

The David McWilliams Podcast

David McWilliams

News & Politics

4.6 • 643 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

The markets are getting their knickers in a twist over inflation and maybe even deficits, we explain why the economics of the 1990s no longer applies and the big shift in global policy is the bias now is towards inflation not deflation for the first time since the 1970s. Plus, the brilliant economist Noah Smith from San Fransisco on three brilliantly practical ideas to make housing work better for everyone. Plus, what happens to an economist trying his hand at radio presenting for the craic gets a bit tongue-tied live on air with the British Foreign Secretary!

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0:29.1	Conditions apply.
0:34.8	What in the world is happening on Wall Street?
0:37.1	Economic indicators. Who knows where this is going on Wall Street? Economic indicators.
0:38.7	Who knows where this is going to end up?
0:40.9	To understand the economy, you have to understand human nature.
0:46.8	This podcast is powered by ACAST.
0:52.6	How you doing there?
0:53.8	It's David. It's podcast time. Again, it's been a funny, funny, funny, funny old week. Mr. Davis, how are you? I'm good. It has been a funny old week. Did you say, I know, I know. Did you see that our old place of employment has been sold? Our alma mater.
1:11.6	News Talk.
1:12.5	Do you remember that place?
1:13.3	Yes, I do.
1:14.5	You know, the maddest thing is I was the first, God bless them, voice ever heard on News Talk.
1:19.3	Oh, yeah.
1:19.9	Yes.
1:20.2	The Brexels show.
1:21.2	Yeah.
1:21.7	No, 2002.
1:23.1	Three, I can't remember one of the ones.
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