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Goalhanger 310 - 306. The world’s most influential economist: Tax wealth and break up big tech

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Episodes

306. The world’s most influential economist: Tax wealth and break up big tech

305. The Apprentice Unicorn - Euan Blair on rewiring investment and training

304. Why Burnham’s best economic policy would be “do nothing”

303. Why making schools truly comprehensive is vital for our economy

302. Can the West bridge the gap with China, India and the BRICs+ nations?

301. Why the US won't stop China in the AI race

300. Does Burnham get AI?

299. Trump’s new tariffs - can anyone win a trade war?

298. Why Healey as Chancellor? And can he find the money?

297. How do we reshape our workforce in the AI era?

296. Gary Stevenson- how would a wealth tax help those on low incomes?

295. Jim O’Neill – The man shaping Burnhamomics

294. Gary Stevenson – Is being a city trader bad?

293. A Nobel Prize winning view on wealth inequality

292. The £6 trillion pot we should use to grow the economy

291. Does Burnham have any wiggle room?

290. Can Burnham’s ‘business friendly socialism’ grow the economy?

289. Why we need fewer civil servants

288. Which politician is the worst tax dodger?

287. Dan Neidle: forget wealth taxes, do this instead

286. Dan Neidle: Pubs don’t deserve a VAT cut

285. Can Europe escape American tech dependency?

284. Is it time to smash the economic consensus?

283. Does the UK need to be rich?

282. Are politicians living in a tax-and-spend dream world?

281. How to tax billionaires

280. Should the government set food prices?

279. Why SMEs want more than verbal enthusiasm from politicians

278. Can any Starmer rival rescue the economy?

277. How to make green energy a vote winner

276. Will bond market vigilantes see off Starmer’s rivals?

275. The Debt Paradox: Britain’s Hidden Credit Crisis

274. Would rejoining the EU be the best growth strategy?

273. How angry are business leaders with the government?

272. Is Anthropic holding businesses to ransom?

271. Youth unemployment - a national emergency?

270. AI minister: How we build a trillion dollar AI company

269. Monzo founder: AI will kill income tax

268. The price of financial hype

267. Can AI save the public sector?

266. Trump Turmoil: An investor's perspective

265. Are we due another financial crisis?

264. Why the chair of Iceland Foods is not worried about their energy bills

263. Iran War: protecting the UK economy from the energy crisis

262. Does the Chancellor have a growth plan at last?

261. Dire straits: Should the Royal Navy end the Iran oil blockade?

260. Iran War: why the poor will suffer

259. BONUS: Trump's War - why it's making us poorer

258. How AI changes everything we should teach kids

257. Iran War: Are investors getting it wrong?