Centuries of the patriarchy. Listening to our listeners. What’s going on in China? Latest economic data
A slowdown not a slump - yet
Our latest podcast takes a look at feedback, comments and questions that come our way from our listeners.
China is in crisis. Zero Covid is a forever war with a sinister authoritarian shadow. Is there a way out? There are already discernible economic effects via the supply of iPhones and the price of oil.
Why is Jim being taken to task by his use of the word ‘lady’?
Latest economic data and much more.
I nearly spit out my Tea when I heard Jim finish with a point on earnings not picking up with inflation.
Did I hear correctly the average pay in the IT sector is €49.50/hr (€96,500/yr)?!?
If so, is that gross take home pay before tax, and does it include additional benefits? Also, what are these people doing that mean they get paid more than twice that of the average worker, not to mention our underpaid critical workers?
Besides this, I would like to hear more on the housing crisis.
Another good pod, thanks, John and Jim.
Notice how those “critics” of the podcast didn’t actually criticise any of the points you made! They played the man rather than the ball, calling you FG stooges. That how weird leftie conspiracy theorists work when they’re backed into a corner. “Ah you would say that wouldn’t you,…”. Can’t argue the point then switch to the motivations.
I’d love you to do a deeper dive on the economics of a united ireland. The cost of the subvention always pops up and gets countered with arguments to reduce that down. Those arguments usually surround costs assumed to be dropped cause they’re not needed or funded by the UK after unification - some of those assumptions are dubious I would suggest. But very little attention is every given to costs that would increase after unification, adding to the subvention deficit. Like moving Northern Ireland on to the ROI levels of welfare of the low income tax applied to low wages in Northern Ireland. There’s also the currency conversion to consider.
There seems to be an assumption that Northern Ireland’s economy will automatically flourish upon unification because it will follow the ROI economic model. But it’s not as if as ROI expands by 40% in size, it will then attract 40% multinationals into the country. The model is not scalable. Again, a highly dubious assumption in my view.
Does a border poll represent a Brexit for Ireland? Loads of promises being made, dubious assumptions about favourable outcomes and those highlighting the difficulties branded as scaremongers? Blind nationalism?