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Debunking Economics - the podcast

Debunking Economics - the podcast

著者： Steve Keen & Phil Dobbie
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Economist Steve Keen talks to Phil Dobbie about the failings of the neoclassical economics and how it reflects on society.

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  • The risks of hedging

    The risks of hedging
    2026/09/02

    In this episode, Prof Steve Keen and host Phil explore the complexities of hedging, its applications, pitfalls, and its impact on markets and the economy.

    Hedging, rife in the financial and commercial world, is designed to protect our investments. If prices of our investments go down, or the cost of our business inputs go up, hedging is the insurance that stops things getting too bad. But does it work? Steve argues it doesn’t work when there’s financial crisis - when all prices go the same way. The example is people who have bought gold to hedge against equity investments, if they are forced to sell leveraged shares, they might recover their position by selling the gold, forcing that down in price too. Phil also asks whether hedging creates a distortionary impact. For example, stable companies might see higher share prices because they are seen as safe, rather than having any growth potential.

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    29 分
  • Burnham on Buying British

    Burnham on Buying British
    2026/08/25
    The UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he wants government departments to focus on buying British, The UK state spends roughly £300bn to £400bn a year on public procurement—and currently treats it merely as a bureaucratic exercise to secure the absolute cheapest upfront contract, rather than using it as an economic driver. Steve says it’s a step in the right direction, but Phl asks what is it that Britain makes that the government would want to buy? And how long before the usual argument that its costing more and who’s going to pay for it?

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    40 分
  • Ways to foster innovation

    Ways to foster innovation
    2026/08/18
    Unless you are one of the tech bros, it is difficult for anyone to push on with innovative ideas, probably why the world seems reliant on the US for the next big thing. If you not running a Megacap getting money for a new idea is virtually impossible, particularly in the early stages. Even government schemes are focused on reducing risk, to the pint that they offer little more than is available from the commercial finance sector. Steve says China has a better idea, but for those countries that don’t want such centralised economy is there a way to fund start-ups that uses a mix of private funding and government assistance. Phil and Steve both have ideas on this.

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    40 分
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