Breakfast with Hector: First Holy Communion Economics…

For the day that’s in it: I popped in to chat with Hector this week about the crazy economic world of First Communions; we had a great chat. If you’re heading off to one of these yourself today, you might want to have a...

Interview with Colm Hayes for 2FM

Being ‘stuck’, getting punished for doing the right thing; watching those in charge throw good money after bad – and why: if my spending is your income, and your income is mine, the last thing we should be doing is undermining that system. Colm and I...

BBC World Service – In The Balance

Last week I spoke with Manuela Saragosa of the BBC World Service about the price of austerity. We discussed the human cost of the various cuts and burdens placed on economies – what has been inflicted and whether it has actually worked. And if it hasn’t,...

Cash for Pounds Podcast

The question I want to pose this week is: should we pay people to lose weight? This idea might seem a little over the top, but studies in the US reveal the surest way to coax people to lose weight is to give them an incentive to do so – and the most persuasive...