The Rest Is Money

307. The world’s most influential economist: how we can deliver "worker-friendly AI"

How damaging to us is the obsession of Anthropic, Google and Open AI with creating AI super intelligence? How can political leaders set a new path for AI, that would enrich workers rather than replace...

2026-08-24

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

How do we revive living standards and restore confidence in liberal democracy? Is the link between productivity and wages permanently broken? What is working-class liberalism? Why should Andy Burnham’...

2026-08-20

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

Why is it taking so long to get people trained in AI? Should we be devolving education powers to employers instead of Mayors? Is the replacement for the Apprenticeship levy any good? Why is it so hard...

2026-08-17

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

How can the government persuade UK companies and households to invest and spend their record cash holdings? Why is Donald Trump’s unpredictability failing to destroy economic growth? Why is it so diff...

2026-08-13

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

Why do secondary schools fail so many young people? Whose fault is it? What does good vocational education look like? He says the hard hat is just as important as the graduation cap, but does Andy Bur...

2026-08-10

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

How fixable is the schism between the rich developed countries, led by the US, and the faster-growing BRICS+ group, led by China, Russia, and India? Can these emerging powerhouses truly detach themsel...

2026-08-06

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

Are we in an AI bubble? Does it matter that Chinese AI firms are banned from using American chips? How big is the chance of an AI crash? Can an AI business survive without energy generation capabiliti...

2026-08-03

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300. Does Burnham get AI?

What parts of AI does the UK have to control to secure ourselves against enemies? Does Burnham understand how important AI is for growth and security? Are entrepreneurs less welcome in the UK now? Why...

2026-07-30

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

How has Donald Trump got away with bringing in new tariffs when the last lot were ruled unlawful? Why is the UK in a worse position than the EU now? Are trade wars always bad? Had anyone ever won one ...

2026-07-27

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

John Healey is the Chancellor to increase defence spending to 3% of GDP, but how will he pay for it? Would war bonds do the trick? Is a cut in electricity VAT and a rise in income tax thresholds helpi...

2026-07-22

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

What should the government be doing to get us AI ready? How do we make sure people co-exist with AI and aren't just replaced by it? What role should trade unions have? What are 'tech towns' and how im...

2026-07-20

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

What impact would a 2% wealth tax on people with £10 million have? If you tax the rich more will it bring down the cost of living for everyone else? How will this help the shortfall of affordable home...

2026-07-16

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295. Jim O’Neill – The man shaping Burnhamomics

If fiscal devolution is central to Burnham’s plans, how do we make sure the money is not wasted by mayors and councils? How can Burnham avoid market mayhem if he invests significantly more? Would it b...

2026-07-13

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

Is it fair that city traders can make loads of money betting on the economy’s demise? Are people with working class backgrounds better at trading? How do you go from making millions on a trade floor t...

2026-07-09

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293. A Nobel Prize winning view on wealth inequality

Why are some countries richer than others, even though money, people and ideas can flow freely round the world? Why is it so hard for a country to turn things around and become rich? Are illiberal lea...

2026-07-06

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

How do we unlock trillions of pounds of long term capital and keep it in the UK? What can we learn from a brewery in Newcastle and the Vimto factory in Manchester? Why don’t more people invest in star...

2026-07-02

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291. Does Burnham have any wiggle room?

How much can Burnham re-engineer the fiscal rules? Should he stick to a manifesto that has already been trampled over? Who should he choose to be chancellor? Will the markets approve? The former dir...

2026-06-29

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

Why are each of us £15,000 a year worse off than we should be? What can we learn from the US about housing? Can ‘Manchesterism’ work across the UK? How much is the triple lock state pension holding ba...

2026-06-25

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289. Why we need fewer civil servants

Can Andy Burnham’s civil service employ fewer but more productive officials? Is it fair to blame Brexit and Covid for the rising headcount? Is the government buying British the best growth policy? How...

2026-06-22

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288. Which politician is the worst tax dodger?

Should political leaders show us their tax returns in detail? Are the financial questions concerning Farage about tax or something else? Which politicians were careless and which were more culpable? ...

2026-06-18

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