More Money Than Sense

This Tuesday March 14th, we are recording the pilot for a new Radio 4 comedy show about finance and economics. I am host and joining me as panellists are Paul Sinha, Andy Zaltzman, Graínne Maguire and Shazia Mirza. Absolutely is producing. Tickets are free....

The Top Ten Causes of Wealth Inequality

[youtube]http://youtu.be/O0bkmfjAFEE[/youtube] 10. The tax code.  9. The tax deductibility of interest. 8. Government subsidy. 7. QE and bank bail outs 6. Zero interest policies. 5. Onerous planning laws. 4. Income tax. 3. Debt-based money. 2. Not measuring...

On the originality of ideas

A friend sent me this the other day and it made me laugh.   I was googling to try and find out who wrote it, and it turns the out the original was by a French cartoonist called Kadey. Whoever did the English version, as well as pasting out the French and...

The Money Pit

This Thursday night (October 29th) sees episode 1 of The Money Pit, starring Jason Manford and yours truly. So tune into Dave at 7.30. Here’s the blurb from Dave: forty total strangers put their own money on the line in the quest to invest in fledgling...