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Latest episodes
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6 min
What are bonds for?
Bonds are just like IOUs. Companies will issue bonds when they want to raise extra money. Prof Steve Keene explains how much of that money sued to come from banks, but now it often…
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5 min
What do central banks do?
Central banks, like the Bank of England, the European Central Bank, the Federal Reserve in the US, have been in the news a lot lately. Why? Because they have been messing with inte…
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4 min
Inflation - is it always a bad thing?
Until the pandemic struck a while generation grew up with little concern about inflation. Now, all of a sudden prices and rising and we are all feeling the impact. So what exactly…