Lend Me Your Ear is a series of extended one-to-one interviews with economists, politicians, policy makers and entrepreneurs conducted by Liam Halligan. Our guests range from leading academics to campaigners, opinion-formers and front-line lawmakers – all of whom share an interest in the interaction of economics and politics, that vital interface between ideas and vested interests where policy is made. In each episode, Liam leads an informal yet detailed discussion, a conversation designed to inform, illuminate and entertain. If you like what you hear, please subscribe – and encourage others to do the same. Lend Me Your Ear – Conversations Worth Hearing.
Latest episodes
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42 min
SIR MARTIN JACOMB - CITY FINANCIER - FEBRUARY 2020
Sir Martin Jacomb was born in 1929. After Eton and Oxford, he was a barrister, before starting a career in business. He has been Vice-Chairman of Kleinwort Benson, Deputy Chairman…
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37 min
JOHN ROSSMAN - AMAZON INSIDER - OCTOBER 2019
John Rossman is a US tech entrepreneur who worked alongside Jeff Bezos as he built Amazon. America’s third most valuable company after Microsoft and Apple, Amazon has a stock marke…
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32 min
JONATHAN TEPPER - AUTHOR OF "THE MYTH OF CAPITALISM" - DECEMBER 2018
Jonathan Tepper is the co-author of "The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition". In his book, Tepper describes how America has gone from an open, competitive…
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29 min
ELISABETH SCHIMPFOSSL - AUTHOR OF "RICH RUSSIANS" - NOVEMBER 2018
Elisabeth Schimpfössl is the author of “Rich Russians – from Oligarchs to Bourgeoise” – an eye-catching study of the new Russian business elite that’s emerged since the collapse of…
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30 min
JAMES BARR - HISTORIAN OF THE MIDDLE EAST - OCTOBER 2018
James Barr is the author of “A Line in the Sand” – a riveting book on how British and French diplomats re-made the map of the Middle East during and after the First World War. This…