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A Long Time In Finance

Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins

The long view of finance, markets and money as seen by two veteran City editors, Neil Collins and Jonathan Ford, presented in partnership with The Library of Mistakes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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21:23

Bulb Failure

A Long Time In Finance ·

2022/12/02

It’s not often when a start-up fails that taxpayers end up getting a bill for £6.5bn - equivalent to a penny on income tax. But that’s what happened with Bulb, a venture that tried to bring the economics of Deliveroo and Uber to the staid business of selling power to domestic customers. Energy expert Nick Butler helps us unpick the Bulb shaped mess that ensued, how it happened and what should happen now.Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.With Nick Butler.Produced and edited by Nick Hilton

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24:56

The City Contra Mundum

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2022/11/25

The US politician Dean Acheson once said of Britain that it had lost an empire but not found a role. Could the same be true of the City of London? Out of the EU, it needs to find a new mission to retain its slot as one of the world's top financial centres. Neil and Jonathan talk to economist (and top Frenchman) Nicolas Veron about EU competition, HK's future, global opportunities and risks.Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.With Nicolas Veron.Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for

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25:20

The Last Days of Crypto

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2022/11/18

The sudden collapse of Sam Bankman Fried's $16bn crypto trading empire has caused even the most bored of apes to sit up and take notice. Investors in these digital currencies have exhibited an incredible stoicism, soaking up their punishment and "HODL-ing" through past crypto collapses, but could this be the end of Satoshi's children? Neil and Jonathan talk to crypto expert Izabella Kaminska about why crypto exchanges are like 19th century prairie banks, whether the newbies will keep coming and what

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24:41

The Renewable Religion

A Long Time In Finance ·

2022/11/11

As the world gathers at COP27 to demand further action on emissions, what role can wind and solar really play in helping us hit global temperature targets? A sceptical Michael Shellenberger, US author and environmental activist, talks to Neil and Jonathan about the renewable "religion", the need for more nuclear and gas, and how much renewable capacity you can really put on an electricity grid.Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.With Michael Shellenberger.Produced and edited by Nick Hilton

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23:44

HS2: going nowhere fast?

A Long Time In Finance ·

2022/11/04

With Britain facing "eye-watering" decisions about public spending, many have set their sights on HS2 as the sort of gilded "grand projet" the UK can no longer afford. But does scrapping it make sense, and what sort of infrastructure shouldBritain invest in instead? Neil and Jonathan talk to rail expert Tony Berkeley and Tom Forth, industrial strategy thinker, about the bizarre way infrastructure spending decisions are taken and how thecountry might do it better.Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil

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33:05

The Fall of Northern Rock: Part Two

A Long Time In Finance ·

2022/10/28

In the second part of our series on Northern Rock, Neil and Jonathan pick over the lessons from the 2007 collapse of the world's most famous ex-building society with former chancellorof the exchequer Alistair Darling, Stanford finance professor Anat Admati, and bank expert Dan Davies. As interest rates rise, and tremors course through financial markets, how much more robust is our banking system, and could the same meltdown happen again?Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.With Alistair

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46:06

The Fall of Northern Rock: Part One

A Long Time In Finance ·

2022/10/21

For a few weeks in 2007, a small ex-building society in Newcastle became the world's most famous bank as TV news cameras showed customers queuing at branches for their cash. Initiallyseen as a Victorian throwback, it later became clear that the collapse was a warning of much wider problems to come. As worrying tremors again strike our financial system, Neil and Jonathan ponder the lessons of Northern Rock's failure in the first of a two part series with former chancellor Alistair Darling, ex

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21:45

The Great Pension Fund Panic of 2022

A Long Time In Finance ·

2022/10/14

The market panic that followed Kwasi Kwarteng'sminibudget last month has been blamed on pension funds doing something called LDI. But what is this strange practice, what is itspurpose, and how has it led to a £65bn meltdown in the pensions market? Neil and Jonathan talk to pensions expert (and grand wizard of LDI) John Ralfe about the fallout and whether Neil, as a pensioner, should be worried.Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.With John Ralfe.Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot

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27:14

The Kami-Kwasi Budget

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2022/10/07

It is hard to find a worse reaction to a British Budget than the one accordedKwasiKwarteng's"special fiscal operation". Neil and Jonathan talk to Howard Davies, former financial regulator and Treasury Mandarin about why it got such a huge raspberry, what Kwarteng can do now, and how his effort rates in the roll-call of past fiscal fails, including George Osborne's "omnishambles" and Denis Healey's emergency budget of 1974.Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.With Howard Davies.Produced and

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24:40

Britain's Energy Mess

A Long Time In Finance ·

2022/09/30

Howon earth did the UK end up having to fling £150bn at the energy market just to keep the lights on? Is it just because of Vladimir Putin, or does it also involve poor decisions taken far nearer to home? Neil and Jonathan talk to energy expert Nick Butler about the history of what happened, what went wrong, and how we might put it right.Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.With Nick Butler.Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.Sponsored by Briefcase.News Hosted on Acast. See

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26:04

Remembering Black Wednesday: Part Three

A Long Time In Finance ·

2022/09/23

In the final episode on Britain's 1992 currency crisis, Neil and Jonathan look at the consequences of Black Wednesdaywith Jonathan Portes, Sir Paul Tucker, both of whom had ringside seats in the Treasury and Bank of England respectively, and economic historian Duncan Weldon.Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.With Duncan Weldon and Jonathan Portes.Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.Additional editing by Ewan Cameron.Sponsored by Briefcase.News Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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23:33

Remembering Black Wednesday: Part Two

A Long Time In Finance ·

2022/09/20

In the second of our three-part series on Black Wednesday, the sterling crisis that drove Britain out of Europe's Exchange Rate Mechanism in the autumn of 1992, Neil and Jonathan look back on the events of the day itself with Sir Paul Tucker, who watched the mounting chaos from the Bank of England.Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.With Sir Paul Tucker.Produced and edited by Nick for Podot.Additional editing by Ewan Cameron.Sponsored by Briefcase.News Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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32:05

Remembering Black Wednesday: Part One

A Long Time In Finance ·

2022/09/16

On 16 September 1992, after an "extremely difficult and turbulent day", sterling was driven out of the Exchange Rate Mechanism, shattering the central economic policy of John Major's government and arguably setting Britain on a path to the fringes of, and ultimately the exit from, the European Union. In the first of a three-part series, Neil and Jonathan look back on the run up to the crisis with Jonathan Portes, Sir Paul Tucker, both of whom had ringside seats in the Treasury and Bank of England

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23:31

Putting the Right Price On Time

A Long Time In Finance ·

2022/09/09

It's arguablythe most important number in world history, and one that drives almost all our main economic decisions. But how is the interest rate set, and (more importantly) have we been setting it wrong in recent years, to the detriment of our economies? We discuss interest rates from Babylon to QE with economic historian and author Edward Chancellor.Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.With Edward Chancellor.Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot. Hosted on Acast. See

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23:14

All that Glisters..

A Long Time In Finance ·

2022/09/02

The private equity industry has grown massively in recentyears, but is it a bubble or a genuine money-making machine? We talk to Sachin Khajuria, a former partner of Apollo and author, who believes the buyoutchiefs really can turn pension funds' base metal into gold.Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins,With Sachin Khajuria.Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.In association with Briefcase.News Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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23:56

Boosters v Doomsters

A Long Time In Finance ·

2022/08/26

It's the key divide in UK economic policy, according to economist Sam Bowman: You are either a growth-hungry Booster who thinks we can revive the economy, or a pessimistic Doomster who believes struggling Britain is condemned to persistent low growth. We talk to Sam about why the Doomsters dominate the discussion, and how Boosters can bounce back.Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.With Sam Bowman.Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.In association with Briefcase.News Hosted on

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24:29

Sunak v Truss

A Long Time In Finance ·

2022/07/29

The Tory leadership contest has been badged as a "battle of economic ideas"between "prudent" Rishi Sunak and "go for growth" Liz Truss. But what exactly are these ideas, where do they come from, and how relevant are they to Britain's currentsituation? Neil and Jonathan talk to economic historian Duncan Weldon about the contenders' plans to put Britain back on track.Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.With Duncan Weldon.Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.Sponsored by Briefcase.News

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22:49

Covid's Long Tail

A Long Time In Finance ·

2022/07/22

Most people think it's all over. But with new variants raging, are we too sanguine about dismissing the risks from Covid. Neil and Jonathan talk to Deborah Birx, who ran the Coronavirus Taskforce in Donald Trump's White House, about dealing with "the Donald", where we are with the virus, and how we can avoid contracting a nasty case of economic long Covid.Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.With Deborah Birx.Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.Sponsored by Briefcase.News Hosted on

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24:15

England's Water Companies: Up Schitt's Creek Again

A Long Time In Finance ·

2022/07/15

Things are going from bad to worse for the privatised water industry, argues Feargal Sharkey. The rivers are running with sewage, and now therearewarnings the whole South East could run out of water. We discusspossible fixes with the ex-Undertone, fisherman and water campaigner, from nationalisation to using "grey" water to flush your bog.Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.With Feargal Sharkey.Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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21:07

Wirecard and The Art of the Potemkin Corporation

A Long Time In Finance ·

2022/07/08

Wirecard was the rare German startup that seemed primed to become a global player. But it was all too good to be true, as Dan McCrum, financial sleuth at the FT, ultimately discovered. We talk to him about how he unmasked the scam, overcoming spies, mobsters and even the German financial regulator to get at the truth. And also about favourite scams and why fraud is so damned difficult to stamp out.Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.With Dan McCrum.Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for

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