Original Broadcast: Ed's Macro-Economic View
There is less than a month to go before the EU referendum and voters face an onslaught of claims, counter-claims, arguments and warnings over whether staying or leaving is the best option. Britain's relationship and role within Europe has been a matter of debate for centuries, more intensely since the war and continuously since membership of the EEC, now the EU, 43 years ago. Former Secretary of State for Trade, Peter Lilley, cabinet member under Margaret Thatcher and John Major has experienced that debate at some crucial stages, particularly the Maastricht treaty. He joins Ed Mitchell, host of Investment Perspectives, in studio.
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Original Broadcast: Ed's Macro-Economic View
Oz katerji, a journalist based in Turkey and Lesbos project Coordinator for Help Refugees, joins Ed Mitchell of Investment Perspectives for analysis on the European Migration scheme, which will see refugees and migrants being sent back to Turkey to prevent them from coming to islands such as Lesbos. which is set to begin today.
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Original Broadcast: Global News Perspectives with Ed Mitchell
Ed Mitchell is joined in the studio by Seamus Nevin of the IOD to discuss new net migration figures which have sparked a debate between the two sides involved in the EU Referendum.
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Original Broadcast: Ed's Macro-Economic View
This Friday the people of Ireland will head to the polls to choose their next government. Sinn Fein, for decades known as the political wing of the IRA, is rising in the polls with its anti-austerity campaign. The party could even become the official opposition. Share Radio's Robert Van Egghen reports on a country divided by austerity and an unequal economic recovery.
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Original Broadcast: Ed's Macro-Economic View
Michel Martinez, Chief Euro Economist at Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking, joins us in studio to discuss Societe Generale's recent study showing that the Eurozone is not at risk of imminent deflation, though further deflation remains a possibility down the line
Guests: Michel Martinez
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Original Broadcast: Global News Perspectives with Ed Mitchell
Jessica Hinds, European Economist at Capital Economics, is on the line with her analysis of the decision by Sweden's Central Bank to cut its benchmark rate to push up sluggish inflation amid worries about global growth
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Original Broadcast: Investment Perspectives
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Guests: Angus Dent,James Fletcher,Rob Orchard,Gavin Serkin,Dawn Kendall
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Original Broadcast: Investment Perspectives
Every week we cherry-pick the the best content from each strand so you don't miss a thing.
Guests: Ben Gutteridge,Hussein Kanji,John Paul Smith
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Original Broadcast: Ed's Macro-Economic View
Share Radio's Robert Van Egghen reports on Finland's struggling economy and whether the country will be the next to leave the Eurozone
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Megan Williams, Rome-based writer and foreign correspondent, gives her thoughts on the Euro crisis and whether Italy will follow in Greece's footsteps
Guests: Megan Williams
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