A Long Time In Finance

By Jonathan Ford and Neil CollinsBusiness

A Long Time In Finance episodes

April 29, 2022 Non-doms: The Madness of King George III's tax system
Non-doms are back in the news following revelations about Rishi Sunak's wife, Akshata Murthy and health secretary Sajid Javid. We extract a definition of this archaic fiscal concept from top tax lawyer Dan Neidle, then discuss how it's lasted so long (around 220 years) and how to reform it. Lastly we all ponder how on earth Rochdale-born Javid came to be a non-dom in the first place.

Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.
With Dan Neidle.
Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.
Sponsored by Briefcase.news
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24 min
April 22, 2022 China versus the West
China declared that its friendship with Russia had “no limits” just before Vladimir Putin plunged into Ukraine. Neil and Jonathan talk to China watcher and economist George Magnus about how the war has changed Beijing’s relations with the West, and what it all means for Taiwan, financial decoupling, and whether China is still an investable place to put your cash.

Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.
With George Magnus.
Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.
Sponsored by Briefcase.News
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
26 min
April 15, 2022 Neither doing well nor doing good
We talk to Merryn Somerset Webb of Money Week and FT columnist about why the Russian crisis is also a crisis for ESG investment, Carl Icahn’s war with McDonalds, and how your investment choices could actually make the world a better place (without putting your loot in an ESG fund).

Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.
With Merry Somerset Webb.
Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
25 min
April 08, 2022 Oligarchs, Free Speech and the Law (Part 2)
In the second part of our series about kleptocrats suppressing free speech in English courts, top lawyers Mark Stephens (http://twitter.com/markslarks) and David Hooper (http://twitter.com/thesooperhooper) discuss how both the law and legal practice needs to change to stop this chilling activity.

Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.
With Mark Stephens and David Hooper.
Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.
Sponsored by Briefcase.News

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27 min
April 01, 2022 Oligarchs, Free Speech, and the Law (Part 1)
In recent decades, oligarchs and kleptocrats have routinely used English courts to silence free speech and launder their murky pasts. In the first of a two part series Neil and Jonathan talk to distinguished lawyers Mark Stephens and David Hooper about the history of “lawfare” and their own experiences of it.

Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.
With David Hooper and Mark Stephens.
Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.
Sponsored by Briefcase.news
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
25 min
March 25, 2022 Ukraine and the Great Decoupling
Sanctions on Russia over its Ukraine invasion are splintering the world’s financial system into mutually antagonistic blocs. Neil and Jonathan talk to financial historian Edward Chancellor about parallels with 1914 and the 1930s and the possible consequences of a full rupture.

Hosted by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.
With Edward Chancellor.
Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.
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21 min
March 18, 2022 Britain's cost of living crisis
Poorer Britons are being squeezed by the impact of the terrible war in Ukraine, which is also threatening to squash the economy's post Covid bounce. Neil and Jonathan talk to economist and forecaster Gerard Lyons about what's coming next and what the government, businesses and investors should do.

Hosted by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.
With Gerard Lyons.

Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.
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24 min
March 11, 2022 The London Laundromat
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted a wake-up call about Britain’s overly cosy relationship with dubious oligarchs. Neil and Jonathan talk to Tom Burgis, author of “Kleptopia” about the scale of the problem and whether current efforts to crack down will work.

Hosted by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.
With Tom Burgis.
Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.

This podcast is sponsored by Briefcase.News
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24 min
March 04, 2022 The Cladding Scandal
After the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, flat owners not only discovered overnight they were living in potential deathtraps, but that it might cost them an arm and a leg to put things right. Neil and Jonathan talk to cladding victim and campaigner Liam Spender about the government’s latest plan to sort the mess out.
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24 min
February 25, 2022 Our Friend The Atom?
The world will need new nuclear power to cut carbon emissions, but will the public accept it? Neil and Jonathan talk to nuclear experts Kirsty Gogan and Eric Ingersoll about whether attitudes to reactors are changing. Can phobias about costs and safety be overcome?
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23 min

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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.

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