On the latest ICAEW Insights podcast, we speak to Jamie Bartlett, author and presenter about the importance of digital assets. 

These assets can include NFTs, cryptocurrencies and prizes email addresses and social media handles. What happens to them when we die? Jamie discusses how to look after your digital shadow. 

Then, Sunday Times Economics Editor and author David Smith discusses the conditions that have created the rising inflation we’re seeing in the UK. Are those conditions easing? What will this mean for the cost of living? What’s the impact of the Great Resignation? Who suffers most from high inflation?

Links to resources on topics discussed in the show:

https://myshadow.org/animation

https://www.forbes.com/sites/philippsandner/2021/08/24/digital-assets-the-future-of-capital-markets/

https://time.com/5579737/facebook-dead-living/

https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/bulletins/consumerpriceinflation/january2022

https://petapixel.com/2022/02/23/experts-warn-global-chip-shortage-likely-to-last-beyond-2022/

https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/supply-chain/how-sharply-rising-materials-prices-have-rocked-the-sector-28-02-2022/

https://www.politicshome.com/thehouse/article/major-challenges-for-supply-chains-this-year-brexit-labour-shortages

https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/uksectoraccounts/articles/householdinflationandincomeinequalityintheuk/2020-11-02

Host: Philippa Kelly.
 
Guests: 

• Jamie Bartlett, journalist, presenter and author
• David Smith, Economics Editor, The Sunday Times

 
Producers: Natalie Chisholm

Episode first published: 28 February 2022
Podcast recorded: 21 February 2022