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In this episode of the podcast, Jonathan Brown speaks with Tim Moffatt from Oakleigh Financial about the 18.6-year real estate and banking cycle, how it shapes market booms and busts and why capital preservation matters just as much as returns.
Tim explains how he discovered this framework, how it influences portfolio strategy, why everyday investors often get pulled into hype at the wrong time and what practical lessons people can borrow for their own investing.
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In this special episode, Shepheard-Walwyn host Jonathan Brown sits down with John Perkins, a former Economic Hitman and gets the conversation going by breaking down the political system of our generation. The four pillars of that system: fear, debt, scarcity, and divide-and-conquer- show how political messaging can be engineered to keep populations anxious, dependent, and easy to manipulate.
John explains how debt can be used as a tool of control, why GDP can be misleading as a measure of prosperity, how patronage and corruption are normalised, and how international arrangements like the Saudi petrodollar system were structured to keep wealth and power flowing in one direction. He argues that real change starts by changing perception, stepping beyond fear, and asking better questions about work, value, and the kind of future we want to build.
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The Art of the Steal: https://www.johnperkins.org/art-of-the-steal
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In this episode, Jonathan Brown speaks with Emer Ó Siochrú — architect, valuer, surveyor, and co-author of The Fair Tax — about why land sits at the centre of Ireland’s housing crisis, inequality, and long-term economic future.
They unpack what a site value tax actually is, why it differs from a standard property tax, and why Emer believes land reform remains one of the most important and misunderstood political questions in Ireland.
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In this episode of the Shepheard-Walwyn Podcast, Jonathan Brown is joined by filmmaker Kane Guglielmi to discuss Common Wealth, a new documentary movie exploring happiness, housing, natural resources, community, and the economic systems shaping modern life. Kane shares the personal story behind the film, from his experience during the COVID pandemic and a severe mental health struggle to travelling across Norway, Singapore, and Alaska in search of better alternatives for modern society. The movie aims to stay politically neutral, explain why community matters, and show how the tour is designed to spark real-world conversations.
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The biggest legal gap in history isn't about human rights, but the rights of the Earth itself.
In this episode, Shepheard-Walwyn host Jonathan Brown sits down with Jojo Mehta, co-founder of Stop Ecocide International, to celebrate the life and legacy of the late Polly Higgins, the barrister who gave up her career and sold her home to become a lawyer for the planet.
Polly believed that ecocide, mass destruction of the natural world, deserved a place alongside genocide and war crimes as an international crime. Polly's vision is now a global legal movement reshaping international law.
Jojo reveals how this movement has grown from grassroots activism to UN diplomacy, why some of the world's smallest nations are leading the charge, and how Polly's final book, Dare to Be Great, challenges every one of us to find our unique purpose and use it.
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In this special episode, Shepheard-Walwyn host Jonathan Brown interviews one of our best-selling authors, Fred Harrison, to mark the launch of his new book, Cheating, which argues modern civilisation was built on an ancient betrayal in which leaders diverted economic rent for self-interest, creating an irresponsible social system that persists today. Fred defines rent as the surplus over basic needs that once powered human evolution, then links today’s “four plus one” crises—political paralysis, ecological breakdown, migration, autocracy, and AI—to the ongoing capture of rent. He forecasts a severe global downturn around 2028 as the current 18-year cycle ends, worsened by post-2008 policies and AI-driven job losses. He describes regional deprivation in the UK as deadly, calls for indicting the culture of cheating, proposes “one world rent” to incentivise cooperation, warns that AI may scale corrupt values, and urges an informed public conversation to reform human empathy and the economic system for the greater good.
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In this biographical episode, Jonathan Brown interviews bestselling author Fred Harrison about his life and work, leading up to his forthcoming book, Cheating.
This conversation traced back how Fred Harrison recounts a rootless childhood across Cyprus, Germany, England, and Singapore that shaped his global perspective and drive to understand what unites humanity.
He then explains how studying Henry George’s economics led him to leave Fleet Street, develop the 18-year property cycle thesis, forecast major recessions, critique rent-seeking, and reflect on failures to reform systems in Britain and Russia, culminating in a broader cultural and psychological argument for systemic change.
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Jonathan Brown welcomes returning author and concert pianist/engineer Edi Bilimoria to discuss his new book, “Consciousness Came First,” an 80,000-word root-and-branch restatement (not merely an abridgement) of his 660,000-word, four-volume “Unfolding Consciousness,” which won the 2022 Grand Prize from the Scientific and Medical Network. Edi explains the need for a more accessible volume and his central claim that consciousness is fundamental and expressed through the brain rather than produced by it, using analogies like electricity and the pianist/piano. He also critiques scientism, argues the “hard problem” can’t be solved by intellect alone, outlines levels of the human being, discusses AI as simulation without awareness, and shares views on death, terminal lucidity, and after-death states, emphasising inner treasures and spiritual evolution.
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In this episode, Jonathan Brown interviews historian and author Sean Delahanty about his book Company Men: The Invention of Shareholder Value and the Splintering of the American Economy.
Sean explains how dispersed ownership and weak accountability fueled debates over corporate purpose, from New Deal-era corporate social responsibility to 1960s conglomerates and their collapse. He traces how Milton Friedman’s critique, the Efficient Markets Hypothesis, and Jensen and Meckling’s “nexus of contracts” theory helped legitimise shareholder value and hostile takeovers in the 1980s, framing raids as a means of freeing “free cash flow.”
We explore how shifts in economic theory radically reshaped the American economy and fueled massive accounting scandals such as WorldCom.
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In this episode of the Shepheard-Walwyn Podcast, Jonathan Brown sits down with business leader Mark Brickhill to explore what’s really going wrong in modern business—and how to fix it.
From his early career at Procter & Gamble to turning around major companies like Goodyear and Turtle Wax, Mark shares hard-earned lessons on leadership, integrity, and why “doing the right thing” still matters—especially when it costs millions.
This is a powerful conversation about values, trust, and what it takes to build businesses that actually last.
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Welcome to a combined Shepheard-Walwyn and Property Sharemarket Economics (PSE) podcast. In this episode, our beloved host Jonathan Brown sits down with Andrew "Andy" Pancholi, founder of the Market Timing Report, co-author of the bestselling book Zero Hour, and fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.
Andy leads a fascinating dual career as a wide-body commercial pilot and one of the world's top market forecasters. He explains how the exact same risk-management checklists used in the cockpit can prevent retail traders from wiping out their portfolios in the markets.
We dive deep into long-term harmonic cycles to understand the current global landscape with a discussion of breaking down the 45-year and 90-year geopolitical patterns influencing US/Iran/Israel relations, the 250-year Empire Cycle, and the historical 82-84 year war cycle. He also walks us through his "cafe analogy" of overlapping cycles to demonstrate how investors can identify high-probability trades in commodities like oil, gold, and cocoa.
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In this episode, Shepheard-Walwyn host Jonathan Brown interviews Rosemary Attack, author of John Clare, Voice of Freedom, about the poet John Clare and the economic and psychological impact of the Enclosure Acts in 1809. Born in 1793, he had a patchy education, discovered poetry through Thomson’s The Seasons, and produced about 3,500 poems despite poverty and exploitative publishing practices. The conversation frames Clare’s work as a human account of the effects of enclosure—loss of common land, displacement into towns, and long-term unemployment—arguing that these changes caused material, emotional, and spiritual trauma and underpin modern economic problems.
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In this episode, Jonathan Brown interviews returning guest Akhil Patel, author of The Secret Wealth Advantage, about his 18.6-year economic boom-bust cycle and how it can guide major investment decisions. In this returning podcast, Akhil Patel also introduces the longer 55–60 year Kondratiev commodity cycle, describing how its upswing increases international competition, conflict, and inequality, contributing to today’s unsettled, patchy experience across regions (including differences between Australia, the UK, Europe, and the US) potentially shaking the global economic system.
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In this episode, Jonathan interviews renowned economist Michael Hudson. The discussion was initially intended to celebrate the 17th anniversary of 'The Secret Life of Real Estate and Banking by Phil Anderson, but it quickly evolved into a broader exploration of today's real estate landscape.
Michael shares his insights on the transformation of real estate, especially the shift towards absentee ownership and the growing control by financial institutions. He also delves into personal experiences with corruption in New York's real estate market and discusses the broader economic impacts driven by financial cycles rather than traditional real estate cycles.
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In this episode of the Shepheard-Walwyn podcast series, the conversation explores the application of these principles in various contexts, including business and personal life. Stephanie acknowledges the challenges of maintaining ethical practices in corporate environments but advocates for intentionality and self-awareness among leaders to foster positive change.
She also touches on practical discernment techniques, such as using imagination and intuition, to make well-rounded decisions. Stephanie emphasizes that discernment is a continuous practice that evolves over time, empowering individuals to navigate complex moral landscapes while staying true to their values.
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In this final episode, Jonathan Brown dives deep with author and certified coach Stephanie Peirolo, discussing her new audiobook 'The Saint and the Drunk.' Join us as we explore the powerful connection between St. Ignatius’ spiritual exercises and the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous to discuss how these traditions can guide decisions, support recovery, and deepen your spiritual life. Whether you're a Catholic, in recovery, or just interested in spiritual growth, don't miss out—listen now and transform your spiritual journey.
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In this special episode of the Shepheard Walwyn Podcast, Jonathan Brown celebrates the 17th anniversary of Phil Anderson's groundbreaking book, 'The Secret Life of Real Estate and Banking.'
First published in 2008, the book examines over 210 years of American land and property market history, revealing an intriguing 18-year cycle. In this episode, JB interviews notable figures, including Jason Pizzino, Fred Harrison, Cathy Stacey, Darren Wilson and Akhil Patel about how they discovered and applied insights from the book and subsequently changed their lives for the better.
Tune in and find out why The Secret Life of Real Estate and Banking teachings are more relevant than any other economic books ever about how the economic system really works.
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Jonathan Brown introduces the thought-provoking ideas of Leon McLaren, a barrister who viewed economics through the lens of natural laws and human relationships. This episode tackles MacLaren's radical stance on land value, labour, and wealth distribution, offering a refreshing perspective on modern economic issues. Tune in to explore 'The Science of Economics' and rethink your assumptions about wealth, poverty, and land in the 21st-century economy.
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Jonathan Brown sits down with Karim El-Ayoubi, author of 'Realonomics': How the Economy Really Works and How We Can Fix It.' With an impressive background in philosophy, politics, and economics from Oxford University and work experience at top banks like JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs. Karim shares his journey of discovering the disconnect between academic economic theory and real-world market activities. He discusses his path from disillusionment during the 2008 financial crisis to exploring empirical economic theories. Karim highlights flaws in neoclassical economics and the importance of credit and money flow in understanding the economy by drawing lessons from Japan and China's economic successes to create a better world for ordinary people.
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In this episode of the Shepheard Walwyn Podcast, Jonathan Brown welcomes back Dominic Frisby, author of the newly released The Secret History of Gold: Myth, Money, Politics, and Power. Dominic Frisby is a unique figure in the financial world known for his roles as a comedian, voiceover artist, and financial journalist. He dives deep into the fascinating world of gold. They discuss Dominic's journey from successful voiceover artist to hard-money advocate, the historical and political significance of gold, and its role as a store of wealth. The conversation delves into the political and historical significance of gold, the impact of fiat currency, and the role of sound money in shaping societies. Dom also shares fascinating historical anecdotes and offers his insights on investing in gold, silver, and Bitcoin.
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In this episode of the Shepheard-Walwyn Podcast, we are joined by Tony Vickers, an expert with decades of experience in sectors ranging from military defence to housing construction. Tony discusses his journey from managing construction projects to becoming a counsellor advocating for land value taxation and land reform. He explains the concept of land value taxation, contrasting it with traditional property taxes, and highlights its benefits in economic policy and green initiatives. He also touches on his book 'Location Matters' and shares insights on how political will and public understanding are crucial for implementing these tax reforms. Join us to learn more about how land value taxation could address social inequality and drive sustainable economic growth.
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Our guest on today’s podcast is Dr Nomi Prins, powered by Ethical Economics. Dr Prins is a macroeconomist, geopolitical financial expert, best-selling author, and founder of Prinsight Global, a company specialising in geopolitical, economic, and macroeconomic analysis. Nomi is a Wall Street insider who has held positions at Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, and Chase Manhattan Bank. She has written seven books, including Other People’s Money, which warned of the dangers in the global financial system before the GFC, It Takes a Pillage and our main focus for today, Permanent Distortion. She regularly contributes to various media outlets, including The Financial Times, MSNBC, Fox Business, and Bloomberg.
In this podcast, we look at all of her 20 years of publications, beginning with Other People’s Money from 2004, and make our way through to Permanent Distortion: How the financial markets abandoned the real economy forever.
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In this episode of the Shepheard-Walwyn Podcast, Jonathan Brown speaks with Ed Dodson, a former Fannie Mae executive turned economic revolutionary. Dodson discusses his extensive experience working in America's housing system and his comprehensive archive of political and economic thought on the "land question". Warning listeners of an impending economic crash, Dodson also highlights the global housing crisis and urges a return to the principles of Henry George. He advocates for a system of cooperative individualism, which balances liberty and community while avoiding the extremes of socialism and predatory capitalism. In doing so, he suggests this approach could pave the way for a truly meritocratic society that ensures access to necessities for all individuals.
Later, Dodson reflects on the current state of Western societies, noting the discrepancy between perceived and actual levels of justice. He points to Scandinavian countries as models of more just societies, citing their strong social welfare programs and commitment to individual liberty, while still acknowledging the systemic issues rooting from the privatisation of economic rents. Dodson then emphasises the need for systemic reforms that address these underlying problems in order to achieve a truly just and fair society.
As the conversation concludes, Dodson stresses the urgent need to prepare resilient and equitable solutions ahead of the potential economic crash. He discusses the interconnectedness of various policy areas and the importance of public engagement in advocating for systemic change. Guided by the principles of cooperative individualism, Dodson continues to contribute to the dialogue on building a more just and sustainable society.
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In this episode of the Shepheard Walwyn Shepheard-Walwyn podcast series, host Jonathan Brown introduces a re-released interview with economist Michael Hudson, originally recorded in Spring 2022.
The discussion delves into Hudson’s unique journey into economics, from being the godson of Leon Trotsky to becoming a highly influential yet often overlooked figure in the field. Hudson shares his vast career experiences, including his work for prominent figures like David Rockefeller and his significant contributions through books such as 'Super Imperialism' Super Imperialism and 'A Philosophy for a Fair Society.' A Philosophy for a Fair Society.
The conversation highlights the shift from industrial to finance-based economics and Hudson’s efforts to advise governments on de-dollarisation strategies and economic pitfalls. His insights into the transition of economies from productive labor to rent extraction and financialization offer a deep critique of contemporary economic practices and the critical need for global economic reform to move towards a more balanced and just financial order, reflecting the central themes of Hudson's extensive body of work.
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In this episode of the Shepheard-Walwyn podcast, host Jonathan Brown introduces Shepheard-Walwyn's audience to Michael Hudson, a renowned but often underrepresented economist, known for his extensive work in economic history and his influential book, 'Super Imperialism.'
Hudson's career trajectory begins with his early efforts to highlight the significance of debt in modern economies and continues with his research into ancient economic systems and their relevance to contemporary issues. Hudson's investigations into ancient societies, such as Babylonia, reveal how those civilisations managed debt and economic balance, offering a stark contrast to modern-day economic practices, particularly in the roles of debt and rentier classes in fostering economic disparity and stagnation.
His findings underscore the importance of debt cancellation and the redistribution of resources to avoid economic polarisation and social upheaval, lessons modern economies could learn from to prevent future crises. Hudson's insights, grounded in both historical analysis and modern economic critique, offer a roadmap for addressing the systemic issues at the heart of today's economic instability.
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In this episode of the Shepheard Walwyn podcast series, Jonathan Brown welcomes Stephanie Peirolo, author of the newly released book 'The Saint and the Drunk: A Guide to Making The Big Decisions In Your Life.' Stephanie brings a diverse background to the discussion. She is a board-certified executive coach with academic credentials from Stanford and Seattle University, a recovering alcoholic, an associate of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, and a writer with her own newsletter and podcast.
The central theme of her book draws from the decision-making processes of both St. Ignatius of Loyola, who founded the Jesuits and codified his method in the spiritual exercises, and Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, who introduced the 12-step program. Stephanie aims to adapt these frameworks to be accessible to individuals regardless of their religious or spiritual beliefs, transforming them into practical tools for making intentional and ethical decisions in daily life.
In this episode of the Shepheard-Walwyn podcast, host Jonathan Brown interviews Stephanie Peirolo, author of The Saint and the Drunk: A Guide to Making The Big Decisions In Your Life. Stephanie, a board-certified executive coach with a background in transformational leadership, explains her unique approach of blending the wisdom of St. Ignatius of Loyola and the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous to guide significant life decisions. Stephanie elaborates on her experience with discernment practices rooted in Jesuit spirituality and opens up about her personal journey as a recovering alcoholic. She emphasizes the importance of inner wisdom, cultural narratives, and honoring resistance as crucial aspects of discernment. Stephanie also introduces the concept of 'profane mysticism,' addressing the intersection of spirituality and practicality in everyday life. The discussion delves into her writing journey, motivations behind her book, and future projects, including exploring grief and writing a memoir. The episode highlights practical applications for listeners from various backgrounds, offering tools to make intentional decisions aligned with their values. To get a copy of Stephanie's book, go to www.shepheardwalwyn.com
Kris, an economics and environmental studies expert, discusses her journey from studying philosophy to her deep involvement with the Henry George School of Economics. The conversation delves into the basics of geoclassical economics, the impact of economic taxation policies (ATCOR and EBCOR), and Kris's experiences working with key figures like Mason Gaffney and Fred Harrison. They also touch on Kris's visit to Russia to help transition their economy towards fairness. The episode concludes with insights into how current and future governments could benefit from the ideas promoted in 'Rent Unmasked' and a discussion on advancing Mason Gaffney's work in contemporary economics.
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In this Shepheard-Walwyn Podcast episode, host Jonathan Brown interviews Akhil Patel, author of The Secret Wealth Advantage: How You Can Profit from the Economy's Hidden Cycle. Together, they discuss the significant sales and positive reception of Patel's book, which delves into economic cycles, land monopolies, and the 18-year market cycle. Patel explains key concepts from The Secret Wealth Advantage’s chapter on mania and deregulation, providing insights into current global economic conditions, the impact of Brexit, the future of AI, and investment advice. The conversation also includes reflections on UK energy policy challenges and historical economic patterns, concluding with resources for further engagement on the topics discussed.
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In today’s podcast, we are celebrating the lifelong contributions of the recently departed Dave Wetzel, by sharing the almost unedited interview conducted earlier this year, to celebrate the release of ‘Taken for a Ride – 2nd Edition’. In it, Dave talks about his experiences working to improve the transport system in London and his experiences working with Ken Livingstone, the first modern mayor of London. So, that's what we have today – over one hour of Dave telling stories about his life and how he sought to make a difference. Both in transforming a city he loved, and also how much he cared for and cared about his friends.
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Today, we continue our celebration of the ebook release of Rent Unmasked: How to save the global economy and to build a sustainable future – essays in honour of the late great Mason Gaffney, edited by Fred Harrison. This podcast features an interview with Duncan Pickard, a farmer in Fife, Scotland, who discusses his journey into farming, the principles of the Scottish Enlightenment, and the challenges of modern farmland valuation and usage. Duncan has written a number of books on creating a fairer and freer society through tax reform and contributed to Rent Unmasked.
Key topics in the interview include: Pickard's early farming experiences, his strategic land purchases based on economic cycles, the continuing relevance of Adam Smith and other Enlightenment thinkers, the main problems with current farmland valuation and recent changes to inheritance tax for farmers under the Labour Government and the potential benefits of an annual ground rent system.
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In this podcast, the first in a short series celebrating the release of the ebook of Rent Unmasked: How to save the global economy and to build a sustainable future - essays in honor of the late great Mason Gaffney, we interview Francis K. Peddle, a leading tax lawyer and philosophy professor. Rent Unmasked explores Mason Gaffney's economic philosophy and Peddle discusses Gaffney's influence on economics, the ideas of Henry George, his work with the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation, and how he helped apply Gaffney and George’s ideas in setting up the BC Assessment Authority. He emphasizes Gaffney's philosophy of reconciliation, which aims to avoid trade-offs between efficiency and fairness. Peddle critiques mainstream economic views, advocating for a land value tax to address issues like tariffs, farming, and inheritance taxes. He highlights the transparency and fairness of such a system compared to current taxation methods.
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In today’s podcast, Shepheard-Walwyn podcast host and editor of the updated "Taken for a Ride – Trains, Taxpayers and the Treasury" Jonathan Brown, concludes our discussion of the book sharing key ideas and quotes from the work.
This episode is dedicated to Dave Wetzel, former Vice Chair of Transport for London and author of the book’s postscript, who sadly passed away as we went into post-production of the episode. Like Don Riley, Dave was a tireless campaigner for a fairer society and worked hard to improve the lives of Londoners.
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In today’s podcast in our Taken for a Ride miniseries celebrating the unique work of property entrepreneur Don Riley, we speak with Steve Norris, the former transport secretary who forced the treasury to invest in the extension (and incidentally) got Crossrail approved in 1995. Steve contributed to the book and doesn’t hold back in his criticisms of the Treasury there and he does the same in the interview.
He began in industry and then began a dual career as a politician in the 1970s, eventually serving as an MP in Margaret Thatcher's government. He was transport minister in John Major’s cabinet from 1992-1997. In 1997, he stepped down from politics to return to his business career.
Today he chairs and advises a number of different companies and charities and leads a small but highly skilled team of people specialising in complex property, infrastructure and transportation projects. He also runs a business that builds more affordable homes for people in and around his adopted city, London.
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Welcome back to the third podcast celebrating the second edition of Don Riley’s Taken for a Ride – Trains, Taxpayers and the Treasury. Today we are speaking with Dave Wetzel, a committed socialist and environmental campaigner. Whilst he had diametrically opposed political views to Don, they were friends and campaigned together to change government policy.
Dave was the first vice chair of Transport for London working with Ken Livingstone to spearhead a mesmerising number of improvements to London’s transport, especially buses. In this interview we look at how he and others worked to improve communities through better transport and how we could have much better cities and lower taxes if we focused on the value added by well thought out public transport investments.
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Welcome back to the Shepheard-Walwyn podcast. Today we continue our exploration of the second edition of Don Riley’s classic work Taken for a Ride with a conversation with the legendary Fred Harrison. Fred worked with Don and supported his research into land value uplift and helped Don write the first edition of Taken for a Ride. In this interview he talks about Don’s research and the specific reasons why any landowner needs to understand the impact of public investments on their properties.
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Welcome back to the Shepheard Walwyn Podcast. Today we begin a series to celebrate and explore the work of Don Riley. We have revised and fully updated Don’s classic work, Taken for a Ride – Trains, Taxpayers and the Treasury.
Don was an entrepreneur and landlord in Southwark, London who benefitted massively from a new underground extension, the Jubilee Line Extension in the 1990s. He was able to document through research and through his bank balance just how profitable that public investment was. As a committed entrepreneur he was incensed that he was benefitted from a taxpayer investment. Instead of quietly counting his profits he wrote a book about the corruption that he saw in the economy.
The book has been revised by Fred Harrison, the economist who supported Don writing the original book, Dave Wetzel, former Vice Chair of Transport for London and me. We also have a fascinating contribution from Steve Norris, the transport minister who pushed through Treasury approval for what has become the most profitable and impactful public transport investment London has seen since the War.
In this interview, I interview Phil Anderson, author of The Secret Life of Real Estate and Banking. Phil was friends with Don and spent time understanding his approach to investing and the work he did that you can benefit from in Taken for a Ride. Here are the time stamps.
0:00 Welcome and background to Taken for a Ride.
2:00 What did Don do to make his own money? What did he do when he saw his profits coming from the taxpayer?
8:00 Whilst public investment, private profit is wrong, you should understand what makes a good investment to maximise your own returns as a property owner.
10:40 Other reasons for buying the book to deepen your understanding of the corruption in the system.
13:20 Call to action- call your political representative to lobby to get this changed.
14:00 Thanks and close.
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Welcome to the Shepheard-Walwyn Podcast. In today’s episode, we welcome back one of our favourite authors, Edi Bilimoria. Since we last spoke to Edi, his book “Unfolding Consciousness” has won book awards. He’s appeared on many podcasts, launched a reader series with Dr Alex Gomez-Marin, long term collaborator with Ian McGilchrist, launched the eBook version of his incredible work and is about to launch a series with the Theosophical Society of America (spaces still available). We talk about all these topics and jump straight in with a conversation about free will and whether we are “Determined” as the latest bestseller from Robert Sapolsky asserts.
Time stamps are as follows:
0-1.30 Welcome and introduction – have there been any particular questions that most resonated with readers and listeners?
1.30 More scientists are opening up to a spiritual or esoteric perspective.
3.00 Why will free will and determinism always be discussed if we think in dichotomies?
5.30 Collaborating with Dr Alex Gomez-Marin of the Pari Centre.
7.40 Answering questions without words and musicians in the flow.
11.00 Aramaic scriptures and the two types of breath.
12.00 What was the intention with the series with Alex?
15.00 How and why does Edi stay so open to other people’s questions?
17.20 What is the value of external accolades? Royal assent for Edi’s work?
19.30 What does “Know Thyself” really mean?
21.00 What is the collaboration with the Theosophical Society of America?
25.00 Professor Lorna Dawson, one of the country’s top scientists, still in awe of her chosen field - soil!
27.20 The launch of the eBooks.
28.30 Creating a unified view of science, religion, and philosophy.
31.00 Close
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Welcome to the second part of our interview with Phil Allan to celebrate the second edition of The New School of Economics.
0-0-2 Introduction to Phil Allan.
2 Why do we have so much unfairness in the system?
6- Why is unfairness not inevitable?
10 The original Physiocrats were 18th century economists. What were their key ideas?
14 Who are the New Physiocrats? What are their links to Henry George?
19.30 How do your views differ from the prevailing neoclassical view of economics?
21 What makes a prosperous economy?
26 How can you move from rent seeking economics to ways to promote production?
28 How government monopolies spread even to marriage!
31.30 Lessons from Thailand and other countries.
37.30 How do we implement your ideas to transform economic systems?
43 Closing thoughts for the listeners.
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Welcome to the Shepheard-Walwyn Podcast. Today we are speaking with Phil Allen author of the revised edition of critically acclaimed, The New School of Economics. Here’s a summary of what we talk about.
0-2 Intro and Welcome
2 What personal and or professional experience led to your writing this book?
6 How did your experience of the 2008-9 crash affect your research focus?
10 Where can following your own interest lead you?
12 What have you been working on since the first edition of the book?
16 How has living and working in different countries shaped your perspective?
18 What do you hope readers will get from the book?
19:30 Do you feel more inspired or more challenged today compared to the first launch?
21:30 What’s your focus today?
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My guest today is Akhil Patel, author of a fantastic new book The Secret Wealth Advantage- How you can profit from the economy’s hidden cycle. Now regular listeners and friends of Shepheard-Walwyn will recognise Akhil as the director of Property Share Market Economics along with Phil Anderson. Here they teach subscribers how to remember the future and to profit from the real economic order. Akhil has professional experience both in the UK civil service and in international development and business. And he's worked on a range of issues from reviewing large infrastructure deals to helping establish a UK International Climate Fund. Akhil has two master's degrees both in finance and public policy, and also a first-class honours degree in classics from Oxford.
In this interview, we talk about how the book came about, his inspirations from the Shepheard-Walwyn authors and also what readers can take from the book to improve their investing success. Here are the time stamps.
- Welcome and introduction.
1.45 What prompted you to write the book?
5.30 How did you get interested in alternative views of economics?
8.40 What’s your take on the cycle?
11.00 What are the chances that economies like UK and Australia don’t have a boom the way Japan did in the last cycle?
17.00 Who is the book aimed at?
1930 How can our readers make the most of the next few years and prepare effectively for the crash?
23.00 How can you stay safe in crazy times?
26.00 What are you working on now?
27.50 Where can our readers learn more?
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In today’s podcast we speak with Marika Henriques, therapist and author of The Hidden Girl – the Journey of a Soul. An amazing combination of art and prose with some poetry, Marika tells her amazing journey of recovery from having to hide from the Nazis as a child in Hungary during the occupation, to being forced to leave her home in 1956 with the Communist takeover where she had to make her way overland to England which has been her home ever since.
Once settled, she trained to be a Jungian therapist. The Hidden Girl tells the story of her remarkable journey of recovery. It’s both a beautiful and insightful book and this was a particularly heart-warming conversation. Here’s what we covered:
0.0 Welcome and introduction.
2.00 What prompted you to write the book and how long did it take?
9.00 What drew you to become a healer?
11.30 What makes this different from other books about the Holocaust?
13.00 How a false cancer diagnosis led her to start her recovery journey through art.
19.30 Healing happens through creativity. Connecting with your spiritual self.
22.30 How the books create space for us to make our own way home.
24.30. Even if there’s no cure, there can be healing.
29.00 How Marika finds ways to be grateful for her journey and how she can now help others through her book.
32.00 Wrap up and close.
35.00 Summary of the Marika’s insights.
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Welcome to the final instalment of our dialogue with Edi Bilimoria, author of the stunning 1200 page work Unfolding Consciousness. This is the second part of our dialogue exploring Book three entitled - Gazing through the Telescope – Man is the Measure of All Things.
As with all the conversations in this series, we have done our best to make this audio friendly. However, I encourage you to watch this on Youtube if you can or at least check out the diagrams in the video when you have listened.
0.00 Welcome and introduction
1.30 Introduction to the final half of book three including how consciousness unfolds from the divine to the human.
5.30 Why is Newton’s alchemy research integral to his “scientific” research?
9.00 Holy Science, real truth v relative truth.
17.30 Schrodinger’s mind-sensation problem and how it can help us.
21.00 The violin and the violinist.
26.45 Why focusing on how the brain generates consciousness is the wrong focus.
32.00 How do we awaken our latent faculties and powers of consciousness?
36.15 Deepening our conversation on vitalism.
43.00 The potential dangers of using or relying on psychedelics to achieve spiritual insight.
52.00 Some thoughts on intuition and it’s real role in scientific discovery.
60.00 Why is consciousness an element – that is, irreducible? And why must we have a greater moral and spiritual compass when conducting scientific research?
105.30 Holding the balance between intellect and devotion.
110 Some final thoughts on destiny, meaning and purpose and the unfolding of consciousness.
114 Summary and close.
Thank you for listening to this Edi Bilimoria series. I hope as an Shepheard Walwyn podcast listener you’ll agree that as a publisher we are committed to encouraging different voices and perspectives. For example, Phil Anderson and Fred Harrison on economic cycles, John Butler on spiritual practice. We think Edi’s work as I hope you’ve experienced in this series has the potential to change the dialogue in so many areas, most significantly perhaps, in the interaction between science and spirituality and a reappraisal and reintroduction of our ancient wisdom traditions into our discourse on how to add meaning to our existence.
If you have listened to this series of conversations with Edi then I hope you feel ready to make the investment in his magnus opus. It’s taken 6 months to complete these recordings. I think I am on the third or fourth reading of each of the books and they still feel like I am reading them for the first time as there’s so much new wisdom to consider on each successive reading. My conviction is that even if you much more awareness with the perennial philosophy you’ll have a similar experience.
So for the last time with Edi at least thank you for listening to the Shepheard Walwyn podcast. Be sure to connect with us at shepheardwalwyn.com and join our mailing list for updates and special offers. And if you feel it’s appropriate give us a like wherever you get your podcasts and on YT too.
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Today we continue our mini series with Edi Bilimoria, author of the stunning 4 volume work Unfolding Consciousness. As book four is the reference book for the series, this is the penultimate dialogue with Edi. Book three entitled - Gazing through the Telescope – Man is the Measure of All Things – has a lot of ideas so we felt it was best to split the conversation into two. In this part we look at the first half of book three.
We have done our best to make this audio friendly. However, I encourage you to watch this on Youtube if you can or at least check out the diagrams in the video when you have listened. They made a massive difference to my understanding and our feedback suggests they could help you too.
We jump straight into this conversation with Edi explaining what is consciousness and why we need to focus more on relationships than on things so let’s get into the interview.
0.0 Welcome and intro
01.45 What is consciousness and what’s the matter with things?
06.30 Why do you say that man mirrors the cosmos, and is a miniature universe?
11.00 Why is it important to place so much emphasis on the instrument of our perception- our physical senses?
17.30 Why is symbolism so important for our understanding of the inner realms of existence?
20.00 Examples of useful symbols to appreciate the nature of our beings especially the divine self, the intuitional principle and the higher mind.
25.00 What are the different types of labyrinths? And how have some symbols eg animal sacrifice become distorted?
31.00 Why astrology is not a pseudo science and why as scientists we need to do our own research.
39.30 What does the symbolism of the human body tell us that medical facts can’t?
45.00 Cardiology and the deeper importance of heart centered living.
48.00 What is the human kingdom?
52.00 The lotus and the rose
60.00 The hermetic axiom and the related concepts of analogy and correspondence and the outpouring of love.
1.07 What can you tell us about the divine mandate?
1.13 What’s the difference between Cosmos and Kosmos?
1.16 What is Akasha and what is astral light?
1.20 Wrap up and close.
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Today we welcome back Edi Bilimoria to talk about the second volume of his stunning work Unfolding Consciousness. As a quick recap, Edi is an award-winning engineer, glider pilot, concert pianist, philosopher and student of ancient wisdom – the perennial philosophy.
Book two is the shortest volume in the series so we have presented this conversation on one instalment. In many ways it could be the most impactful for the reader as it puts us as beings under the microscope. And in just over 200 densely packed pages Edi manages to integrate almost all of the wisdom traditions into one breath taking, coherent picture.
If you have an interest in the areas Edi covers, I guarantee he’ll shake your world view in the politest yet most thorough way you can imagine. My invitation is to listen to the interviews in this series and buy the books and take a year or two to digest them!
2.00 What is the purpose of Book Two – Peering Down the microscope – man’s internal landscape.
5.00 The perennial philosophy resolves many “scientific” challenges.
10.00 Why we need to consider both the value and inevitable limitations of the “scientific” perspective.
11.00 Why have we become fascinated with our own image and what damage does this do?
14.30 Are we really “hackable animals” as one commentator says?
16.30 Why do you think it’s safe to share the previously secret philosophy today?
22.00 Why should we never accept one view as definitive and final?
27.00 What is the constitution of man?
33.00 Going deeper into the popularly known split of mind, body and spirit.
39.00 Connecting with Ian McGilchrist’s fantastic works and his left-right brain research.
48.00 Are all desires evil?
52.00 Some thoughts on Prana.
57.00 Edi explores Paul Brunton’s description of man as a miniature copy of the universe.
62.00 The importance of the bridge between the levels of body-mind-spirit and how our actions affect the quality of this connection.
110 How we can increase our connection with universal intelligence.
117.30 What happens when we die?
126 How our unresolved psychological baggage can hinder our journey (and what we can do about it!)
133 What’s the difference between immortality, infinity, and eternity?
136 Are we actually lumbering robots?
140 The difference between things and phenomena or things and relationships and why we won’t be taken over by robots.
- Reconciling the different philosophical traditions.
157 Close.
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Today we're speaking with the editor of the soon-to-be re-released classic Land and Taxation, Professor Nick Tideman. He edited this book with the authors Vic Blundell, Fred Foldvary, Mason Gaffney, and Fred Harrison. Nick was raised in Chicago in San Francisco. He got his first degree in math and economics at Reed College and a PhD from the University of Chicago. He's held positions at Harvard University and served as an economist on the President's Council of Economic Advisers. He moved to Virginia Tech almost 50 years ago, where he became a full economic professor in 1985. Nick's authored over 100 professional articles focusing on public finance and improving the efficiency of public decision-making. In 2006, he wrote the book Collective Decisions and Voting: The Potential for Public Choice.
0.0 Welcome and Introduction
2.00 How did Nick get into the area of land economics and fairness?
4.00 Going to Chicago and getting advice from Milton Friedman
6.20 Life in Chicago -the bad and the good
9.15 Insights around public choice and collective decision-making.
11.50 The key to disagreeing successfully and other findings on voting
17.00 The three sources of rent
21.00 Working for Paul McCracken, top advisor to Richard Nixon
23.00 The difference between government in the 1970s and government today
25.00 What drew Nick to the book, Land and Taxation?
29.00 Why is Neo-classical economics hanging on?
35.00 The value of being closely connected
40.00 The importance of human freedom
41.00 Making decisions when information is distorted.
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Today's author is Dr. Eddie Bilimoria. Eddie is joining us for what will become a series of conversations to celebrate and explore his extraordinary for volume 1200 Page Magnus Opus, unfolding consciousness exploring the Living Universe and intelligent powers in nature and humans. Eddie was born in India and educated at the University of London, Sussex and Oxford, and he presents an unusual blend of experience in the fields of science, engineering, art and philosophy. He's worked as a consultant in many industries including oil and gas, aerospace and construction. And he's been a project manager and head of design for major innovative projects, which is a channel tunnel, London Underground systems and other off stock installations. A student of the perennial philosophy for over four decades, he has given courses and lectures extensively around the world. He's organised and chaired several major conferences, and his written work has been published extensively in the fields of science, engineering and the esoteric philosophy. And on top of all of this, he is also an accomplished concert pianist.
Unfolding consciousness is a culmination of a life's work and has already garnered much critical acclaim. In this episode, we have part two of Eddie's discussion of volume one panoramic survey, science contrasted with the perennial philosophy on consciousness. And man, if you haven't already captured part one, be sure to catch that now. So Eddie, I think at this stage, we've given people an overview. Well, it certainly will not cover the extraordinary 150-200 pages that you've got around the wonder and the challenge of modern science, and we're now moving in towards your conversation and the dialogue around ancient teaching in the Mystery Schools. I just wonder where would be the best place for us to start that conversation?
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Welcome back to the SW podcast. Today we welcome back Edi Bilimoria to talk about the first volume of his stunning work, Unfolding Consciousness. As a quick recap, Edi is an award winning engineer, glider pilot, concert pianist, philosopher and student of ancient wisdom. In this two-part conversation we will explore the ideas in Book 1, subtitled, A Panoramic Survey - Science Contrasted with the Perennial Philosophy on Consciousness and Man.
0.00 Welcome and introduction.
2.30 Overview of Book 1
5.00 What is the Perennial Philosophy?
10.00 Why does the Book start with a chapter “Who and what am I?”
12.00 Getting into the currently challenging topic of God and the Divine Self.
14.00 External Wealth and Inner Poverty.
20.00 Scoping out the current challenges with science and scientism.
25.00 Can evolution alone explain genius?
27.00 The benefits and limits of the reductive approach to scientific discovery – the importance of humility and openness to multiple perspectives.
35.00 The issue with seeing nature as a “machine” and other unspoken assumptions that underpin science.
39.00 Mental models and how they affect our work.
45.00 In praise of scientists who take a broader view.
48.00 Peacocks and Giraffes and how they came to be.
54.30 Where does thought come from and what’s the function of the mind?
61.00 Why do people make the same discoveries?
63.00 The surprising benefits of meditation.
66.00 Why it’s important to heed the warnings of top scientists.
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Today’s author is Dr Edi Bilimoria. Edi is joining us for what will become a series of conversations to celebrate and explore his extraordinary 4 volume 1200 page magnum opus, Unfolding Consciousness- Exploring the Living Universe and Intelligent Powers in Nature and Humans.
Edi was born in India and was educated at the Universities of London, Sussex and Oxford. Edi presents an unusual blend of experience in the field of science, engineering, art and philosophy. He’s worked as a consultant in many industries including oil and gas, aerospace, and construction. He's been a project manager and head of design for major innovative projects such as the Channel Tunnel, London Underground systems and offshore installations. A student at the perennial philosophy for over four decades, he has given courses and lectured extensively around the world. He has organised and chaired several major conferences, and his written work has been published extensively in the fields of science, engineering, and esoteric philosophy. On top of all of this, he is also a concert pianist.
Unfolding Consciousness is the culmination of a life’s work and has already garnered much critical acclaim.
In this interview, we explore his life story and how he came to write such a book. It takes place at his house, and we finish with Edi playing his stunning Steinway grand piano.
Here are the time stamps.
0.0 Welcome and introduction.
2.00 What is the purpose of the book?
4.30 What is the structure of the four-volume collection?
08.00 How did Edi get involved in the topic of his book?
13.15 Edi’s business and engineering background.
15.00 Why do you keep working at 75?
18.00 How does Edi bring a conscious approach to his work?
20.00 Why has character always been so important?
23.30 How should we use science and technology?
25.15 What readers would be most interested in the book?
30.00 What’s Edi working on now?
33.00 How can people find out more?
34.40 Edi plays a piano piece.
36.00 Thanks and close.
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Hello and welcome to the Shepheard Walwyn podcast series. My name is Jonathan Brown. Shepheard Walwyn is a campaigning book publisher based in London, England. Our purpose is to uncover and promote new ideas to society’s oldest problems. Whilst our specialty is ethical economics, something Anthony Werner, our driving force for over 40 years has pioneered, we have branched out over the years to other related areas such as the environment and the lives and work of society’s change agents.
These podcasts promote ideas we are convinced can actually help us to build a better society for all of us. So have a listen and be sure to share with your friends if you like them and tell us what you think – these are debates we all need to be a part of.
Welcome to Part Two of our interview with Michael Hudson, perhaps the world’s most influential, (but rarely acknowledged), economist. In the first episode, we looked at how economics got corrupted from industrial economics, where people made money by making things to a finance economy where a small elite group makes money by manipulating financial instruments.
In this episode, we dig into Michael’s most famous work, Super Imperialism, the Economic Strategy of the American Empire. In this book, first published in 1972, Michael described how the USA was able to force the world to use the US dollar as its default international currency – the so-called ‘dollarisation’ of the world economy which accelerated in the 1960s to today. We also look at the reverse which is happening as we speak - the rapidly accelerating de-dollarisation due to US actions against Russia and China. Essentially this is where economies around the world stop using the US dollar as their trading and reserve currency and start using other currencies instead in terms of impact. This change may be the most important economic event since the Second World War. Here are the time stamps for the conversation.
0.0 Welcome and focus on Super Imperialism
2.50 Understanding money and balance of payments deficits and how the USA avoided paying for its deficits.
13.30 What’s Michael’s view on the economic impact of the Ukraine conflict?
17.15 What’s the real cause of the grain shortage and how are we moving to a multi-polar world?
28.00 Is Biden really in charge?
30.30 Working with Herman Kahn at the Hudson Institute.
37.30 How is China dealing with the Tech Billionaires?
41.00 What are the scenarios for Russia and China?
45.30 What is your take on China’s zero COVID policies?
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Welcome to the Shepheard Walwyn podcast and a two part interview with Michael Hudson, perhaps to the world’s most influential (but rarely acknowledged) economist. Michael has had a remarkable career starting off as a practical or reality-based economist working for a variety of institutions looking and how banks really behave. He looked at the balance of payments economics for David Rockefeller at Chase Manhattan Bank; worked for Herman Kahn at the Hudson Institute, and advised the US State Department on how they could fund the Vietnam War when the gold was running out. He now advises the Chinese Government on how to maintain an industrial economy and avoid the traps the US Finance economy has fallen into.
Michael’s most famous work is Super Imperialism, the Economic Strategy of American Empire but has also written extensively on ancient economies in the Near East. He is one of our longest running writers having co-written the soon to be re-released eBook, A Philosophy for a Fair Society with Kris Feder and the late GJ Miller and. Incidentally, this book is a great introduction to his whole body of work so do check it out!
In this first episode we looked at how economics got corrupted from industrial economics where people made money by making things, to a finance economy where a small elite group makes money by manipulating financial instruments. There’s some meaty topics but I promise it’s worth your time. Time stamps are as follows.
00.0 Welcome and introduction.
02.30 How did he get into economics?
10.00 The effect of real estate and credit on the economy in today’s finance economy system.
17.00 Why did the classical economists fight so hard to get rid of the rentier class?
21.00 Why was almost everyone a socialist at the start of the 20th century? And why was the public sector seen as the 4th factor of production?
31.30 The fight against classical economics and its concept of rent as unearned income
36.00 What Henry George got wrong.46.00 How the fight to maintain an industrial economy is being fought in Russia and China.
53.00 How GDP calculations distort the value creation process today.
58.00 How the University of Chicago and its graduates enjoy their free lunch.
1.09 The New Road to Serfdom and the legacy of the new feudalism.
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Today we welcome Fred Harrison back to the podcast. In this interview, we talk about The Corruption of Economics, a book Fred co-wrote with the late, great Professor Mason Gaffney (with an additional contribution from Dr. Kris Feder. Corruption was released in 1994 but as part of our focus on the classics in the Shepheard Walwyn library we are re-releasing it as an eBook with a new introduction from Fred.
Whilst it may seem that a book published in 1994 may not have much to say about today’s economic and political challenges, we hope you’ll hear in this podcast how relevant it is to the challenges we face today.
The papers are currently crammed with the Russian oligarchs and how unfair they are. All this is true but it’s no more true than our oligarchs. In this podcast, Fred explains why we have an economic system and philosophy that guarantees the creation of oligarchs and that the same things that were done over 100 years ago to eliminate Henry George and the fairer economic ideas from the textbooks were done in Russia in the 1990s to ensure that Russia did not create a fairer economic system but that they had a “shock therapy” approach that created gross income inequality. Fast forward 30 years and we are chasing Russian billionaires around the Mediterranean trying to take their super-yachts from them.
Here's the breakdown of the conversation.
0.0 Welcome and the importance of thinking for yourself and why that was so important to Fred and Mason.
3.00 What are the main points of Mason’s exploration of how economics became corrupted?
6.00 Why the elites didn’t fear Marx and communism but did fear Henry George.
9.00 Mason and Henry George were both able to reconcile seeming opposites in economics and society.
13.30 Who was behind the corruption of economics?
16.00 What are the consequences of the corruption of economics?
23.00 Why Russia created an economy that generated oligarchs – and how the West made it happen?
30.00 How the same thing happened in South Africa- discussing the final chapter with Kris Feder.
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Please note, that although the paperback copies are out of stock currently, it is only available on eBook:
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Welcome to the third and final installment of our interview with John Butler, the 84 year old YouTube sensation and author of the Shepheard Walwyn book Wonders of Spiritual Unfoldment. Now, this conversation carries on from our last one. And we start off with one of John's most famous stories, which was when he was eating his favourite pig, or recycling love as he describes it. He also looks at the difference between sinners and consumers. Are they the same thing? And we also ponder his famous adage “to make whole, be whole”. We look at the upside of failure and depression. And we finish with the funniest additional information ever written on a CV.
We begin with asking John about eating his favourite pig!
Part two
01.30 Eating his favourite pig – recycling love. TLC in everything you do.
06.45 From tending to vegetables to tending to people. And making the economics fit your approach.
10.00 “What is your understanding of being made in “God’s image”?
18.00 How can you best handle failure and depression?
24.30 Russia and being with your own people for the first time.
32.15 The funniest “additional information” section ever written on a CV
For previous episodes please go to:
John Butler (Meet The Author) - The Wonders of Spiritual Unfoldment John Butler (Part I) - The Wonders of Spiritual Unfoldment
This week we continue our conversation with John Butler, 84 year old YouTube sensation and author of Wonders of Spiritual Unfoldment.
In this conversation, we explore the experiences he writes about in the first part of Wonders. We explore his relationship with nature, his time as one of the first organic farmers in the 1960s and collaborated with people like EF Schumacher, author of Small is Beautiful and Lady Balfour, co-founder of the Soil Association.
We also get into how he sees his spiritual work as an evolution of his farming work.
This conversation follows on from our meet the author interview that took place in his favourite church in Bakewell. To continue we made our way to the top of John’s favourite hill just outside Bakewell. This gave us some wind and insect noise so apologies in advance for that. The place has held a special meaning for john since he was a boy so I begin the interview by asking where he’s taken us and what the place means to him.
Here’s a summary of what we discussed.
00.00 Welcome and Introduction
01.50 Nature as John’s first Church – seeking space.
05.00 John in Africa – Space, Freedom and Spiritual Connection.
11.00 Organic Farming, TLC and raising soil consciousness to raising human consciousness.
14.00 Always knowing he wanted to be a farmer
19.00 Travelling to South America and making friends with people who want to kill you.
24.30 Inheriting Three Acres at Bicker Fen, Lincolnshire – Can you farm without destruction?
27.30 Expressing your love for the earth through organic farming.
31.00 How to align intention and purpose.
36.00 Thank you.
www.shepheardwalwyn.com
Welcome to the final instalment of the Dom Frisby interview. In this conversation we discuss the challenges facing governments around the world and the rise of what some call the “Sovereign individual” also known as the digital nomad.
We consider the implications of increasing government spending with reduced tax revenues.
We look at what countries can do to maintain or even increase tax revenue when those who generate the most (taxable) income can move between borders seemingly at will to avoid them. This then leads us to a discussion of crypto currencies.
Dom was an early adopter in the space writing what I believe was the first book on bitcoin with a major publisher. In spite of this, we find out why Dom isn’t worth hundreds of millions of dollars today (even though his investments should be). It’s a heart breaker!
We then finish with what Dom is working on now - essentially an innovative audio experience/musical book and a new way to for him to help investors.
Here’s the time stamps:
1.30 What is the problem with government spending and taxation for companies and soon to be sovereign individuals?
11.30 Writing the first book on Bitcoin with a major publisher.
13.20 What’s Dom’s current perspective on crypto?
14.50 Why isn’t Dom a gazillionaire even though he was an early investor in bitcoin?
16.00 What are Dom’s current projects? A new audio genre and an investor newsletter.
We hope you have enjoyed this series of podcasts with Dom Frisby.
Be sure to check out the links on this podcast. Check out Dom’s material on Amazon here.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B00G4A3MM8?
His free YT channel is here.
https://www.youtube.com/c/MoneyandMarketswithDominicFrisby
Be sure to check out Dom’s comedy here.
https://www.youtube.com/user/Frizzers
and his new subscription service on gold, crypto and other investment ideas.
https://frisby.substack.com/
Until next time, keep thinking!
Welcome to part three of the interview with Dom Frisby. I am your host Jonathan Brown.
In this podcast we continue our conversation with investor comedian about how Dom measures freedom by the size of the government.
1.30 The bigger the government, the more damage it does. And how freedom and individual initiative creates brilliance.
7.00 Incompetence and corruption in government.
9.00 What is likely to happen if we dramatically reduced government?
10.30 Taxation and major events in history – The American Civil War.
16.00 Some controversial points about Abraham Lincoln’s behaviour in the war.
19.00 Why Britain was able to outlaw slavery.
Check out Dom’s material on Amazon here.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B00G4A3MM8?
His free YT channel is here.
https://www.youtube.com/c/MoneyandMarketswithDominicFrisby
Be sure to check out Dom’s comedy here.
https://www.youtube.com/user/Frizzers
and his new subscription service on gold, crypto and other investment ideas.
https://frisby.substack.com/
Welcome back to the podcast. I am your host Jonathan Brown. Today we continue our conversation with Dom Frisby. We move the conversation into Dom’s great documentary about Adam Smith and the Edinburgh fringe – essentially an exploration of how individuals can self organise to create brilliance than the elite can plan it. We then take a look at Dom’s views on education and how we can create much more space for choice and self-organising.
I then look at Dom’s free documentary about Adam Smith and give some pointers on what to look out for.
Here’s the time stamps for this conversation.
1.30 Welcome back – Adam Smith, the Edinburgh fringe and self-organising economies.
9.00 The importance of voluntary action to create a freer and fairer economic system.
11.00 Education and how we could improve outcomes through more choice.
16.00 The difficulty in predicting collapse even though it’s obvious a system can’t support itself.
Some thoughts on watching Dom’s excellent documentary on Adam Smith.
We talk about Dom’s documentary in this part of the talk. I encourage you to watch it and to consider there are things you could do to increase individual actions and choice in your community. The Fringe was founded due to restrictions on who was allowed to perform at the Edinburgh Festival. If you weren’t posh enough, if you weren’t worthy as determined by the organisers you weren’t allowed to take part. So, the first acts went there – at their own cost – and offered something they felt people would like to see – and they were right.
It's easy to get into the weeds with Smith and the classical economists but Dom’s work makes it much clearer. So look at how the Fringe developed to become the economy and how one comedian managed to change the economics and format of the Fringe forever – and how finding a way to give away your service (in this case a comedy act) meant people were finally able to make money.
It starts with putting Adam Smith in context. Whilst he’s credited with effectively founding English-speaking economics, his work is rarely studied anymore. Smith is like Darwin: people quote him but hardly anyone has read the actual work.
Fascinatingly, Smith wrote A Theory of Moral Sentiments as an advertisement for his lecture series. He also talks about how Smith was able to travel around Europe learning from some of the greatest thinkers in Europe.
There are some great interviews with some of the UK’s top comedians and the most popular acts at the Fringe. At the heart though is a model for entrepreneurial action and how economies can self regulate.
You can watch Dom’s ode to Adam Smith and the Edinburgh Fringe here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6e6TpIrba0&t=48s
What’s also worth a listen is how the film came about and how the problem of centrally planned media is still alive and well. Entrepreneurship is essentially problem solving or “scratching your own itch” and finding a market.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gTmk7e1aRM
His free investment focused YT channel is here.
https://www.youtube.com/c/MoneyandMarketswithDominicFrisby
Also, be sure to check out Dom’s comedy here.
https://www.youtube.com/user/Frizzers
Maybe is one of my favourites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Shhueskb7zE
If you get chance to see him live, he’s a hoot and the crowd’s pretty decent too!
Also subscribe to his newsletter – he’s been a lot busier than expected since the crisis in Ukraine.
https://frisby.substack.com/
There’s a free version so go with that first.
Hello and welcome back to the podcast. My name is Jonathan Brown. Today I am speaking with Dom Frisby, perhaps the worlds first economic commentator/comedian. Dom has been a friend of SW and PSE for a long time, hosting talks with Phil but also being crucial to the superb documentary The Four Horsemen, something we know our readers and subscribers have enjoyed.
A short time ago we interviewed Dom to look at all his work. Whilst he isn’t an SW author we think his work is worth time to look at as he has an interesting perspective on precious metals, crypto, the markets in general and political systems.
In this first podcast we look at how Dom became the world’s first economist-investor-comedian, how he became a libertarian - subtitled “why Cuban fathers want their daughters to be hookers”!
We also look at how well intended government actions can undermine and even eliminate personal responsibility of the citizens they are trying to help, the importance of 1909 to the First World War and why people of every political persuasion seem to dislike the BBC.
Here's the time stamps for this session.
- Welcome, how you got going and how did a comedian get a column in MoneyWeek?
9.30 Where did your libertarian views come from?
11.00 The Four Horsemen documentary and Life After the State.
17.45 Why Cuban fathers want their daughters to be hookers (the unintended actions of governments.)
22.00 How the governments undermine personal responsibility (unintended consequences part two)
29.00 When did things go really wrong? WW1 and the rachet effect.
33.00 Why do all political parties resent the BBC?
Thanks for listening to the first part in this interview with Dom. For more information check out the links to his content below – his youtube channels and his new investor subscription service. Also check out the other episodes when they are released.
His free investment focused YT channel is here.
https://www.youtube.com/c/MoneyandMarketswithDominicFrisby
Also, be sure to check out Dom’s comedy here.
https://www.youtube.com/user/Frizzers
Also subscribe to his newsletter – he’s been a lot busier than expected since the crisis in Ukraine.
https://frisby.substack.com/
Check out Dom’s material on Amazon here.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B00G4A3MM8?_encoding=UTF8&node=266239&offset=0&pageSize=12&searchAlias=stripbooks&sort=author-sidecar-rank&page=1&langFilter=default#formatSelectorHeader
My guest today is Heather Remoff, author of What’s Sex Got to Do with It? Darwin, Love, Lust and the Anthropocene. Heather first discovered flaws in Darwin's theory of sexual selection during her doctoral research in the 1970s and has spent the last 40 years developing her understanding of it and related fields, including economics.
What’s Sex Got to Do with It? is her attempt to add insight to Darwin’s work so that it can accommodate advances in genetics and in female mating choice – advances that were unavailable to Darwin when he wrote The Descent of Man, his sequel (if you will) to the Origin of Species and his exploration of sexual selection. In this conversation, we learn about all the work Heather has done that took her sociology work and her PhD in anthropology at Rutgers and beyond.
The timeline for the podcast is as follows.
00.0 Welcome
2.00 How Heather got into anthropology and evolutionary theory through sociology, including testosterone levels in women and what it does to leadership standing.
8.30 Interviewing women to find out the traits that most influenced their choice of reproductive partner.
10.30 Getting beyond material resources and being saved by the tape.
16.30 What studying economics taught her about evolution and sexual selection and the link between economics and inequality.
23.30 Who are her ideal readers for the book?
26.00 What was the hardest part about writing the book?
31.00 The puzzle of concealed ovulation and sexual receptivity and how it affects female choice.
35.00 The extraordinary importance of chromosome fusion as our abrupt origin story.
38.00 Final thoughts and close.
Be sure to look out for our other interviews with Heather as we explore her ideas in more detail.
To read the book go to:
https://shepheardwalwyn.com/product/whats-sex-got-to-do-with-it/
Dr Russell-Jones is an author and medic and one of the UK’s foremost environmental writers. He has produced films and co-edited several seminal works on the environment, including Lead versus Health with Sir Michael Rutter FRS, Radiation and Health with Sir Richard Southwood FRS, and Ozone Depletion: health and environmental consequences with Prof Tom Wigley. He chairs an educational charity, Help Rescue the Planet, dedicated to minimising air pollution and mitigating climate change.
To read the book go to:
https://shepheardwalwyn.com/product/the-gilgamesh-gene-revisited/
Welcome back to the final part of this 3 part podcast series with economist and investor Phil Anderson. Phil wrote the Secret Life of Real Estate and Banking in 2008 which documented the boom bust cycles in US land and property values over the last 250 years. Phil is an in demand speaker in the and is the founder of Property Sharemarket Economics, a subscription service for investors looking for advice on global market movements. In this podcast we look to the future and what we can predict is likely to happen based on our understanding of the past.
In this podcast we cover:
0.00-200 Welcome and set up.
2.00 Use the past to help guide you through the future.
6.00 Nikolai Kondratiev – Russian economist who spotted waves in long term economic trends and David Ricardo – two economists worthy of further study.
11.30 How credit facilitates the boom going higher.
12.30 Getting ready for the big one which will draw everybody in (and forget the past).
18.50 How the work of WD Gann has helped.
21.00 Most known for his land and property work but is a trader at heart.
22.00 What are your next projects?
26.30 What is he doing at Property Sharemarket Economics?
28.30 Close.
Thank you for listening to this mini series with Phil Anderson. If you’d like to find out more be sure to buy the book and check out his site at propertysharemarketeconomics.com.
To read Phil's book:
https://shepheardwalwyn.com/product/the-secret-life-of-real-estate-and-banking/
Download your FREE eBook: The 228-year-old investment secret and discover that the biggest economic gains are still ahead of us: https://bit.ly/PSEblog
Welcome back to part two of this 3 part podcast series with economist and investor Phil Anderson. Phil wrote the Secret Life of Real Estate and Banking in 2008 which documented the boom bust cycles in US land and property values over the last 250 years. Phil is an in demand speaker in the and is the founder of Property Sharemarket Economics, a subscription service for investors looking for advice on global market movements.
Following on from our first interview, we begin where we left off with the Great American BBQ where the USA was parcelled up and sold off to the highest bidders.
In this podcast we cover
1.01.1 What did the 12 states do to create the 18 year cycle (and ensure there were people to work in the factories)?
1.00 Running out of Frontier.
7.00 Moving into the 20th Century and the First World War.
10.00 Think like a bank not like a customer.
11.00 Banking = a license to print money.
15.00 The Florida Boom- Bust
17.00 How you know you are heading for a crash when a politician says they’ve ended the boom-bust cycle.
20.00 Recovering from the Second World War.
22.00 What did you notice about the changing post-war cycle?
23.30 The con artists may change but the cons don’t change that much!
25.40 The best way to rob a bank is to own one.
27.30 Phil’s biggest learning from all his research.
29.00 This time will be different? It’s not been different so far.
32.00 Wall Street feeding and encouraging an addiction to speculation.
Thank you for listening. Join us next time where we look ahead to the future of the markets.
To read Phil's book:
https://shepheardwalwyn.com/product/the-secret-life-of-real-estate-and-banking/
Download your FREE eBook: The 228-year-old investment secret and discover that the biggest economic gains are still ahead of us: https://bit.ly/PSEblog
In this series of short podcasts we are speaking with economist and investor Phil Anderson. Phil wrote the Secret Life of Real Estate and Banking in 2008 which documented the boom bust cycles in US land and property values over the last 250 years. Phil is an in demand speaker in the international conference circuit and splits his time between Europe, Asia and his home country of Australia. He is also the founder of Property Sharemarket Economics, a subscription service for investors looking for advice on global market movements.
Following on from our meet the author interview where Phil speaks about his inspirations for writing the book, he gets into more detail.
In this podcast we cover the following
0-1.30 Welcome
1.30 Carl Jung and the Artesian Well – What happens when we “enclose” the land?
3.30 Is the world based on scarcity or abundance?
7.30 The research behind the 18 year cycle.
12.30 The importance of knowing your history and using the clock.
17.45 Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. George Santayana.
19.30 There are experts of individual boom-bust cycles but everyone sees them as separate.
23.00 Alexander Hamilton – keeping the bankers happy!
27.00 The Wakefield Plan – parcelling up Australia so there were people to work in the factories.
To read Phil's book:
https://shepheardwalwyn.com/product/the-secret-life-of-real-estate-and-banking/
Download your FREE eBook: The 228-year-old investment secret and discover that the biggest economic gains are still ahead of us: https://bit.ly/PSEblog
Our guest today is Coronation Street legend, Helen Worth -the much-loved actress who has played the character of Gail (Tilsley/Platt/Rodwell!) on the world’s most iconic TV series since 1974. Helen tends to avoid the spotlight away from the street so we were very lucky to get time to speak with her about her career and, most importantly, to tell everyone about the wonderful book Munu – The Most Special Rhino in the World, written by her long-term wildlife conservation partner Shirley Galligan of the White Lion Foundation and illustrated by the brilliant Zoe Barnish.
Helen has been a committed ecologist all her life and we also get into that. Here’s what we cover.
0-2 Welcome and introduction.
3.00 A lifelong passion and commitment for wildlife – riding an “elephant” at 3.
6.30 First experience helping animals.
8.30 What’s it like having one Britain’s most loved soap characters?
10.30 Gail’s love life!
13.00 What was it like joining the Street in 1974?
15.30 Gail’s break in 2021 and Helen’s 30 year relationship with Shirley Galligan, Founder of White Lion Foundation.
17.30 Why does the foundation take on such difficult challenges? The A-Team of wildlife conservation.
21.30 The crucial role of children in conservation.
25.00 Please visit the White Lion Foundation website and vote for Munu. And buy the book!
26.00 Thank you and close.
Please see the link to the book and the Fireflies image:
https://shepheardwalwyn.com/product/munu/
Link to Vote: https://peoplesbookprize.com/summer-2021/munu/
WLF website: https://thewhitelion.foundation/
Thanks for listening. Be sure to get a copy (or three) of Munu - The most Special Rhino in the World from the Shepheard Walwyn website
This week we are speaking with one of our most popular authors, economist and investor Phil Anderson. Phil wrote the Secret Life of Real Estate and Banking in 2008 which documented the boom bust cycles in US land and property values over the last 250 years. Phil is an in demand speaker in the international conference circuit and splits his time between Europe, Asia and his home country of Australia. He is also the founder of property sharemarket economics, a subscription service for investors looking for advice on global market movements. Here's what we cover.
00.0 Welcome and how did you get into researching the real estate and banking.
03.30 Maybe Winston Churchill had a point – the Henry George League.
06.00 Family business and the benefits of running a cash generating business in a downturn.
09.00 Helping people to understand how the world works so they can see what’s coming.
13.20 Enclosing the rent and the value of location.
19.00 What was the process of writing the book? 1995 – emailing subscribers.
23.30 Most surprising/useful insights from 10 years of writing the book – the cycle always finds a way to complete.
25.20 What draws people to your work? People who want to operate on a longer time frame and taking the stress out of life!
29.00 Current projects – working on an update and campaigning for a citizen’s dividend.
34.00 How to live your life in abundance.
35.00 Where can people find out more about your work?
To read Phil's book:
https://shepheardwalwyn.com/product/the-secret-life-of-real-estate-and-banking/
Download your FREE eBook: The 228-year-old investment secret and discover that the biggest economic gains are still ahead of us: https://bit.ly/PSEblog
Tom Burgess has been a serial entrepreneur, journalist, editor, lecturer and broadcaster. He was active in student politics, has stood for public office, was a founder member of a new political party and has edited a political newspaper. He built a marketing business that operated in 80 countries from offices in London and San Francisco and has personally advised over 400 companies as well as the Republic of Ireland and the State of California. He founded Savemoneynow, an online comparison service and was Highly Commended in the Entrepreneurial Director of the Year Awards. He holds a BA Honours in Public Administration and is a member of the Commonwealth Club of California and the Royal Economic Society. He is son of the late Dr Ronald Burgess, Director of the Economic Study Association and author of the book Public Revenue Without Taxation.
Today’s podcast (Part 1) is highly topical as he recommends more preferable taxation ideas than the government taxing the poor when the billionaires have made a fortune this pandemic. He argues convincingly that a wealth tax or land tax would have left everyone better off than when the pandemic started.
For more please go to: https://shepheardwalwyn.com/product/from-here-to-prosperity
This week we are speaking with John Butler, one of our most popular authors at Shepheard Walwyn and perhaps the most unlikely YouTube star, you can ever hope to meet. John is a retired farmer and is well into his 80s. He published The Wonders of Spiritual Unfoldment in 2008 which tells his life story and shares the realisations he experienced during a lifetime of meditation. He began to get attention after his 80th year when he did an interview for a show called Conscious TV with Ian McNay. This now has approaching 10m views on all platforms. In response to questions he received he set up the YT channel Spiritual Unfoldment where he now has 200k subscribers. His down to earth, honest and reassuring message not to mention his extraordinary voice has been of great help to people during the pandemic. So it was an absolute pleasure to sit down with him in his favourite church in Bakewell, Derbyshire where he still meditates twice a day.
Here’s the summary of our first conversation where we discuss how and why he came to write Wonders. Please note, John is extremely patient and thoughtful and he can pause a LONG time before responding to questions. We did think about editing them out but decided to leave them in as they are part of his approach to things. Whilst it can be disconcerting at first to ask a question and not get an answer immediately, it’s wonderful that John thinks so deeply about his answers.
00.00 Welcome and set up.
02.00 How did he come to write the book? And how have sales developed.
05.45 Conscious TV and the interview on stillness that went viral.
https://youtu.be/fZXhPmHPoNo 07.00 Releasing the other 10 books – the benefits of letter writing and his process of publishing the books. Loving his work.
09.00 Meditation and his realisations – how they come into being. Going beyond the thinking process. 11.45 The structure of the book – 0-160 John’s adventures – 160 – 400 the realisations.
14.00 Silence is always with us in the background. What is Silence?
17.30 What surprised you about the process of writing?
19.30 Embracing and getting beyond life’s failures – one disaster after another! 22.00 Finding God or being found by God?
26.00 Advice on getting the most from the book – read them slowly! 29.00 Is there anything you want to say to someone considering buying the book? (maybe the longest pause in the history of podcasts!).
31.20 Close and thank you.
Until next time, keep reading!
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What's so special about this rhino? Find out why and about Shirley Galligan's mission to inform our next generation of conservationists...
Munu is a story of hope in the face of adversity. As one of the world’s rarest black rhinoceros, Munu was tragically blinded and could not have survived in the wild if it was not for the White Lion Foundation who rescued him, offering him a sanctuary and lifetime care in South Africa. His story, as the most special rhino in the world, will appeal to children, with its humorous tone as well as promoting the charity’s ethos of integrity and kindness. Munu’s story raises the profile of the charity’s ambitious vision for the future of global wildlife conservation, at the centre of which, are children today, the conservationists of the future. For more visit: www.shepheardwalwyn.com/product/munu/
Shirley Galligan’s career began in the music industry, promoting major international recording artists, before choosing to use her skills to further her real loves: animal welfare, wildlife and compassionate conservation.
In this podcast we meet Kenny Jamieson, the author of a truly amazing book “A World In Two Minds – Why we must change our thinking to change our future”. It’s a book written to help us make sense of the seeming chaos around us. He argues that by utilising insights from neuroscience, philosophy, science and psychology to name a few, we can renew our minds, change our thinking and change our future.
In this podcast we explore the extraordinary journey Kenny took to create a stunningly insightful book. And we also offer an invite to buy a copy (use Promo code “July21” for a 25% discount on https://shepheardwalwyn.com/product/a-world-in-two-minds/ ) and then join us for a call with the author who will answer your questions.
John Tippett has been a student and teacher of economics and philosophy for over 50 years. His book, A Philosopher’s Take on Economics, distills the wisdom he has gathered in that time and weaves them together in a startlingly original way.
In the book he argues that economics has profoundly lost its way. Not only has it lost its purpose, but it’s forgotten that it should actually have one. And whilst economics started with philosophy at its heart, it has ignored its roots and so has cultivated a strange, dismal philosophy that serves only the few. John’s approach is as effective as it is simple – he takes us back to first principles. He argues that economics and the “economy” is meant to serve all of us. Specifically, its actual role is to offer everyone the practical possibility to live creative, happy lives.
In this second podcast, we start with why economics is so flawed and why it doesn’t get better. We then look at how you can apply the practical philosophy at the heart of true economics. We finish with what we can do to actually “build back better” for all of us, as the global economy recovers from lockdown.
www.shepheardwalwyn.com
John Tippett has been a student and teacher of economics and philosophy for over 50 years. His book, A Philosopher’s Take on Economics, distills the wisdom he has gathered in that time and weaves them together in a startlingly original way.
In the book he argues that economics has profoundly lost its way. Not only has it lost its purpose, but it’s forgotten that it should actually have one. And whilst economics started with philosophy at its heart, it has ignored its roots and so has cultivated a strange, dismal philosophy that serves only the few. John’s approach is as effective as it is simple – he takes us back to first principles. He argues that economics and the “economy” is meant to serve all of us. Specifically, its actual role is to offer everyone the practical possibility to live creative, happy lives.
To celebrate the launch of the second edition of his book, we are releasing two podcasts. In the first one, John explains how he came to both economics and philosophy and discovered his calling for helping others. He explains how he came to the realisation that economics and philosophy are actually inseparable if you are wish to apply them in any practical, positive way.
In the second podcast, we start with why economics is so flawed and why doesn’t it get better. We then look at how you can apply the practical philosophy at the heart of true economics. We finish with what we can do to actually “build back better” for all of us, as the global economy recovers from lockdown.
www.shepheardwalwyn.com
Fred is on record for predicting the start of the next major crash to be 2026-28. In this final podcast of the series, he looks ahead and considers four major challenges facing us in the UK – recovering from the pandemic and handling Brexit; how to handle the rise of online retail and the effect it has on our communities and the position of China in the global economy.
Fred Harrison's The Power In The Land, 2nd edition, is now available as an eBook:
https://shepheardwalwyn.com/product/the-power-in-the-land-fred-harrison/
In 1990, Fred had an opportunity to work with the former USSR as it transitioned from a communist economy. All assets were in state hands so it would seem that having an economic system built for the people would be an obvious choice. It was obvious and so it was stopped. As Fred explains, having a successful and fair economy went against the economic interests of the few.
Closer to home, Fred lobbied the Blair government, who were claiming they wanted to chart a “Third Way.” As you will learn, they wanted nothing of the sort and so they presided over the largest economic collapse in generations. Having faced the reality of a political elite who was not interested in doing the right thing, Fred explains what he did next.
Fred Harrison's The Power In The Land, 2nd edition, is now available as an eBook:
https://shepheardwalwyn.com/product/the-power-in-the-land-fred-harrison/
In Part II of the interview with Anthony Werner, the publisher who has led Shepheard Walwyn since 1979, we look into some of the other works in the Shepheard Walwyn catalogue. The jigsaw or tapestry that is Shepheard Walwyn today starts with economic and social justice that Anthony learned from his father in South Africa. However, he has also published many other works that explore related themes such as ecology and spirituality - perhaps one of the most famous authors in this area is John Butler.
Anthony Werner has led Shepheard Walwyn for over 40 years. He took over from the founder, Christopher Shepheard Walwyn in 1979. When the firm ran out of capital, Anthony invested his own money to keep it going and began publishing books that he felt needed to be published because of their importance to society.
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In these two podcasts, we are going to focus first on his work in “ethical economics” as he describes it, focusing on his near 40 year collaboration with Fred Harrison, one of our authors. We explore how he came to the principles that are articulated so well by the authors he supports. We also consider how he appears to have been guided by a series of curiously serendipitous incidents throughout his life or, as he describes it, being guided out of the blue.
The richest people in the world, through the World Economic Forum in Davos, are arguing for a “Great Reset.” This would mean that normal people own nothing and that resources are concentrated in the hands of an elite. In this podcast, Fred explains how we could have a People’s Reset using the economic ideas popularised in the English speaking world by Henry George, a US born social campaigner. It looks as if we have lots of problems in society. In fact, we have only one…
Fred Harrison is known as a broadcaster and social campaigner – if he is known at all. And yet, he has predicted the last two major economic crashes (the 1990s and 2008-10) more accurately than anyone in the world. Amazingly he wasn’t on TV or advising governments on how to handle it. He was ignored and frozen out of the dialogue of recovery. The publisher Shepheard Walwyn is proud to have published Fred’s books for nearly 40 years.
In this series of podcasts, Fred talks about his journey from newspaperman to economist to social campaigner. He explains how he can do what others say is impossible and why those in control persist with an inferior and dangerous set of economic beliefs. He also offers ideas for what could be a truly great reset, if we based our economic system on fairness and science.