Economics Echo

About Economics Echo

Introducing Economics Echo your new favourite podcast. Real economics for Real life! Featuring your host, Global Economist Walton Mabuto, walking you through the global business and economics stories that make the headlines and assess it's impact on you, your money and society. Each and every episode will help listeners answer questions like How has COVID -19 broken the global economy? What will drive the economy of the future? Is capitalism bad? And much, much more. So, tune in every week for relevant, relatable and entertaining coverage!

Publisher

Walton Mabuto

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Jun 2020

Latest episode

2 Jun 2023

Latest episodes

75 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Jun 2023

   O72: THE U.S. DEBT CEILING EXPLAINED!

   After intense negotiations, a deal between the White House and US House speaker has been struck and a divided Congress is on board. All that is left is the signature of President Biden. But what is the US debt ceiling precisely? And what would have happened if it wasn't raised?

2. 

   13 Jan 2023

   071: TIME FOR THE FRENCH TO WORK LONGER & RETIRE LATER?

   A brewing pension reform highlights how France can longer afford the easy ride it has had for decades. #economicsecho to join the conversation.

3. 

   6 Jan 2023

   070: IN 2022 RUSSIA KEPT THE ECONOMIC SHOW ON THE ROAD

   The past year has been bruising for Russia’s economy. Foreign investors fled en masse, many never to return. Official forecasts suggest that few countries will see their GDP shrink by more this year. Only a handful of countries, including war-torn Ukraine, will end up posting worse numbers. From another perspective, however, Russia did surprisingly well.