The Economic cost of a Bank Holiday
25 October 2024 - 46 minsThis week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston gets to grips with the economic benefits and costs of having bank holidays when she talks to Edward Thomas Jones, Lecturer in Economics at Bangor University, who has looked at the global data on extra days off.
The US voting system is a complex one. Mandy talks to Sam Levine from the Guardian, who goes through the role of the electoral college system, how it was created and how it all works.
Plus, in our 'Techscape' Slot Mandy looks at the world of Crypto after the news that the Collison brothers are buying the US crypto platform Bridge,
Series Episodes
The Best Business and Politics Books of the Year
This week on a special Taking Stock Mandy Johnston talks to some of her favourite contributors to the show about a book they read this year that they are recommending as a stock-filler!
45 mins
20 December 2024 Finished
