I recently joined celebrity YouTubers Damo and T on their podcast Making Money to discuss the history and ethics of finance, as well as his book How to Build a Stock Exchange. Recorded at a Kilburn kitchen table in June, our thoughtful but light-hearted discussion ranged from the troubles of Thames Water, via the chequered history of London’s stock exchanges, to the politics and possibilities of financial markets, all in search of an answer to the question – is finance evil? That, and should Damo poo in the Thames?
Making Money is a personal finance podcast hosted by Damien Jordan, one of the UK’s biggest personal finance YouTubers, and Timeyin Akerele. It is one of the top business podcasts as well as one of the top investing podcasts in the UK; former guests include Deborah Meaden, Paul Johnson, director of the IFS, Merryn Somerset Webb, and Claer Barret and Martin Wolf from the Financial Times.
The episode was published in August, on the same day that Thames Water hit the headlines yet again, this time with news of record fines for illegal sewage discharges. How very appropriate.
The episode is available on Spotify and other streaming services with the less-provocative title ‘How finance shapes the world’. You’ll find the links here.
Philip Roscoe 