Heard Tell w/ Andrew Donaldson For 09JAN23

UK Cost-of-living Crisis, Economy & Housing, Education, & more w/ Alys Watson Brown & Stephen Popick

Your Heard Tell for Monday, January 9th, 2022, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking with writer and commentator Alys Watson Brown from across the pond on how the cost-of-living crisis is combining with political turmoil to greatly affect the cultural and political outlook of the generation that was in school through Brexit, COVID, and now trying to find their way in a rapidly changing UK, plust how AI essay writing bots are threatening already damaged faith in education post-COVID, and what’s next politically for the UK. Then, our guest is economist, Ordinary Times contributor, and Heard Tell regular Stephen Popick to talk about how housing is such a fundamental — and under appreciated — building block to a good economy, and while some of our economic troubles can draw a strait line to the housing crisis, better ways to discuss economics, the economic messaging of the Biden Administration, and some ways for folks to better understand all those economic headlines.