Join journalist Jim Fitzpatrick and economist Professor Richard Ramsey of Queen’s University Business School as they unpack the big economic and business issues of the day. What’s going on with government finances across the world? From the US, to France to the UK the dreaded deficits are growing and the cost of servicing the debt is ballooning. In some cases it’s leading to political crises - France has just lost another Prime Minister. In the US, denial is the order of the day. In the UK, the Chancellor is putting budget day off as long as possible in the hope, perhaps, that something will turn up to make her difficult job a little bit easier..

Meanwhile, Jim and Richard ask the question - what’s the most dangerous job to have in government? The answer might surprise you.

And they've the very latest insight into how all of this could be shaping the economy closer to home.

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