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Episode 12 - Eamonn Fingleton

April 18, 2026 · 37 min

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Financial journalist, Eamonn Fingleton is John's guest in this episode of the podcast.

Eamonn has worked for the Financial Times, the Mirror, the Sun, The Irish Independent and Forbes Magazine. He’s also written a number of books including In the Jaws of the Dragon and In Praise of Hard Industries.

In this interview we hear Eamonn’s thoughts on the deindustrialisation of western economies, brexit, and how jobs growth rather than profit drives the Japanese economy.

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