This page contains links to podcasts by members and friends of the Centre for Financial History
27 January 2026 – George Cooper and Gerald Ashley of Equitile examine the persistent ‘debasement trade’: fiat money weakening while physical assets surge. They revive the ‘Savoy Gold Dinner ratio’, a metric from the 1970s/80s created by gold mines fund manager Julian Baring.
December 2025 – Duncan Needham discusses financial history on the Chartered Financial Analysts’s Future Proofing Finance podcast.
29 April 2023 – Duncan Needham discusses the changes in living standards since the last coronation in 1953 on BBC Radio 4’s Money Box Live.
Living standards since the 1953 coronation
14 October 2022 – Duncan Needham discusses Trussonomics and the 1972 dash for growth on Politico’s Westminster Insider podcast.
17 May 2022 – Duncan Needham discusses UK inflation in the 1970s with Jonanthan Freedland on BBC Radio 4’s The Long View (begins after 10:15 minutes).
15 January 2021 – Duncan Needham discusses the history of the National Debt on Bloomberg’s UK Politics Podcast (begins after 11:25 minutes)