The Age of Brainless
The Age of Brainless, an essay on the impact of unregulated social media pivoting into new generation AI in an age dominated by Bots and fake accounts; the impacts on…
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Currency warfronts: Russia is spearheading a gold and commodity-backed Ruble, while Central Banks accelerate digital currencies which, without protections, will give them unlimited power to monitor and control how we spend our money.
Currency warfronts: Russia is spearheading a gold and commodity-backed Ruble, while Central Banks accelerate digital currencies which, without protections, will give them unlimited power to monitor and control how we spend our money.
https://villagemagazine.ie/currency-warfronts-russia-is-spearheading-a-gold-and-commodity-backed-ruble-while-central-banks-accelerate-digital-currencies-which-without-protections-will-give-them-unlimited-power-to-monitor/
Putin puts in the boot. The West and its weakest link here, Germany, face a formidable foe and test.
Putin puts in the boot. The West and its weakest link here, Germany, face a formidable foe and test.
27 April, 2022 Russian Strategy unwrapped 27th April 2022, followed by analysis two weeks later on its launch of a global platform for gold & commodity backed currencies to take…
Eddie Hobbs on the Post Pandemic Economy – The Healthy Debate 9th March 2021
Eddie Hobbs on the Post Pandemic Economy – The Healthy Debate 9th March 2021
https://youtu.be/9ppARBRJu0w
“Commodity Supercycle, Energy and Inflation” Daniel Lacelle conversation with Tracy Shuchart on 10th April 2021
“Commodity Supercycle, Energy and Inflation” Daniel Lacelle conversation with Tracy Shuchart on 10th April 2021
https://youtu.be/KjW7Lx2y18M
The Great Reset – Podcast Interview on Thursday, 7th January, 2021
The Great Reset – Podcast Interview on Thursday, 7th January, 2021
The Great Reset - Podcast Interview with Mick Clifford of The Irish Examiner on 7th January, 2021 Financial consultant Eddie Hobbs takes out his crystal ball and looks into…
Two Cheers for Messy Democracy, Three for Adam Smith
Two Cheers for Messy Democracy, Three for Adam Smith
Get used to Trillions. The ECB thinks that the “severe but plausible” number we are heading towards for delinquent debt in the Eurozone is €1.4 trillion. Meanwhile Bloomberg report another…
Hidden Jobs Shock Brewing
Hidden Jobs Shock Brewing
A hidden jobs shock is brewing. The sudden death of the centralised office is shifting Irish service jobs to the EU periphery, to countries like Romania and Greece as multi-nationals…
Eddie Hobbs: Your savings are collateral damage in the new rules of the game – The Irish Examiner
Eddie Hobbs: Your savings are collateral damage in the new rules of the game – The Irish Examiner
The Irish Examiner, Eddie Hobbs: Your savings are collateral damage in the new rules of the game
Eddie Hobbs Writes For The Sunday Business Post – SOCIETY CANNOT FUNCTION WITH A ZOMBIE FINANCIAL SYSTEM
Eddie Hobbs Writes For The Sunday Business Post – SOCIETY CANNOT FUNCTION WITH A ZOMBIE FINANCIAL SYSTEM
https://www.businesspost.ie/financial-services/analysis-society-cannot-function-with-a-zombie-financial-system-701b7e54
Eddie Hobbs writes “Here’s how Helen McEntee can tackle bogus insurance claims” The Irish Examiner
Eddie Hobbs writes “Here’s how Helen McEntee can tackle bogus insurance claims” The Irish Examiner
https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-40018928.html
Government making a bollocks of Economic Recovery
Government making a bollocks of Economic Recovery
Comment On Saturday May 2nd the Government adjusted its support programme for Irish business. Monday May 4th, on trend, the Irish Times released it without journalistic analysis. It was left…
Eddie Hobbs writes “Fasten your seatbelt, the worst is yet to come” The Irish Examiner
Eddie Hobbs writes “Fasten your seatbelt, the worst is yet to come” The Irish Examiner
https://amp.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/views/analysis/eddie-hobbs-fasten-your-seatbelt-the-worst-is-yet-to-come-993618.html
This is The Captain
This is The Captain
Greetings Passengers, this is the Captain - Please return to your seat If you had the nagging feeling that you are not getting the full story from the cockpit of…
Ireland Playing Jenga with National Finances
Ireland Playing Jenga with National Finances
The economic analysis of the potential impact of Covid 19 remains up in the air, combining the maths of infectious disease with speculation about the efficacy of health system responses.…
PRESS RELEASE; Social Progress Indicator Launched
PRESS RELEASE; Social Progress Indicator Launched
CMuckley_SPI_discussion_paper CMuckley SPI presentation RDS Feb 21 2020 Professor Cal Muckley of UCD today launched a discussion paper showing why and how Ireland ought to lead the world in the…
Caveat emptor: Financial dark pools, junk bonds and the curious art of financial advice
Caveat emptor: Financial dark pools, junk bonds and the curious art of financial advice
Eddie Hobbs writes for The Currency 4th February 2020 https://www.thecurrency.news/articles/8498/eddie-hobbs-financial-dark-pools-junk-bonds-and-the-curious-art-of-financial-advice
CORONAVIRUS & WHO STATEMENT OVERNIGHT
CORONAVIRUS & WHO STATEMENT OVERNIGHT
Paula (not her real name) received a delivery from a UK supplier with a letter apologising for the three week delay in the arrival of her new high waisted yoga…
BLOG NO.2 ON TREATMENT OF CANCER (ADVERTISEMENT) BILL
BLOG NO.2 ON TREATMENT OF CANCER (ADVERTISEMENT) BILL
This is written as a supplement to my analysis published here and in the Irish Examiner November 29 th and, given the social media discussion it has created, to deal…
Government to Issue ‘Bull’ on Cancer Science
Government to Issue ‘Bull’ on Cancer Science
A bill sponsored by practicing pharmacist Kate O Connell TD (FG), now part of the Government legislative pipeline, proposes to ban promotion and discussion of cancer treatments that fail the…
Budget 2020 & Carbon Taxes
Budget 2020 & Carbon Taxes
It is a given that Ireland is now on track to deliver on our commitment to impose a Carbon Tax of €80 per tonne by 2030. Budget 2020 increases the…
Eddie Hobbs, The Irish Examiner: Central Bank Crackdown on Life Industry Inducements
Eddie Hobbs, The Irish Examiner: Central Bank Crackdown on Life Industry Inducements
Eddie Hobbs, The Irish Examiner, Central Bank Crackdown on Life Industry Inducements READ The Full Article HERE Eddie Hobbs, 25th September 2019
25 consequences for Ireland as we enter ‘The Upside Down’ world of finance: Eddie Hobbs, The Irish Examiner
25 consequences for Ireland as we enter ‘The Upside Down’ world of finance: Eddie Hobbs, The Irish Examiner
Eddie Hobbs, The Irish Examiner, 11th of September, 2019
So what exactly is Boris Johnson’s end game? Eddie writes for The Irish Examiner
So what exactly is Boris Johnson’s end game? Eddie writes for The Irish Examiner
Eddie Hobbs, The Irish Examiner, 30th August, 2019
Eddie writes in the Irish Examiner: Cool heads required as Brexit crash out threatened at worst time since Great Depression
Eddie writes in the Irish Examiner: Cool heads required as Brexit crash out threatened at worst time since Great Depression
Eddie Hobbs, The Irish Examiner, 21st August, 2019
Is a Recession Looming – That’s the Multi Billion Dollar Question? Eddie writes for The Examiner
Is a Recession Looming – That’s the Multi Billion Dollar Question? Eddie writes for The Examiner
No one knows if we are facing into another recession but but if you haven’t looked at the positioning of your own financial products, now is probably a good time…
The Irish are Convinced that The Australian Economy will Systematically Collapse! Eddie speaks with John Adams & Martin North
The Irish are Convinced that The Australian Economy will Systematically Collapse! Eddie speaks with John Adams & Martin North
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEfbDsZ4R4w
Eddie Writes in The Irish Examiner: Parallels with Ireland Recent History Uncanny as Australia Faces Possibility of Systemic Crisis
Eddie Writes in The Irish Examiner: Parallels with Ireland Recent History Uncanny as Australia Faces Possibility of Systemic Crisis
Eddie Hobbs, The Irish Examiner 20th May 2019 https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/views/parallels-with-irelands-recent-history-uncanny-as-australia-faces-possibility-of-systemic-crisis-925563.html
Are We Seeing Early Signs of an Australian Debt Asteroid Strike and Why it Matters?
Are We Seeing Early Signs of an Australian Debt Asteroid Strike and Why it Matters?
Eddie's analysis in the Irish Examiner, 9th April 2019 https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/views/analysis/eddie-hobbs-are-we-seeing-early-signs-of-an-australian-debt-asteroid-strike-and-why-it-matters-916553.html
Another VLOG with Eddie Hobbs and Martin North: Under The Debt Volcano
Another VLOG with Eddie Hobbs and Martin North: Under The Debt Volcano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7xGo2zosZk
Eddie Down Under; Interview Vlogs about Irish & Australian Housing Bubbles
Eddie Down Under; Interview Vlogs about Irish & Australian Housing Bubbles
There are two podcasts here circulating in Australia; the first an interview by Australian Banking Expert Martin North of Digital Finance Analytics with Eddie and the second a discussion between…
Do a Deal or Remain? Eddie writes in the Irish Examiner
Do a Deal or Remain? Eddie writes in the Irish Examiner
Irish and British General Elections could yet run in parallel before the end game, most likely a Customs Union deal, writes Eddie Hobbs in the Irish Examiner 27th February 2019…
Eddie Hobbs Speaks to iRadio – Euromillions Winners Top Tips
Eddie Hobbs Speaks to iRadio – Euromillions Winners Top Tips
https://soundcloud.com/iradiocatchup/eddie-hobbs-advice-for-the-euromillions-winners-extended/s-8XP8T
Against the Tide – Calling the Recovery Feb 2009 TV3AM Transcript
Against the Tide – Calling the Recovery Feb 2009 TV3AM Transcript
Click below link for PDF: Feb-2009-TV3AM-Imminent-US-Recovery
Eamon Dunphy interviews Eddie Hobbs on Big Themes; what’s to come and how to prepare nationally and personally
Eamon Dunphy interviews Eddie Hobbs on Big Themes; what’s to come and how to prepare nationally and personally
https://soundcloud.com/thestandwitheamondunphy/ep-120-eddie-hobbs Hobbs Financial Practice is just a click away. If you’d like to talk to Eddie about future-proofing your balance sheet, how to re position financial assets like investments…
2006 RTÉ TV Three Part Series, 30 Things to do with Your SSIA
2006 RTÉ TV Three Part Series, 30 Things to do with Your SSIA
In the 2006 book Loot I’d identified the Irish market as in a bubble but also identified the US as vulnerable, advising readers to reduce debt to under 50% of property values,…
BIPEP in Liquidation
BIPEP in Liquidation
As an ex-Non-Executive Director of the holding company BIPEP, I am not a party to the Liquidation proceedings and cannot publicly comment on any aspect of the due process of…
Ireland is not a Tax Haven, Irish Mail on Sunday October 2017
Ireland is not a Tax Haven, Irish Mail on Sunday October 2017
An eye-popping new study has just proved ... Ireland is not a TAX Haven. Tax is a deeply politicised issue, both at home and internationally. And in heated claims, Ireland…
Eddie Hobbs interview on Pat Kenny regarding sustainability of Public Sector remuneration
Eddie Hobbs interview on Pat Kenny regarding sustainability of Public Sector remuneration
Show: Pat Kenny Date: 25/5/17 Station: Newstalk
Eddie Hobbs – Yates on Sunday interview
Eddie Hobbs – Yates on Sunday interview
Show: Yates on Sunday Date: 21/5/17 Station: Newstalk Slot: Big Interview
Irish Examiner – 12 key points missing from Public Service Pay Commission
Irish Examiner – 12 key points missing from Public Service Pay Commission
Financial adviser and author Eddie Hobbs details 12 key points that were missing from the Public Service Pay Commission HE Public Service Pay Commission (PSPC) report published on Tuesday, despite…
Claire Byrne Live: Public pay talks for nurses
Claire Byrne Live: Public pay talks for nurses
Eddie Hobbs and Liam Doran of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation go head-to-head
Pat Kenny interviews Eddie Hobbs on Public Sector strikes
Pat Kenny interviews Eddie Hobbs on Public Sector strikes
Benchmarking – Interview with a Retired Civil Servant Mandarin
Benchmarking – Interview with a Retired Civil Servant Mandarin
Eddie Hobbs Where was your family during the famine
Eddie Hobbs Where was your family during the famine
Personal Finance
Personal Finance
SUB HEADING GOES HERECheck out here for Central Bank new regulation at
TheJournal ie: Eddie Hobbs on public sector reform
TheJournal ie: Eddie Hobbs on public sector reform
Radio Interview- Cork’s 96FM – Eddie Hobbs – Own Our Oil
Radio Interview- Cork’s 96FM – Eddie Hobbs – Own Our Oil
Own Our Oil – Justin Keating on Ireland’s Oil & Gas Terms
Own Our Oil – Justin Keating on Ireland’s Oil & Gas Terms
Own Our Oil: Eddie Hobbs on the Saturday Night Show