Finance & Fury Podcast

Welcome to Finance and Fury, the Furious Friday edition This is a continuation from this week’s Say What Wednesday episode, in part one on Who to vote for? Check it out here. Part 1: Political culture Tribalism 3 main parties policies and promises Today: How to tell the difference between promises and policies? Break down how votes tend to end up with 2 parties How to tell a promise from a policy? Every promise focuses only on the outcome Look at if the policy proposal is stating an outcome versus how it will be done Example: “Uni should be free” – how is this achieved? The breakdown is the difference between dialectic and rhetoric Rhetoric - language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect, but which is often regarded as lacking in sincerity or meaningful content. Dialectic - discourse between two or more people holding different points of view about a subject but wishing to establish the truth through reasoned arguments – but truth requires facts/information Social media and the spread of