S4 Ep30: Does economics do enough race-related research?
Imran Rasul tells Tim Phillips about new research that shows the fraction of published economics research devoted to the causes and consequences of racial inequality is much smaller than in political ...
23 Jul 202117min
S4 Ep29: A cure for Friday morning fever
People everywhere sometimes pretend to be sick on a Friday because a day off work means a three-day weekend. In Italy, sick workers may now get a surprise home visit from the doctor. Tito Boeri tells ...
16 Jul 202113min
S4 Ep28: What makes children lie?
If some kids lie a little, and some lie a lot, is that just the way they are, or can we increase a child’s honesty in day-to-day life? Johannes Abeler tells Tim Phillips about how mentors can create l...
9 Jul 202116min
S4 Ep27: Why mums return to work
Do cultural norms determine whether women go back to work after having a child? And if culture changes, does their behaviour change too? Anna Raute and Uta Schӧnberg tell Tim Phillips how the reunific...
2 Jul 202119min
S4 Ep26: Whatever happened to the 15-hour work week?
John Maynard Keynes famously predicted that no one would need to work for more than three hours a day by 2030. How did he get it so wrong? Nick Crafts tells Tim Phillips that, in one way, Keynes has u...
25 Jun 202119min
S4 Ep25: Capitalism after Covid
What's the future of capitalism? Luis Garicano asked this question to 21 of his fellow economists, and this week the interviews are published as a CEPR ebook. He tells Tim Phillips that Covid-19 may i...
16 Jun 202120min
S4 Ep24: Populism in Latin America
Latin America has a long history of populist government. New research by Antonio Spilimbergo quantifies the consequences of populism for the region's institutions and economies.
11 Jun 202110min
S4 Ep23: Turning competition research into competition policy
The CEPR's Research Policy Network on competition policy (cepr.online/competition) launches this week. In the first of two special podcasts on the topic, Greg Crawford and Cristina Caffarra tell Tim P...
8 Jun 202114min
