S3 Ep34: Valuing digital services
The Covid-19 lockdown has provided the opportunity to measure the financial value we give to 'free' digital services like social media and Google search. Diane Coyle and David Nguyen tell Tim Phillips...
24 Jul 202014min
S3 Ep33: The mechanics of the industrial revolution
Skilled artisans were needed to build, improve and mend the machines that powered the industrial revolution. Joel Mokyr tells Tim Phillips how this can help explain why the revolution happened when - ...
17 Jul 202019min
S3 Ep32: Solving Europe's productivity puzzle
In the recovery from Covid-19 we urgently need to boost productivity. But which policies move the needle? Filippo di Mauro tells Tim Phillips about what CompNet's firm-level productivity data tells us...
10 Jul 202025min
S3 Ep31: Banks under pressure
Low profitability, non-performing loans, and competition from Big Tech. A new report from the CEPR concludes that the banking sector faces "deep restructuring". Xavier Vives tell Tim Phillips why. Re...
8 Jul 202015min
S3 Ep30: To each according to their needs
Kaushik Basu's time as World Bank chief economist inspired him to think radically about how to change the way the global economy works. He tells Tim Phillips about why public ownership and profit-shar...
3 Jul 202031min
S3 Ep29: Coping with Covid in developing economies
A new ebook from the CEPR and the International Development Policy Journal discusses the threat to developing and emerging economies from the pandemic, and what we can do about it. Ugo Panizza is one ...
26 Jun 202015min
S3 Ep28: Who gets exposed to Covid-19?
Different countries and cities have different rates of Covid exposure, but what can explain the difference in incidence between neighbourhoods? New York residents Milena Almagro and Angelo Orane-Hutch...
19 Jun 202014min
S3 Ep27: The Great Reversal
Thomas Philippon's new book argues that in the last 20 years the US has “given up” on free markets. As a result, he tells Tim Phillips, American families are each $5,000 a year poorer.
12 Jun 202024min
