S2 Ep5: The end of globalisation?
Trade growth is slowing down. But is it, as the media and populist politicians claim, the end of globalisation? Kevin O'Rourke tells Tim Phillips how economic history can answer the question, and what...
1 Feb 201917min
S2 Ep4: Work in transition, part 2
In our second podcast on the The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's report on Work in Transition, Tim Phillips talks to Nate Young about how the growth of large cities in EBRD regions ...
25 Jan 201915min
S2 Ep3: Work in transition, part 1
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has published a report that investigates how work is changing in Europe and Asia's transition economies. Tim Phillips talks to the Bank's chief eco...
18 Jan 201919min
S2 Ep2: Why we vote for protectionism
It blows the minds of economists when voters choose protectionist policies that, they point out, make most of them poorer. Gene Grossman tells Tim Phillips how trade models can explain this, if they i...
11 Jan 20199min
S2 Ep1: The half-life of injustice
If our wealth has been acquired unjustly in the past, does that injustice fade or persist? David Miles of Imperial College tells Tim Phillips how economics can help to answer this question. Read mor...
4 Jan 201922min
S1 Ep29: Superstar economists
We usually measure the effectiveness of economists by how many papers they publish, or how many citations they get. But a new measure takes into account their influence on the work of their colleagues...
28 Des 201811min
S1 Ep28: Regulating cyber risk
How should banks and their regulators manage cyber risk? A new discussion paper from the CEPR sets out six principles from an economist's point of view. Anil Kashyap of the University of Chicago and A...
21 Des 201810min
S1 Ep27: The end of men
Women with college degrees are becoming more likely to get good jobs, but for college-educated men, the opposite is true. Henry Siu of the University of British Columbia tells Tim Phillips that the de...
14 Des 201814min
