Econ film review: Charlie Chaplin
In the second edition of Alphachat's movie review, Izabella Kaminska leads a panel in discussing the economic and financial themes buried in Charlie Chaplin's most iconic films: The Gold Rush, City Li...
18 Marras 201655min
The Trump economy
The US Alphaville team breaks down the potential macroeconomic and financial-market effects of a Trump presidency, with special guest Aswath Damodaran, professor of finance at New York University. Hos...
11 Marras 201643min
First comes job, then comes...?
Cardiff Garcia visits co-host Shannon Bond on maternity leave to dig into the real and intangible costs of child rearing, with an assist from some recent data. Then, Catherine Rampell stops by the stu...
4 Marras 201648min
The psychology behind what we do with our money
Researchers Colin Camerer and Cary Frydman recently uncovered new facts about the psychological and neuroscientific processes that influence our financial decision making habits. They join host Cardif...
28 Loka 201639min
Alphachatterbox: The life of Alan Greenspan
Alan Greenspan's reputation over five decades in public life has gone through wilder swings than the value of technology stocks or Las Vegas real estate during his tenure as Federal Reserve chairman. ...
21 Loka 20161h 8min
Clinton's and Trump's tax plans, and the pound
Buried deep in this week's US election news was a fresh analysis of the candidates' tax plans from the Tax Policy Center. Cardiff Garcia is joined by the FT's Mary Childs and Alex Scaggs to discuss th...
14 Loka 201637min
Alphachatterbox: Tim Harford on the unheralded virtues of messiness
Tim Harford tells Cardiff Garcia how disorder, messiness and confusion can have surprising benefits, often making us more creative and resilient. It is the subject of Tim's latest book titled Messy: T...
4 Loka 201646min
The economics of "social capital"
The FT's Cardiff Garcia talks to writer Ryan Avent about the importance of social capital in an increasingly digitised and labour-abundant economy. The two also discuss recent shifts in global monetar...
30 Syys 201639min
