S8 Ep12: Do we work harder when we work from home?
It seems like many more of us have been working from home for at least part of the week. But bosses fret about the effect on productivity when their employees are out of sight. And we’re increasingly ...
21 Helmi 202517min
S8 Ep11: How should the EU respond to Trump?
It is now a month since President Trump’s inauguration, and it’s fair to say that a lot has happened already. In a special episode we talk to Moreno Bertoldi of ISPI and Marco Buti of EUI about how th...
18 Helmi 202528min
S8 Ep10: Who should work, and how much?
Recorded at the CEPR Paris Symposium. Do the most productive people work more or less than others? It’s a question that is constantly asked in economics, not least because the available data that comp...
14 Helmi 202514min
S8 Ep9: A European climate bond
Recorded at the CEPR Paris Symposium. Europe faces a gigantic climate investment gap. Can an EU climate debt financing scheme help to close it? To do this, Irene Monasterolo and her co-authors are pro...
12 Helmi 202516min
S8 Ep8: Can planting trees change the climate?
Recorded at the CEPR Paris Symposium. At COPs or the WEF, we regularly hear about ambitious tree-planting initiatives. These massive programs have been praised as a way to motivate entire communities ...
7 Helmi 202517min
S8 Ep7: The impact of financial deglobalisation
Recorded at the CEPR Paris Symposium. For several decades, global financial markets have been increasingly integrated. But has that process now gone into reverse? If so, what blocs does the fracturin...
31 Tammi 202510min
S8 Ep6: Do cryptocurrencies matter?
Recorded at the CEPR Paris Symposium. Can cryptocurrencies be useful? Not just for crypto bro speculators, but as a shield against the depreciation of the official currency if a government is determin...
24 Tammi 202516min
S8 Ep5: What impact have trade sanctions had on Russia?
Recorded at the CEPR Paris Symposium. How effective have the trade sanctions imposed on Russia in 2022 been? Politically, they were comprehensive and quick. But anecdotal reporting has suggested that ...
17 Tammi 202514min
