S6 Ep20: Power and progress
Digital technology, and AI in particular, is getting a lot of hype at the moment. Daron Acemoglu thinks that unchecked techno-optimism is concentrating power in the hands of a super-wealthy elite, thr...
2 Kesä 202327min
S6 Ep19: Implementing central bank policy in China
How do China’s government-owned commercial banks respond to informal guidance from The People’s Bank of China? Their reaction to recent guidance designed to cool off mortgage lending offers a fascinat...
26 Touko 202316min
S6 Ep18: How much inflation did Covid fiscal support cause?
In 2020 finance ministers threw their fiscal policy plans into the bin and did everything they could to protect and stimulate Covid-hit economies. How much of the spike in inflation did the Covid resc...
19 Touko 202325min
S6 Ep17: American precious metals and the rise of the West
Between the 16th and 18th centuries, at least 180,000 tons of silver and around 4,000 tons of gold were extracted from the Americas and transported to Europe. How much of western Europe’s economic tra...
12 Touko 202320min
S6 Ep16: Does politics sell newspapers?
When the political debate hots up in the world’s largest democracy, is this good for newspaper circulation? Guilhem Cassan talks to Tim Phillips about how to make a causal link from Indian politics to...
5 Touko 202319min
S6 Ep15: A troublesome transition
Emerging economies need to undergo a green energy metamorphosis, which for many of them has only just started. But can they transform without creating greenflation, or reducing output? Florencia Airau...
28 Huhti 202323min
S6 Ep14: How should we measure expected inflation?
There is more than one way to measure expected inflation. But which methods are most reliable, and how well did they predict the upward trend in European inflation from 2021 onwards? Ricardo Reis talk...
21 Huhti 202318min
S6 Ep13: Corporate taxation and carbon emissions
How does the rate of tax that firms pay relate to their carbon emissions? If firms that pay less emit more, then taxation may be delivering a subsidy on pollution. If those that pay less emit less, th...
14 Huhti 202318min
