S6 Ep24: Do economists slow down as they age?
Is economics a young person’s game? Great mathematicians tend to peak early, but not great artists – so which category does a professor of economics fall into? Dan Hamermesh has investigated the produ...
30 Kesä 202317min
S6 Ep23: Immigration and public goods
Voters fret that immigration overcrowds local schools, overwhelms hospitals, and that they will have to pay higher taxes as a result. Are those fears justified? Anna Maria Mayda and Mine Senses have s...
23 Kesä 202328min
S6 Ep22: The impact of trade sanctions
Do Europe’s trade sanctions hurt Russia, or do they hurt European firms more? Gauging the impact of sanctions isn’t easy or reliable, but Jean Imbs tells Tim Phillips about a new way to estimate their...
16 Kesä 202318min
S6 Ep21: How male and female economists collaborate
When there are more women in the workplace, that means either more gender diverse teams, or more collaboration between women. There are more female economists now, so how is that reflected in the way ...
9 Kesä 202317min
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
