S3 Ep35: Recessions increase inequality
Most high earners bounce back from recessions. But Gianluca Violante tells Tim Phillips that, for the last 50 years, it has been a different story for low earners.
31 Heinä 202018min
S3 Ep34: Valuing digital services
The Covid-19 lockdown has provided the opportunity to measure the financial value we give to 'free' digital services like social media and Google search. Diane Coyle and David Nguyen tell Tim Phillips...
24 Heinä 202014min
S3 Ep33: The mechanics of the industrial revolution
Skilled artisans were needed to build, improve and mend the machines that powered the industrial revolution. Joel Mokyr tells Tim Phillips how this can help explain why the revolution happened when - ...
17 Heinä 202019min
S3 Ep32: Solving Europe's productivity puzzle
In the recovery from Covid-19 we urgently need to boost productivity. But which policies move the needle? Filippo di Mauro tells Tim Phillips about what CompNet's firm-level productivity data tells us...
10 Heinä 202025min
S3 Ep31: Banks under pressure
Low profitability, non-performing loans, and competition from Big Tech. A new report from the CEPR concludes that the banking sector faces "deep restructuring". Xavier Vives tell Tim Phillips why. Re...
8 Heinä 202015min
S3 Ep30: To each according to their needs
Kaushik Basu's time as World Bank chief economist inspired him to think radically about how to change the way the global economy works. He tells Tim Phillips about why public ownership and profit-shar...
3 Heinä 202031min
S3 Ep29: Coping with Covid in developing economies
A new ebook from the CEPR and the International Development Policy Journal discusses the threat to developing and emerging economies from the pandemic, and what we can do about it. Ugo Panizza is one ...
26 Kesä 202015min
S3 Ep28: Who gets exposed to Covid-19?
Different countries and cities have different rates of Covid exposure, but what can explain the difference in incidence between neighbourhoods? New York residents Milena Almagro and Angelo Orane-Hutch...
19 Kesä 202014min
