S2 Ep49: Wealth taxes
Few countries tax their citizens' wealth annually, but Switzerland is one of them. Marius Brülhart tells Tim Phillips about a natural experiment in Switzerland's cantons that teaches us about how peop...
6 Joulu 201918min
S2 Ep48: How the mobile internet changed politics
The mobile internet, promises to give us access to information anywhere, 24 hours a day. So how has it influenced trust in governments, politics, and politicians? Sergei Guriev tells Tim Phillips abou...
29 Marras 201919min
S2 Ep47: Can the stock market help save the planet?
We think about climate policies as moderating or interceding in markets. But a new paper implies that when stock markets play a bigger part in the economy, polluting industries become cleaner. Tim Ph...
22 Marras 201919min
S2 Ep46: The Great Expectations of the middle class
When there's a financial crisis, policymakers and politicians increasingly kowtow to the demands of an influential group: the global middle class. Jeffrey Chwieroth and Andrew Walter tell Tim Phillips...
15 Marras 201930min
S2 Ep45: How to improve consumer credit ratings
Doing a good job of deciding who can borrow is fundamental for the global economy. Stefania Albanesi tells Tim Phillips that current consumer credit ratings do a poor job at predicting which of us wil...
8 Marras 201927min
S2 Ep44: Let's stay together
When the law changed to allow same-sex partners to get married, did the symbolism of marriage have any effect on the stability of relationships? Shuai Chen tells Tim Phillips about a surprising result...
1 Marras 201912min
S2 Ep43: The cost of dying
How much is spent on end-of-life care, and who foots the bill? Eric French of UCL tells Tim Phillips about the total cost of the last year of our lives, and how different countries have very different...
25 Loka 201918min
S2 Ep42: Increasing diversity in economics
The Royal Economic Society has launched Discover Economics, an ambitious three-year campaign to attract more women, minority students and students from state schools to study the subject. Sarah Smith ...
16 Loka 201914min
