S2 Ep6: Legal cannabis and the black economy
On 17 October 2018, Canada legalised recreational cannabis use, with an immediate effect on how Canadian people use cash. Jonathan Ashworth explains to Tim Phillips how legalisation crimps the black e...
8 Helmi 201911min
S2 Ep5: The end of globalisation?
Trade growth is slowing down. But is it, as the media and populist politicians claim, the end of globalisation? Kevin O'Rourke tells Tim Phillips how economic history can answer the question, and what...
1 Helmi 201917min
S2 Ep4: Work in transition, part 2
In our second podcast on the The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's report on Work in Transition, Tim Phillips talks to Nate Young about how the growth of large cities in EBRD regions ...
25 Tammi 201915min
S2 Ep3: Work in transition, part 1
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has published a report that investigates how work is changing in Europe and Asia's transition economies. Tim Phillips talks to the Bank's chief eco...
18 Tammi 201919min
S2 Ep2: Why we vote for protectionism
It blows the minds of economists when voters choose protectionist policies that, they point out, make most of them poorer. Gene Grossman tells Tim Phillips how trade models can explain this, if they i...
11 Tammi 20199min
S2 Ep1: The half-life of injustice
If our wealth has been acquired unjustly in the past, does that injustice fade or persist? David Miles of Imperial College tells Tim Phillips how economics can help to answer this question. Read mor...
4 Tammi 201922min
S1 Ep29: Superstar economists
We usually measure the effectiveness of economists by how many papers they publish, or how many citations they get. But a new measure takes into account their influence on the work of their colleagues...
28 Joulu 201811min
S1 Ep28: Regulating cyber risk
How should banks and their regulators manage cyber risk? A new discussion paper from the CEPR sets out six principles from an economist's point of view. Anil Kashyap of the University of Chicago and A...
21 Joulu 201810min
