The US-Iran war has not triggered a food crisis — yet. With Adam Hanieh and Susannah Savage
When the US and Israel started bombing Iran earlier this year, market watchers eyed the oil markets nervously. But as the price of crude oil climbed, so did the price of another key commodity produced...
17 Jul 27min
The economics of weight loss, with Rebecca Diamond and Claer Barrett
In the western world, richer people tend to be thinner – especially women. But does wealth make people thin, or does being thin make them wealthy? And could the rise of weight-loss drugs such as Mounj...
10 Jul 29min
Why didn’t the Iran war cause a recession? With Tyler Goodspeed
When Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, economists were panicked. Several warned that a prolonged closure of the chokepoint could trigger a recession. After all, that’s what oil shocks do. But no reces...
3 Jul 32min
How to win at AI (if you’re not the US or China), with AI minister Kanishka Narayan
When the US government banned a top AI lab from exporting its newest models, the world took notice. Export controls forbidding foreign access to Anthropic’s Mythos and Fable systems locked most of the...
26 Jun 39min
China wanted western tech. Now, the tables have turned. With John Minnich
For decades, China accelerated its industrial development through a straightforward bargain: foreign firms invested in China, often through joint ventures, gaining access to the enormous Chinese marke...
19 Jun 42min
Brexit at 10: What comes next? With Anand Menon
Just before the UK voted to leave the EU in June 2016, the Treasury (and others) warned the consequences would be catastrophic. GDP would fall and unemployment would rise, Sterling would dip and gover...
12 Jun 29min
The US-China decoupling fantasy, with Jessica Chen Weiss
Everything looks to be going China’s way: Beijing has a stranglehold on the world’s critical minerals, and its high-tech manufacturing has rapidly become world-leading. Its massive trade surplus is un...
5 Jun 32min
