Introducing: The Afghan Impasse
We're popping up in your feed between episodes of Ones and Tooze to introduce you to a different show—produced by the team at Foreign Policy, in partnership with Doha Debates. The Negotiators, availab...
27 Mai 20247min
The Economics of Assassinations
The recent attempt on the life of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico raises questions for Adam and Cameron. Do political assassinations mainly occur in advanced economies? Do they tend to bring abou...
24 Mai 202438min
The Macroeconomic Effects of Beyoncé
How successful is the American singer-songwriter Beyoncé? When she performed in Sweden last year, the event caused an uptick in the country’s inflation. Adam and Cameron explain. Also on the show: The...
17 Mai 202437min
What's Wrong With Tesla?
Elon Musk's car company Tesla is in trouble. Its share price has plunged since the start of the year and the company has laid off thousands of employees. Adam and Cameron dig into the problems at Tesl...
10 Mai 202440min
The Columbia Protests and the Economics of Divestment
With students at Columbia and other universities across the country demanding that their schools divest from Israel over the war in Gaza, Adam and Cameron discuss the economic angle: endowments, inves...
3 Mai 202438min
The Speculative Economics Rising From the Film ‘Civil War’
The new film Civil War, which follows a group of journalists making their way across a swath of fractured and war-torn America, is a box-office hit. It’s also an opportunity for Adam and Cameron to sp...
26 Apr 202433min
Live From DC
This episode features a live taping Adam and Cameron did at the John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC—covering the possible impact of a wider war in the Middle East a...
19 Apr 20241h 4min
Famine in Gaza
As the Israel-Hamas war drags on, about half of the Palestinians in Gaza are on the brink of famine, and the other half are experiencing acute food insecurity. Adam and Cameron discuss how humanitaria...
12 Apr 202428min
