
#76 - China Goes Green? - w/ Judith Shapiro and Yifei Li
In this episode, Prof. Judith Shapiro of American University and Prof. Yifei Li of NYU Shanghai discuss their book "China Goes Green: Coercive Environmentalism for a Troubled Planet?". Here, the autho...
4 Apr 202245min

#75 - US Income Inequality Reconsidered - w/ Vincent Geloso
In this episode, Prof. Vincent Geloso of George Mason University discusses historical US income inequality, the "U-Curve", and whether our thinking about income inequality should be reconsidered in th...
28 Mar 202242min

#74 - The Promise of Access - w/ Daniel Greene
In this Episode, Prof. Daniel Greene of the University of Maryland speaks about his book "The Promise of Access", which evaluates the attraction of simple technological fixes to complicated social pro...
11 Mar 202245min

#73 - The Profit Paradox - w/ Jan Eeckhout
In this episode, Prof. Jan Eeckhout of the University of Barcelona Pompeu Fabra, speaks about his most recent book: "The Profit Paradox - How Thriving Firms Threaten the Future of Work."
2 Mar 202233min

#72 - The American Political Economy - w/ Jacob Hacker
In this episode, Prof. Jacob Hacker of Yale University discusses American Political Economy - Politics, Markets, and Power - co-edited by Jacob Hacker, Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Paul Pierson, and Ka...
24 Jan 202242min

#71 - The Politics of Automation - w/ Daron Acemoglu
In this episode, Prof. Daron Acemoglu of MIT speaks to Nicolas Wittstock about recent research on automation and US labor markets.
12 Jan 202231min

#70 - There's no such thing as a free market - w/ Steven Vogel
In this episode, Prof. Steven Vogel of University of California Berkeley speaks to Nicolas Wittstock about Steven's book Marketcraft - how governments make markets work.
3 Jan 202240min

#69 - Should the West continue to promote democracy? - w/ Herrold and Prakash
In this episode, Prof. Catherine Herrold of Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs and Prof. Aseem Prakash of the University of Washington discuss with Nicolas Wittstock ...
21 Des 202135min



















