S7 Ep17: The long shadow of the Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War that ended in 1939 was brutal and destructive. But does it still affect how Spanish people think and behave today, three generations later? Felipe Valencia Caicedo and Ana Tur-Pr...
5 Apr 202418min
S7 Ep16: Monetary policy responses to inflation
What do we learn from the way central banks around the world responded to post-pandemic inflation? A new ebook from CEPR Press collects contributions from both academics and the central bankers who to...
28 Mar 202424min
S7 Ep15: Mispriced risk and the end of ESG
Are markets acting efficiently when they price carbon risk? Alex Edmans talks to Alissa Kleinnijenhuis and Tim Phillips about how the earnings announcements of high emitters suggest mispricing of tran...
22 Mar 202439min
S7 Ep14: Disasters and bank financing
Whether they war, disease or natural disasters, banks need to prepare for, and cope with, unexpected events. The third LTI report is published on 18 March by CEPR. Steven Ongena and Anna Pestova expla...
20 Mar 202422min
S7 Ep13: Pandemic, war and debt
Covid-19 and the war on Ukraine have challenged debt sustainability. Can our existing institutions meet that challenge? Following the release of the CEPR fifth annual report on The Future of Banking, ...
15 Mar 202423min
S7 Ep12: Women are from Mars too
Are men from Mars, and women from Venus? If so, policies that seek to close the gender gap by equalising opportunities are unlikely to succeed. A recent paper finds that, contrary to popular belief, w...
8 Mar 202417min
S7 Ep11: Weder di Mauro: What went wrong at Credit Suisse
It is 12 months since the sudden downfall of Credit Suisse, one of a tiny number of Too Big to Fail global banks. Beatrice Weder di Mauro was one of an expert team who were asked by the Swiss Departme...
1 Mar 202422min
S7 Ep10: The euro at 25
On 1 Jan 1999, the euro launched. In the 25 years that followed, despite several moments when it seemed the entire project might implode, it has proved to be extremely resilient. Marco Buti and Gianca...
23 Feb 202429min
