S7 Ep21: Clearing the path to growth
When a conflict ends, we know how minefields continue to destroy the lives of innocent people. But is there an economic, as well as a humanitarian, benefit to demining? Mounu Prem of Einaudi Institute...
3 Mai 202425min
S7 Ep20: How quickly should we adopt AI?
In March 2023, many experts supported an open letter that called for a six-month pause in giant AI experiments, and that development of these AIs should go ahead “only once we are confident that their...
26 Apr 202422min
S7 Ep19: Which jobs will AI replace?
Recorded at the Spring 2024 Economic Policy Panel Meeting. What will be the impact of AI on the labour market? Two new papers use the evidence from the early years of the 21st century to analyse who ...
19 Apr 202424min
S7 Ep18: Monetary policy, mortgages, and the housing market
This year’s World Economic Outlook report from the IMF features an intriguing piece of research that shows how rising policy rates bit harder in some countries than other because of differences in how...
8 Apr 202423min
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
