S6 Ep16: Does politics sell newspapers?
When the political debate hots up in the world’s largest democracy, is this good for newspaper circulation? Guilhem Cassan talks to Tim Phillips about how to make a causal link from Indian politics to...
5 Mai 202319min
S6 Ep15: A troublesome transition
Emerging economies need to undergo a green energy metamorphosis, which for many of them has only just started. But can they transform without creating greenflation, or reducing output? Florencia Airau...
28 Apr 202323min
S6 Ep14: How should we measure expected inflation?
There is more than one way to measure expected inflation. But which methods are most reliable, and how well did they predict the upward trend in European inflation from 2021 onwards? Ricardo Reis talk...
21 Apr 202318min
S6 Ep13: Corporate taxation and carbon emissions
How does the rate of tax that firms pay relate to their carbon emissions? If firms that pay less emit more, then taxation may be delivering a subsidy on pollution. If those that pay less emit less, th...
14 Apr 202318min
S6 Ep12: What’s missing from climate risk stress tests
Stress testing can potentially capture the impact of climate change on the health of the financial system. But Dirk Schoenmaker tells Tim Phillips that, in their current form, these exercises underest...
6 Apr 202317min
S6 Ep11: Hobbesian wars and the separation of powers
When Thomas Hobbes published Leviathan in the 17th century, he argued that the state has absolute authority over its citizens. The principal that the state’s monopoly of institutionalised violence kee...
31 Mar 202318min
S6 Ep10: Larry Summers on the global economy
Bonus episode: At the American Economic Association’s annual meeting 2023 in New Orleans, CEPR got the chance to ask Larry Summers three big questions about the global economy in 2023 and beyond.
29 Mar 20235min
S6 Ep9: Building a resilient vaccine supply chain
What have we learned about how to create, manufacture, and distribute a new vaccine? Can countries cooperate to create a responsive and resilient supply chain if history repeats itself, and should the...
24 Mar 202328min
