S6 Ep4: Do cultural stereotypes influence bank investment?
We know that national stereotypes influence all sorts of personal decisions, but could they determine whether one country’s banks hold another country’s sovereign debt? Amazingly, Orkun Saka tells Tim...
17 Feb 202316min
S6 Ep3: Rebuilding Ukraine’s labour market
Russia’s war on Ukraine hasn’t just destroyed buildings and lives, it has put thousands of people out of work and denied thousands more an education. After the war, how can Ukraine rebuild its labour ...
10 Feb 202314min
S6 Ep2: Slavery and the industrial revolution
Did slaveholding accelerate the industrial revolution in Britain? This controversial theory was first argued by Eric Williams almost 80 years ago but has lacked strong supporting evidence – until now....
3 Feb 202327min
S6 Ep1: Who pays for your credit card rewards?
Credit cards that offer cashback or rewards are increasingly popular. Are you doing better or worse as a result? And how big is the financial difference between all the winners and losers? Andrea Pres...
20 Jan 202329min
S5 Ep54: Understanding US inflation
Can we explain what happened to inflation in the US in 2022, and what will happen next? Larry Ball and Daniel Leigh tell Tim Phillips why it stayed high and when it may fall.
9 Des 202213min
S5 Ep53: Do content moderation laws work?
Germany’s NetzDG Law has given social media companies the responsibility for removing toxic content from their platforms. Can a law to mandate content moderation curb hate speech and, if it does, does...
2 Des 202217min
S5 Ep52: How empires rise, and how they fall
In the industrial age many new empires quickly rose and eventually fell. Kerem Cosar and Roberto Bonfatti tell Tim Phillips how important shifting patterns of trade have been in this process.
25 Nov 202215min
S5 Ep51: The great carbon arbitrage
What is the net benefit of phasing out coal and replacing it with renewables? $85 trillion, according to a new calculation. Alissa Kleinnijenhuis and Patrick Bolton tell Tim Phillips how they estimate...
18 Nov 202228min
