S4 Ep11: Do looks matter in economics?
Good-looking economists get better academic posts. Galina Hale tells Tim Phillips about surprising new research that challenges our assumptions about how departments rate and recruit candidates.
19 Mar 202116min
S4 Ep10: Regulation after Wirecard
It has been two years since Wirecard suddenly collapsed. Giorgio Barba Navaretti and Alberto Pozzolo explain to Tim Phillips why it is so hard to supervise global fintechs, and how regulators can do a...
12 Mar 202119min
S4 Ep9: Exporting pollution
Anti-pollution laws penalise firms whose activities emit CO2. Itzhak Ben-David tells Tim Phillips that well-intentioned regulation may be causing multinationals to shunt polluting activities to poorer...
5 Mar 202111min
S4 Ep8: How Africa can recover from Covid-19
Africa’s citizens have so far mostly been spared the direct health consequences of the pandemic, but many of its economies are on life support. Ugo Panizza and Simeon Djankov, two of the editors of a ...
23 Feb 202117min
S4 Ep7: Patent pools for generic drugs
Diffusion of new drugs is painfully slow in low-income countries. Mark Schankerman tells Tim Phillips about how patent pools accelerate the process, and how we could still do a better job of licensing...
19 Feb 202130min
S4 Ep6: Is Europe's trade strategy fit for purpose?
Today the CEPR launches a new ebook on Europe's trade strategy. Author Christian Bluth tells Tim Phillips that nations are increasingly using global trade as a means of political arm-twisting. Should ...
10 Feb 202118min
S4 Ep5: Do we give more to charity after we've been sick?
Serious illness can be life-changing. Does it inspire us to be more charitable? Sarah Smith tells Tim Phillips whether we give more to charity after we suffer, to which charities - and what this means...
5 Feb 202114min
S4 Ep4: Capitalist systems and inequality
In classical capitalism, the rich earn their money from capital while the poor sell the value of their labour. In which countries is that still true, and how does it affect the gap between rich and po...
29 Jan 202114min
