S3 Ep39: A new explanation for wage stagnation
Low-skilled workers are concentrated in sectors with fast productivity growth, so why isn't their pay rising? Rachel Ngai tell Tim Phillips that one explanation is in how low-skilled workers are reall...
21 Aug 202011min
S3 Ep38: Bailing out the kids
How much do we bail out our family in a crisis? By matching financial transactions and administrative data in Denmark, Niels Johannesen comes up with an answer for Tim Phillips.
18 Aug 202012min
S3 Ep37: Does social media make us xenophobic?
Xenophobic attacks are on the rise around the world. Does social media help cause them? Maria Petrova tells tim Phillips about shocking new research from Russia.
14 Aug 20208min
S3 Ep36: Europe's zombie lending
Viral Acharya tell Tim Phillips that the action to save Europe's financial sector after 2008 has delayed reform in the banking sector - creating a decade of lending to zombie firms that has stifled ec...
7 Aug 202037min
S3 Ep35: Recessions increase inequality
Most high earners bounce back from recessions. But Gianluca Violante tells Tim Phillips that, for the last 50 years, it has been a different story for low earners.
31 Jul 202018min
S3 Ep34: Valuing digital services
The Covid-19 lockdown has provided the opportunity to measure the financial value we give to 'free' digital services like social media and Google search. Diane Coyle and David Nguyen tell Tim Phillips...
24 Jul 202014min
S3 Ep33: The mechanics of the industrial revolution
Skilled artisans were needed to build, improve and mend the machines that powered the industrial revolution. Joel Mokyr tells Tim Phillips how this can help explain why the revolution happened when - ...
17 Jul 202019min
S3 Ep32: Solving Europe's productivity puzzle
In the recovery from Covid-19 we urgently need to boost productivity. But which policies move the needle? Filippo di Mauro tells Tim Phillips about what CompNet's firm-level productivity data tells us...
10 Jul 202025min
