S3 Ep30: To each according to their needs
Kaushik Basu's time as World Bank chief economist inspired him to think radically about how to change the way the global economy works. He tells Tim Phillips about why public ownership and profit-shar...
3 Jul 202031min
S3 Ep29: Coping with Covid in developing economies
A new ebook from the CEPR and the International Development Policy Journal discusses the threat to developing and emerging economies from the pandemic, and what we can do about it. Ugo Panizza is one ...
26 Jun 202015min
S3 Ep28: Who gets exposed to Covid-19?
Different countries and cities have different rates of Covid exposure, but what can explain the difference in incidence between neighbourhoods? New York residents Milena Almagro and Angelo Orane-Hutch...
19 Jun 202014min
S3 Ep27: The Great Reversal
Thomas Philippon's new book argues that in the last 20 years the US has “given up” on free markets. As a result, he tells Tim Phillips, American families are each $5,000 a year poorer.
12 Jun 202024min
S3 Ep26: Structural transformation and economic growth
This week the CEPR launches a new research programme called STEG - Structural Transformation and Economic Growth. Ahead of the kick-off workshop on June 4 and 5, Joe Kaboski and Doug Gollin tell Tim P...
3 Jun 202014min
S3 Ep25: Time for beds
The mortality statistics of the Covid-19 outbreak suggest that your country's medical infrastructure has a big influence on how likely you are to survive. Nathan Sussman has examined the data and tell...
29 Mai 202019min
S3 Ep24: Tech industry mergers
Should competition authorities intervene more often in tech mergers? Be careful, Luis Cabral tells Tim Phillips: they risk stifling innovation if they do.
22 Mai 202016min
S3 Ep23: Helicopter money
In every crisis, economists will tell us that it is time for helicopter money, and Covid-19 is no different. But the helicopters never seem to take off. Donato Maschiandaro tells Tim Phillips why not....
18 Mai 202012min
