S3 Ep5: Central banks and regional inequality
Is regional inequality a problem that central banks should worry about? Andy Haldane of the Bank of England tells Tim Phillips why he thanks the answer is yes: but why we also need to think about what...
7 Feb 202013min
S3 Ep4: The origins of tech clusters
Why are cities so keen to create their own technology clusters, and why is it so difficult? Bill Kerr of Harvard Business School tells Tim Phillips what economists know (and don't know) about where te...
31 Jan 202027min
S3 Ep3: Betting on the Lord
An experiment in Haiti shows that people take more risks in the presence of religious images, even if there is less chance they will win. Emmanuelle Auriol tells Tim Phillips about the challenges that...
24 Jan 202012min
S3 Ep2: Regenerating the cities that were left behind
When the industries that have sustained our cities decline, how can we regenerate urban areas? At the SUERF conference in Amsterdam, Tony Venables and Charles Goodhart tell Tim Phillips that redevelop...
17 Jan 202014min
S3 Ep1: Will there be a post-Brexit financial services deal?
In 2020, the UK and the EU will try to strike a post-Brexit deal in financial services. At the SUERF conference in Amsterdam, David Miles and Iain Begg explain to Tim Phillips what's at stake in the n...
10 Jan 202015min
S2 Ep52: Has the randomista revolution gone too far?
This year's Nobel prize celebrated the work of the economists who popularised randomised controlled trials, “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty”. But is it possible to have ...
23 Des 201914min
S2 Ep51: Burying bad news
New research demonstrates what we all suspected: for decades, politicians have routinely used busy news days to bury unpopular announcements. Ruben Durante educates Tim Phillips in the politics of dis...
20 Des 201915min
S2 Ep50: Helping parents to read with their children
Language skills for preschoolers help them achieve more when they get to school, but some parents are better than others at helping their kids to develop these skills. Denis Fougère and Carlo Barone t...
13 Des 201922min
