S2 Ep46: The Great Expectations of the middle class
When there's a financial crisis, policymakers and politicians increasingly kowtow to the demands of an influential group: the global middle class. Jeffrey Chwieroth and Andrew Walter tell Tim Phillips...
15 Nov 201930min
S2 Ep45: How to improve consumer credit ratings
Doing a good job of deciding who can borrow is fundamental for the global economy. Stefania Albanesi tells Tim Phillips that current consumer credit ratings do a poor job at predicting which of us wil...
8 Nov 201927min
S2 Ep44: Let's stay together
When the law changed to allow same-sex partners to get married, did the symbolism of marriage have any effect on the stability of relationships? Shuai Chen tells Tim Phillips about a surprising result...
1 Nov 201912min
S2 Ep43: The cost of dying
How much is spent on end-of-life care, and who foots the bill? Eric French of UCL tells Tim Phillips about the total cost of the last year of our lives, and how different countries have very different...
25 Okt 201918min
S2 Ep42: Increasing diversity in economics
The Royal Economic Society has launched Discover Economics, an ambitious three-year campaign to attract more women, minority students and students from state schools to study the subject. Sarah Smith ...
16 Okt 201914min
S2 Ep41: The economics of an ageing population
We are living longer, and that affects every part of our economic future. David Bloom is the editor of a new VoxEU book on what he calls "the what, the so what, and the now what" of ageing. He tells T...
11 Okt 201919min
S2 Ep40: A new story of London's economic development
Economists date the growth of London's financial system, and its impact on the British economy, from the end of the 17th century. Nathan Sussman tells Tim Phillips how how he discovered contemporary r...
4 Okt 201919min
S2 Ep39: Lessons from the Irish banking crisis
Patrick Honohan took over as governor of the Central Bank of Ireland in 2009 with the economy in meltdown, and steered it through its deepest crisis. His new book re-examines what happened, and lesson...
27 Sep 201920min
