S2 Ep38: The death of banks?
On 24 September the CEPR launches the latest Geneva Report on the world economy, called Banking disrupted? Financial intermediation in an era of transformational technology. Tim Phillips asks Tara Ric...
24 Sep 201927min
S2 Ep37: Does foreign investment create green growth?
Economists argue whether foreign direct investment in developing economies exports pollution or generates green growth. Beata Javorcik talks to Tim Phillips about a surprising conclusion from factory-...
13 Sep 201912min
S2 Ep36: The economic history of World War 2
Starting on the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the second world war, VoxEU is publishing a series of articles about the economics of the war. Tim Phillips talks to some of the authors about their...
6 Sep 201927min
S2 Ep35: Africa's lands of opportunity
On average, if you are born in Africa today you have much better chances to succeed than your parents or grandparents. But which countries have the best, and worst, intergenerational mobility? Elias P...
30 Aug 201918min
S2 Ep34: Could a $15 minimum wage save lives?
The US has an epidemic of "deaths of despair". Michael Reich tells Tim Phillips that new research implies that a $15 minimum wage doesn't just cut poverty, it also saves lives. But is Congress listeni...
23 Aug 201921min
S2 Ep33: Investing in Brexit
As Brexit nears (again), are British firms choosing to invest in the UK or in other European markets? Are European firms investing in the UK to preserve access to its markets? And has "global Britain"...
16 Aug 201924min
S2 Ep32: Social media polarization
When does social media polarize opinion, and when does it bring us closer together? Yves Zenou tells Tim Phillips about a new economic model that shows us how affinity can become division, and why the...
9 Aug 201913min
S2 Ep31: Learning about ourselves
Despite all the evidence to the contrary we continue to overestimate how much work we will do tomorrow, or how often we will go to the gym. Why? Peter Schwardmann tells Tim Phillips that we do learn f...
2 Aug 201912min
