Ep.45 - Donald Trump and the Mar-a-lago accord
The Mar-a-Lago accord is a hypothetical project that both Trumpian economists and outside observers are following closely. It is bound to be an ambitious new direction for the international economic e...
20 Nov 202411min
Ep.44 - Franz Kafka and AI
The rise of Artificial Intelligence brings to mind the fear of an apocalypse. In one of these dystopian predictions, thinking machines will take over the giant maze of bureaucracy at the core of moder...
13 Nov 202410min
Ep.43 - When Nav Sarao shook Wall Street
It’s 2.42 PM on May 6 2010. Navinder Sarao, a thirty-two year old British Indian and self-taught trader, plunges Wall Street into chaos. In just a few minutes, 750 billion euros disappear from the fin...
16 Okt 202410min
Ep.42 - A manifesto for the future of Italy
They’re called “inner areas”, they’re the spaces of a deep Italy, which have been kept far away from public debate for too long, without public investment and services, forced to a drastic fall in hab...
9 Okt 202413min
Ep.40- Minimum wage and the virus of poverty
In the western world, poverty is an epidemic amongst low-wage workers. Introducing, extending and increasing the minimum wage are just some of the ways in which we can face this social crisis. In the ...
25 Sep 202412min
Ep.39 - This is Europe
The ex-president of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi delivers his report on European competitiveness, and invites us to change our current course. The European Union is going through a crisis c...
18 Sep 202413min
Ep.38 - The army of invisibles
On the night of June 14 2017, seventy-two people die in the flames of Grenfell Tower, in North Kensington, London City. 221 feet high, 24 stories tall, housing 120 apartments, Grenfell Tower is built ...
26 Juni 202412min
