Olivier Blanchard on debt: “Relax. Don’t relax too much, but relax”
Author of the standard textbook on macroeconomics, former head of research for the International Monetary Fund, currently at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, Olivier Blanchard works...
18 Jan 201930min
Adam Posen on central banks, China and the enduring power of the dollar
The economist and president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics joins FT Alphaville’s Colby Smith and Brown University’s Mark Blyth to discuss the politicking of central banking, the...
11 Jan 201935min
Robert Shiller: market narratives are 'like diseases'
A bonus episode from the annual meeting of the American Economic Association in Atlanta this past weekend. Brendan Greeley caught up with Yale economist and Nobel laureate Robert Shiller, who argues t...
8 Jan 201921min
What exactly is 'slack'?
Economists like to talk about the "slack" in the labour market. But how can we measure it, and what does it mean? The FT's Brendan Greeley hosts with guests Megan Greene, chief economist at Manulife A...
5 Jan 201935min
Mariana Mazzucato on who creates value
The economist and University College London professor joins Alphaville's Jemima Kelly to discuss the question of value: who creates it and who makes use of it. She also lays out her argument for a ret...
21 Dec 201836min
The math wizard who became a customer loyalty scheme guru
Economist Gary Loveman was teaching at Harvard Business School when he went to consult for the Harrah's casino chain in Las Vegas in the late 1990s. Despite knowing nothing about gambling, his insight...
14 Dec 201849min
Bill Janeway revisits the 'three-player game'
Academic and practicing capitalist Bill Janeway talks to the FT's Jamie Powell about the way government used to drive innovation, and his idea of the "three-player game" between government, capital an...
7 Dec 201845min
David Autor on what we now know about trade
Alphachat is back, and with a new host, Brendan Greeley. Brendan is the new US editor of Alphaville, and in this episode, he talks to MIT economics professor David Autor about what economics got wrong...
30 Nov 201843min
