What did ‘Nudge’ get wrong? With Nick Chater
When Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein released their book ‘Nudge’ in 2008, it caught the public imagination. ‘Nudge theory’ – the idea that people could be encouraged to make better choices through sm...
20 Feb 29min
How China is fighting ‘involution’, with Yanmei Xie
China’s export powerhouse is feeding global demand for cheaper electronics, cars, clothing, and plenty more besides. But the supercharged competition driving that trend is causing problems within Chin...
13 Feb 30min
What an economist eats for lunch (in 2026), with Tyler Cowen
If you want to understand food – and eat better – economics is a good place to start. How do immigration patterns shape a country’s cuisine? How do labour laws make our working lunches worse? And why ...
6 Feb 32min
How big a deal is the EU-India trade agreement? With Nicolas Köhler-Suzuki and Ajay Srivastava
The EU-India trade deal was partly a geopolitical statement, directed towards Trump. But what’s actually in it? What were the toughest bits to agree, who gave up concessions, and what will the deal me...
30 Jan 27min
The economy in 2026: What risks lie ahead? With Gita Gopinath
Are the headline growth figures really telling us the full story about the global economy? Gita Gopinath, a former deputy managing director at the IMF and a professor of economics at Harvard Universit...
23 Jan 25min
How the Fed fights back, with Don Kohn
It wasn’t the Trump administration’s first attack on the Federal Reserve – but it was perhaps the most shocking. The Department of Justice’s criminal investigation into Jay Powell – nominally over his...
14 Jan 34min
How bad is America’s affordability crisis? With Mechele Dickerson
Affordability is set to be a key issue in US politics ahead of the country’s midterm elections. And though American politicians often express their support for the country’s middle class, life has bec...
9 Jan 31min
Behind The Money: How First Brands Group collapsed
Some of the world’s biggest financial institutions are reeling after the collapse of a little-known car parts supplier: First Brands Group. The company filed for bankruptcy last month, and since then,...
2 Jan 26min
