S8 Ep4: Crime and punishment?
Recorded at the CEPR Paris Symposium. When Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, it was already under sanctions for annexing Crimea in 2014. But did the gradual way in which these well inte...
15 Jan 202518min
S8 Ep3: Trump’s tariffs: Help for the heartland?
In economically depressed regions of the US – the “heartland” – President Trump’s 2018 trade war was a popular decision: “We’re going to bring jobs back to our country,” he told voters. Did the tariff...
10 Jan 202514min
S8 Ep2: What policymakers get wrong about US trade deficits
Recorded at the CEPR Paris Symposium. For two decades Maurice Obstfeld has been researching the causes and consequences of the global trade imbalances in the world economy. Now, as are seeing a retrea...
8 Jan 202521min
S8 Ep1: Can AI forecasts improve crisis response?
Recorded at the CEPR Paris Symposium. In the first of a series of episodes from CEPR’s annual festival of new research, we ask: can artificial intelligence help agencies and governments cope with natu...
3 Jan 202529min
S7 Ep59: Spotting social isolation in the classroom
A surprising number of children are isolated at school. How can teachers spot this social exclusion, and what can they do to make every child feel included? An intervention in primary schools in Italy...
20 Dec 202419min
S7 Ep58: Trading around geopolitics
After Russia after invaded Ukraine, 45 countries imposed sanctions. Turkiye was among those that did not. Have Turkiye’s exporters filled the gap created by the reduction in exports from other sources...
13 Dec 202418min
S7 Ep57: Can central banks green the financial system?
Climate change, and policies that governments implement to address it, increasingly have macroeconomic impacts that are relevant for Central banks. But, within their remit, what actions can monetary p...
3 Dec 202429min
S7 Ep56: Populism and war
What effect do populist rulers of economic superpowers have on international relations, peace, and inequality? If a populist takes power in one of these countries, does it lead to more conflict in oth...
29 Nov 202422min
