S6 Ep8: Applying economics (not gut feel) to ESG
Every CEO, investor, and NGO needs an ESG strategy, and they need it now. But is that urgency making smart people ignore established insights from decades of economic research? Alex Edmans has identi...
17 Mars 202323min
S6 Ep7: AI is reshaping economic research
We’ve reached a moment at which large language models like ChatGPT have clearly become useful, but for what exactly? Anton Korinek has discovered at least 25 ways in which economics researchers can us...
10 Mars 202330min
S6 Ep6: Powerful forces are reshaping global trade
Firms have discovered that global value chains are not as resilient as we assumed. They are reorganising these value chains and re-evaluating their approach to globalisation – but are the solutions th...
3 Mars 202315min
S6 Ep5: Fair pay for CEOs!
What motivates CEOs? Do they want to be fabulously rich or are they looking for a fair reward for their achievements? And, if fairness really does matter to them, how do you structure their contracts?...
24 Feb 202321min
S6 Ep4: Do cultural stereotypes influence bank investment?
We know that national stereotypes influence all sorts of personal decisions, but could they determine whether one country’s banks hold another country’s sovereign debt? Amazingly, Orkun Saka tells Tim...
17 Feb 202316min
S6 Ep3: Rebuilding Ukraine’s labour market
Russia’s war on Ukraine hasn’t just destroyed buildings and lives, it has put thousands of people out of work and denied thousands more an education. After the war, how can Ukraine rebuild its labour ...
10 Feb 202314min
S6 Ep2: Slavery and the industrial revolution
Did slaveholding accelerate the industrial revolution in Britain? This controversial theory was first argued by Eric Williams almost 80 years ago but has lacked strong supporting evidence – until now....
3 Feb 202327min
S6 Ep1: Who pays for your credit card rewards?
Credit cards that offer cashback or rewards are increasingly popular. Are you doing better or worse as a result? And how big is the financial difference between all the winners and losers? Andrea Pres...
20 Jan 202329min
