S5 Ep42: Does inequality create growth?
If we are less equal, is that good or bad news for economic growth? Reto Foellmi reviewed the research, and he has some answers for Tim Phillips.
16 Sep 202219min
S5 Ep41: Ghost firms and tax fraud
The problem of fake firms that issue fake receipts so that clients can claim fraudulent tax deductions is widespread but hard to stop, and it’s costing governments everywhere billions in lost revenues...
9 Sep 202219min
S5 Ep40: Our workless future
As intelligent autonomous machines become better at doing all our jobs, will there be enough work and income to go around? If only some of us work, who will that be, and what happens to the rest of us...
2 Sep 202221min
S5 Ep39: The political economy of lockdown
During the Covid-19 pandemic governments had to take unpopular measures to restrict our freedoms, and we had to choose whether we did what we were told. Were governments in countries with free media m...
12 Aug 202220min
S5 Ep38: Divest or engage?
When pension giant ABP faced protests about its fossil fuel investment strategy, did it choose to exert pressure on oil companies or divest from them? Jeff Wurgler and Dirk Schoenmaker talk to Tim Phi...
3 Aug 202222min
S5 Ep37: Yellow vests and carbon taxes
Opposition to a carbon tax was at the root of the gilets jaunes protests in France. Did the protestors think the tax wouldn’t work, or that it wasn’t fair, or that they would personally lose out? Adri...
29 Juli 202212min
S5 Ep36: Distracted donors and political violence
When aid donors are distracted by domestic concerns, do aid recipients take advantage to suppress political opposition? Data from Africa suggest that they do, Dominic Rohner tells Tim Phillips. Photo:...
27 Juli 202213min
S5 Ep35: The global real interest rate
Global real rates are stuck at a low level, and until recently policy rates everywhere were effectively zero. Can we use historical data to explain why this happened, and to predict whether we will be...
20 Juli 202223min
