S4 Ep28: What makes children lie?
If some kids lie a little, and some lie a lot, is that just the way they are, or can we increase a child’s honesty in day-to-day life? Johannes Abeler tells Tim Phillips about how mentors can create l...
9 Juli 202116min
S4 Ep27: Why mums return to work
Do cultural norms determine whether women go back to work after having a child? And if culture changes, does their behaviour change too? Anna Raute and Uta Schӧnberg tell Tim Phillips how the reunific...
2 Juli 202119min
S4 Ep26: Whatever happened to the 15-hour work week?
John Maynard Keynes famously predicted that no one would need to work for more than three hours a day by 2030. How did he get it so wrong? Nick Crafts tells Tim Phillips that, in one way, Keynes has u...
25 Juni 202119min
S4 Ep25: Capitalism after Covid
What's the future of capitalism? Luis Garicano asked this question to 21 of his fellow economists, and this week the interviews are published as a CEPR ebook. He tells Tim Phillips that Covid-19 may i...
16 Juni 202120min
S4 Ep24: Populism in Latin America
Latin America has a long history of populist government. New research by Antonio Spilimbergo quantifies the consequences of populism for the region's institutions and economies.
11 Juni 202110min
S4 Ep23: Turning competition research into competition policy
The CEPR's Research Policy Network on competition policy (cepr.online/competition) launches this week. In the first of two special podcasts on the topic, Greg Crawford and Cristina Caffarra tell Tim P...
8 Juni 202114min
S4 Ep22: How central banks saved us from Covid-19
How well has monetary policy coped with the challenge of Covid-19?Central banks get good grades in a new VoxEU ebook. But Bill English and Angel Ubide warn Tim Phillips that success today may lead to ...
3 Juni 202117min
S4 Ep21: Twitter changes how the media reports conflict
Every day we can see harrowing mobile phone footage from conflict zones, shot by civilians, on the TV news. Ekaterina Zhuravskaya tells Tim Phillips that data from the Israel-Palestine conflict sugges...
28 Maj 202115min
