S4 Ep3: Boiling point in Africa
As the climate heats up, what does it mean for the number, and the scale, of conflicts in Africa? Dominic Rohner warns Tim Phillips about the impact that climate change has had in the continent alread...
22 Jan 202111min
S4 Ep2: The microeconomics of cryptocurrencies
What is behind the pinballing price movements of Bitcoin? Neil Gandal tells Tim Phillips how supply and demand works for cryptocurrencies.
15 Jan 202120min
S4 Ep1: The refugee's dilemma
A new study uses detailed data on the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany to investigate why individuals become refugees. Mathias Thoenig tells Tim Phillips about a simple policy that would have saved...
8 Jan 202126min
S3 Ep59: How authoritarians stay in power
Among other things, it has not been a great year for global democracy. So in the final VoxTalk of 2020, Konstantin Sonin tells Tim Phillips how authoritarian leaders grab and hold on to power.
18 Dec 202016min
S3 Ep58: Covid baby boom or bust?
Will the pandemic create more or fewer babies? Joshua Wilde tells Tim Phillips how Google search data can provide the answer.
11 Dec 202016min
S3 Ep57: The Spanish Empire's shipwreck problem
When the galleon San José sank in a typhoon in 1694, it was carrying a cargo worth 2% of the GDP of the entire Spanish empire. Fernando Arteaga, Desiree Desierto and Mark Koyama tell Tim Phillips abou...
4 Dec 202024min
S3 Ep57: Africa's roads make the rich richer
Africa's roads were originally built so that colonial powers could extract its natural wealth. What has happened since then? Steven Poelhekke of the University of Auckland examines the maps with Tim P...
27 Nov 202012min
S3 Ep56: The secret war in Laos
Laotians are still suffering collateral damage from a covert war that the US waged in the country half a century ago. Felipe Valencia Caicedo tells Tim Phillips about the devastating impact of the bom...
20 Nov 202017min
