S3 Ep31: Banks under pressure
Low profitability, non-performing loans, and competition from Big Tech. A new report from the CEPR concludes that the banking sector faces "deep restructuring". Xavier Vives tell Tim Phillips why. Re...
8 Juli 202015min
S3 Ep30: To each according to their needs
Kaushik Basu's time as World Bank chief economist inspired him to think radically about how to change the way the global economy works. He tells Tim Phillips about why public ownership and profit-shar...
3 Juli 202031min
S3 Ep29: Coping with Covid in developing economies
A new ebook from the CEPR and the International Development Policy Journal discusses the threat to developing and emerging economies from the pandemic, and what we can do about it. Ugo Panizza is one ...
26 Juni 202015min
S3 Ep28: Who gets exposed to Covid-19?
Different countries and cities have different rates of Covid exposure, but what can explain the difference in incidence between neighbourhoods? New York residents Milena Almagro and Angelo Orane-Hutch...
19 Juni 202014min
S3 Ep27: The Great Reversal
Thomas Philippon's new book argues that in the last 20 years the US has “given up” on free markets. As a result, he tells Tim Phillips, American families are each $5,000 a year poorer.
12 Juni 202024min
S3 Ep26: Structural transformation and economic growth
This week the CEPR launches a new research programme called STEG - Structural Transformation and Economic Growth. Ahead of the kick-off workshop on June 4 and 5, Joe Kaboski and Doug Gollin tell Tim P...
3 Juni 202014min
S3 Ep25: Time for beds
The mortality statistics of the Covid-19 outbreak suggest that your country's medical infrastructure has a big influence on how likely you are to survive. Nathan Sussman has examined the data and tell...
29 Maj 202019min
S3 Ep24: Tech industry mergers
Should competition authorities intervene more often in tech mergers? Be careful, Luis Cabral tells Tim Phillips: they risk stifling innovation if they do.
22 Maj 202016min
