S3 Ep11: The polarization of reality
We think about political polarization as a disagreement about policies. But what if the voters can't even agree on the facts? Stefanie Stantcheva tells Tim Phillips about new research that has profoun...
20 Mars 202016min
S3 Ep10: Economics in the time of Covid-19
How big are Covid-19's economic consequences? That's the theme of a new VoxEU book with contributions from many of the world's most experienced policymakers with expertise in this area. Beatrice Weder...
10 Mars 202018min
S3 Ep9: Women in Economics
Women are under-represented in economics, and the situation is not improving. Economists Shelly Lundberg, Donna Ginther, Jenna Stearns and Erin Hengel talk to Tim Phillips about VoxEU's new book on th...
6 Mars 202020min
S3 Ep8: Digital market merger policy
In the last decade, global digital giants have snapped up hundreds of smaller, innovative companies. Should competition authorities have intervened more often? Tomaso Duso tells Tim Phillips about new...
28 Feb 202017min
S3 Ep7: The history of immigration quotas
A century ago, American nativists succeeded in establishing immigration quotas to drive up the wages of US workers. What happened next? Not what you might think, Leah Boustan tells Tim Phillips.
21 Feb 202019min
S3 Ep6: Education creates peace
New research shows how a school-building programme in Indonesia successfully reduced conflict. Dominic Rohner tells Tim Phillips about this unanticipated peace dividend, and how the CEPR's research an...
14 Feb 202017min
S3 Ep5: Central banks and regional inequality
Is regional inequality a problem that central banks should worry about? Andy Haldane of the Bank of England tells Tim Phillips why he thanks the answer is yes: but why we also need to think about what...
7 Feb 202013min
S3 Ep4: The origins of tech clusters
Why are cities so keen to create their own technology clusters, and why is it so difficult? Bill Kerr of Harvard Business School tells Tim Phillips what economists know (and don't know) about where te...
31 Jan 202027min
