S2 Ep33: Investing in Brexit
As Brexit nears (again), are British firms choosing to invest in the UK or in other European markets? Are European firms investing in the UK to preserve access to its markets? And has "global Britain"...
16 Aug 201924min
S2 Ep32: Social media polarization
When does social media polarize opinion, and when does it bring us closer together? Yves Zenou tells Tim Phillips about a new economic model that shows us how affinity can become division, and why the...
9 Aug 201913min
S2 Ep31: Learning about ourselves
Despite all the evidence to the contrary we continue to overestimate how much work we will do tomorrow, or how often we will go to the gym. Why? Peter Schwardmann tells Tim Phillips that we do learn f...
2 Aug 201912min
S2 Ep30: France's broken social elevator
France has surprisingly low social mobility. OECD chief economist Laurence Boone tells Tim Phillips why this is the case, how the problem fuels the gilets jaunes protests, and what can be done about i...
26 Juli 201917min
S2 Ep29: The true cost of emissions cheating
Supposedly 'green' diesel engines with devices to cheat emissions tests have been polluting as much as 150 ordinary cars. Hannes Schwandt tell Tim Phillips about the staggering human cost of VW's frau...
19 Juli 201923min
S2 Ep28: The benefits of starting school early
Children in different countries start school at very different ages. Thomas Cornelissen tells Tim Phillips about new research that suggests an early start may help their development. Check out the re...
12 Juli 201917min
S2 Ep27: Italy is a very sick patient
Are Italy's populist policies of miniBOTs and flat taxes the right medicine for its economic sickness? Fabio Ghironi tells Tim Phillips that, if Italy doesn't attempt fundamental structural reforms, i...
5 Juli 201914min
S2 Ep26: How the G20 can save world trade
As the G20 gather in Japan, Tim Phillips talks to Simon Evenett, one of the authors of the Global Trade Alert, on how the ministers can halt the "free for all" on protectionism. Download the 24th Gl...
28 Juni 201916min
