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S9 Ep28: Immigration and integration in Europe

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S9 Ep27: The right to choose to die

3

S9 Ep26: The public origins of American innovation

4

S9 Ep25: Rebalancing the Chinese economy

5

S9 Ep24: Stablecoins and Global Imbalances

6

S9 Ep23: Global imbalances redux

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S9 Ep22: World War Trade

8

S9 Ep21: The Bank of England's capital mistake?

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S9 Ep20: What triggered January 6?

10

S9 Ep19: Can blockchain decentralise money, contracts, and finance?

11

S9 Ep18: Will AI transform economic growth?

12

S9 Ep17: Sanctions and financial repression

13

S9 Ep16: What's next for Ukraine: The labour market

14

S9 Ep15: What's next for Ukraine: Reconstruction

15

S9 Ep14: What’s next for Ukraine: Investment

16

S9 Ep13: The alpha political male

17

S9 Ep12: Management under the spotlight

18

S9 Ep11: The next generation: Paris ‘25

19

S9 Ep10: How many people die when the US cuts foreign aid?

20

S9 Ep9: What should Europe do about Trump?

21

S9 Ep8: The economic consequences of living longer

22

S9 Ep7: How exchange rates responded to tariffs

23

S9 Ep6: What's next for Trump’s tariffs?

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S9 Ep5: Is US debt sustainable?

25

S9 Ep4: Do stablecoins threaten financial stability?

26

S9 Ep3: Can Europe defend itself?

27

S9 Ep2: Has AI eaten the economics major?

28

S9 Ep1: Trump, trade, and AI growth

29

S8 Ep65: The future of globalisation

30

S8 Ep64: A London economic consensus?

31

S8 Ep63: Do sanctions work?

32

S8 Ep62: The cost of lost biodiversity

33

S8 Ep61: The politics of sustainability reporting

34

S8 Ep60: The planet has a problem with populism

35

S8 Ep59: Designing markets for nature

36

S8 Ep58: A big push for climate policy

37

S8 Ep57: How to make carbon removal work

38

S8 Ep56: The economics of biodiversity

39

S8 Ep55: Overcoming climate agenda fatigue

40

S8 Ep54: Coalitions of the willing

41

S8 Ep53: The visual politics of Brexit

42

S8 Ep52: A hundred lessons from history

43

S8 Ep51: A European Carbon Central Bank

44

S8 Ep50: The hidden cost of invasive species

45

S8 Ep49: Tastes, geography, and culture

46

S8 Ep48: What makes a successful entrepreneur?

47

S8 Ep47: Misinformation and trust in news

48

S8 Ep46: Is Davos more than a boondoggle?

49

S8 Ep45: The stickiness of gender biased norms

50

S8 Ep44: In coin we trust

51

S8 Ep43: Strategic cops and robbers

52

S8 Ep42: Carcillo: Closing the gender wage gap

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S8 Ep41: Bertrand: Why Japanese men don’t take paternity leave

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S8 Ep40: Petrongolo: Gender and the labour market

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S8 Ep39: The next generation: PSE ’25

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S8 Ep38: The state of globalisation

57

S8 Ep37: The effect of working from home on house prices

58

S8 Ep36: Davis: Will working from home stick?

59

S8 Ep35: The global impact of AI

60

S8 Ep34: How good are LLMs at doing our jobs?

61

S8 Ep33: Autor: Automation and the value of expertise

62

S8 Ep32: Bonus episode: From soft landings to hard realities

63

S8 Ep31: Does better school management boost test scores?

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S8 Ep30: Do car bans hurt politicians?

65

S8 Ep29: Finding meaning at work

66

S8 Ep28: How to curb the bias against female experts

67

S8 Ep27: The Grievance Doctrine

68

S8 Ep26: The rise of China in academic research

69

S8 Ep25: Growth and trust in government

70

S8 Ep24: Do friendships change our political opinions?

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S8 Ep23: What is geoeconomics?

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S8 Ep22: Do superstar advisors create star students?

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S8 Ep21: A meaningful life

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S8 Ep20: Expelling the experts

75

S8 Ep19: Central banks as financial agents of the state

76

S8 Ep18: When our values clash at work

77

S8 Ep17: The menopause penalty at work

78

S8 Ep16: The next generation: Paris ‘24

79

S8 Ep15: Ending period stigma in schools

80

S8 Ep14: The laws that protected women from work

81

S8 Ep13: The class gap in career progression

82

S8 Ep12: Do we work harder when we work from home?

83

S8 Ep11: How should the EU respond to Trump?

84

S8 Ep10: Who should work, and how much?

85

S8 Ep9: A European climate bond

86

S8 Ep8: Can planting trees change the climate?

87

S8 Ep7: The impact of financial deglobalisation

88

S8 Ep6: Do cryptocurrencies matter?

89

S8 Ep5: What impact have trade sanctions had on Russia?

90

S8 Ep4: Crime and punishment?

91

S8 Ep3: Trump’s tariffs: Help for the heartland?

92

S8 Ep2: What policymakers get wrong about US trade deficits

93

S8 Ep1: Can AI forecasts improve crisis response?

94

S7 Ep59: Spotting social isolation in the classroom

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S7 Ep58: Trading around geopolitics

96

S7 Ep57: Can central banks green the financial system?

97

S7 Ep56: Populism and war

98

S7 Ep55: Masculinity around the world

99

S7 Ep54: Banking without branches

100

S7 Ep53: The price of deforestation

101

S7 Ep52: Financing the green transition

102

S7 Ep51: Insuring the world of the future

103

S7 Ep50: The economic effect of the Great Fire of London

104

S7 Ep49: Young, educated, and unemployed

105

S7 Ep48: NOBEL SPECIAL: James Robinson on antisocial norms

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S7 Ep47: Access to opportunity in the sciences

107

S7 Ep46: Food policy in a warming world

108

S7 Ep45: How protests are born, and how they die

109

S7 Ep44: The US is in a fiscal mess

110

S7 Ep43: Digital access and infectious disease

111

S7 Ep42: The economics of strategy

112

S7 Ep41: The EU miracle

113

S7 Ep40: The economic burden of burnout

114

S7 Ep39: Getting cash transfers right

115

S7 Ep38: Do billionaires pay taxes?

116

S7 Ep37: When development creates conflict

117

S7 Ep36: Competence vs gender

118

S7 Ep35: Improving digital payments for social protection

119

S7 Ep34: The next generation: PSE 2024

120

S7 Ep33: The effects of disability hiring quotas

121

S7 Ep32: Will tax or finance get us to net zero?

122

S7 Ep31: Location, location, location

123

S7 Ep30: It’s a dirty job

124

S7 Ep29: Climate tipping points

125

S7 Ep28: Collaboration after #MeToo

126

S7 Ep27: Mafias and firms

127

S7 Ep26: Economic decline and the rise of populism

128

S7 Ep25: The stigma of depression

129

S7 Ep24: How fake news shapes the business cycle

130

S7 Ep23: What should business schools teach about the climate crisis?

131

S7 Ep22: Europe’s economic security

132

S7 Ep21: Clearing the path to growth

133

S7 Ep20: How quickly should we adopt AI?

134

S7 Ep19: Which jobs will AI replace?

135

S7 Ep18: Monetary policy, mortgages, and the housing market

136

S7 Ep17: The long shadow of the Spanish Civil War

137

S7 Ep16: Monetary policy responses to inflation

138

S7 Ep15: Mispriced risk and the end of ESG

139

S7 Ep14: Disasters and bank financing

140

S7 Ep13: Pandemic, war and debt

141

S7 Ep12: Women are from Mars too

142

S7 Ep11: Weder di Mauro: What went wrong at Credit Suisse

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S7 Ep10: The euro at 25

144

S7 Ep9: Can parents teach patience?

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S7 Ep7: Climate finance instruments

146

S7 Ep8: Main Street’s pain, Wall Street’s gain

147

S7 Ep6: The impact of mandatory profit sharing

148

S7 Ep5: Microdata in Europe

149

S7 Ep4: The seeds of knowledge

150

S7 Ep3: Young economists: Paris 2023

151

S7 Ep2: Solving the wickedest problem

152

S7 Ep1: The global transmission of Fed rate hikes

153

S6 Ep57: The impact of refugees on community health

154

S6 Ep56: A new programme area: Climate change and the environment

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S6 Ep55: Navigating city transport policy

156

S6 Ep54: The art of gerrymandering

157

S6 Ep53: What is the purpose of a company?

158

S6 Ep52: Making banking safe

159

S6 Ep51: Later-life mortality and the repeal of prohibition

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S6 Ep50: Violence against women in politics

161

S6 Ep49: Is there a market for biodiversity?

162

S6 Ep48: AI’s impact on jobs

163

S6 Ep47: Will deglobalisation lead to a new Cold War?

164

S6 Ep46: Whither climate finance?

165

S6 Ep45: Does anger drive populism?

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S6 Ep44: How the US solved its Korean EV trade crisis

167

S6 Ep43: War and science in Ukraine

168

S6 Ep42: The slowdown in potential growth

169

S6 Ep41: Identity politics and polarisation

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S6 Ep40: Price and prejudice: Asylum seekers and housing rents

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S6 Ep39: How railways brought inventors together

172

S6 Ep38: Has broadband internet democratised finance?

173

S6 Ep37: Should history change the way we think about populism?

174

S6 Ep36: Democracy and political participation in India

175

S6 Ep35: Does regional identity guide investment?

176

S6 Ep34: Health and income risks in old age

177

S6 Ep33: Improving mental health as a route out of poverty

178

S6 Ep32: Adam: How inflation distorts relative prices

179

S6 Ep31: Political inequality

180

S6 Ep30: Closing the Gender gap in healthcare

181

S6 Ep29: The next generation of research

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S6 Ep28: Aghion: Is green growth possible?

183

S6 Ep27: Johnson and Bozio: Can research influence policy?

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S6 Ep26: Blanchard: What caused US inflation?

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S6 Ep25: Duflo: Development in the 21st century

186

S6 Ep24: Do economists slow down as they age?

187

S6 Ep23: Immigration and public goods

188

S6 Ep22: The impact of trade sanctions

189

S6 Ep21: How male and female economists collaborate

190

S6 Ep20: Power and progress

191

S6 Ep19: Implementing central bank policy in China

192

S6 Ep18: How much inflation did Covid fiscal support cause?

193

S6 Ep17: American precious metals and the rise of the West

194

S6 Ep16: Does politics sell newspapers?

195

S6 Ep15: A troublesome transition

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S6 Ep14: How should we measure expected inflation?

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S6 Ep13: Corporate taxation and carbon emissions

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S6 Ep12: What’s missing from climate risk stress tests

199

S6 Ep11: Hobbesian wars and the separation of powers

200

S6 Ep10: Larry Summers on the global economy

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S6 Ep9: Building a resilient vaccine supply chain

202

S6 Ep8: Applying economics (not gut feel) to ESG

203

S6 Ep7: AI is reshaping economic research

204

S6 Ep6: Powerful forces are reshaping global trade

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S6 Ep5: Fair pay for CEOs!

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S6 Ep4: Do cultural stereotypes influence bank investment?

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S6 Ep3: Rebuilding Ukraine’s labour market

208

S6 Ep2: Slavery and the industrial revolution

209

S6 Ep1: Who pays for your credit card rewards?

210

S5 Ep54: Understanding US inflation

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S5 Ep53: Do content moderation laws work?

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S5 Ep52: How empires rise, and how they fall

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S5 Ep51: The great carbon arbitrage

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S5 Ep50: How does trade policy affect competition?

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S5 Ep49: How did inflation get so high?

216

S5 Ep48: Climate and debt

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S5 Ep47: Slowing the spread of the next epidemic

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S5 Ep46: How does climate change affect asset prices?

219

S5 Ep45: How social media influences the news

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S5 Ep44: Violence against women at work

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S5 Ep43: The illusion of control

222

S5 Ep42: Does inequality create growth?

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S5 Ep41: Ghost firms and tax fraud

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S5 Ep40: Our workless future

225

S5 Ep39: The political economy of lockdown

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S5 Ep38: Divest or engage?

227

S5 Ep37: Yellow vests and carbon taxes

228

S5 Ep36: Distracted donors and political violence

229

S5 Ep35: The global real interest rate

230

S5 Ep34: Covid-19’s impact on innovation

231

S5 Ep33: Causes and costs of populism

232

S5 Ep32: Levelling up Europe’s left-behind places

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S5 Ep31: Closing the European data gap

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S5 Ep30: Curing Covid inflation

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S5 Ep29: Defusing the carbon bombs

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S5 Ep28: Inflation and Europe’s public finances

237

S5 Ep27: The Economics of Brexit

238

S5 Ep26: The consequences of war for the EU

239

S5 Ep25: Piketty on equality

240

S5 Ep24: Male and female voices in economics

241

S5 Ep23: The price of war

242

S5 Ep22: What is the purpose of a finance professor?

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S5 Ep21: The food crisis has no respect for borders

244

S5 Ep20: What can helicopter money do?

245

S5 Ep19: Helping fathers to acknowledge paternity

246

S5 Ep18: The limits of microfinance

247

S5 Ep17: Inequality and creative destruction

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S5 Ep16: How Fox News inspired vaccine hesitancy

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S5 Ep15: Forced displacement, then and now

250

S5 Ep14: Motivated science and green innovation

251

S5 Ep13: Will Ukraine's economy survive the war?

252

S5 Ep12: Do schools change our religious attitudes?

253

S5 Ep11: Women's liberation, household revolution

254

S5 Ep10: Raising the pressure on Putin

255

S5 Ep9: The lockdown supply shock

256

S5 Ep8: A positive inflation target for the euro area

257

S5 Ep7: Anti-LGBT discrimination in transition economies

258

S5 Ep6: A French revolution in state-building

259

S5 Ep5: Macro-financial policies in an international financial centre

260

S5 Ep4: Managing risk in global supply chains

261

S5 Ep3: The other great migration

262

S5 Ep2: AI: software for autocrats?

263

S5 Ep1: The gender gap: Nature or nurture?

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S4 Ep51: Europe's asylum lottery

265

S4 Ep50: Germany's stalled social mobility

266

S4 Ep49: Why natural experiments won the Nobel

267

S4 Ep48: Coming out in America

268

S4 Ep47: Pensions and fertility in Namibia

269

S4 Ep46: Tournaments: Playing to win

270

S4 Ep45: Creating a resilient society

271

S4 Ep44: How crises rewire our brains

272

S4 Ep43: Pension reform and the incentive to work

273

S4 Ep42: Rethinking financial globalisation

274

S4 Ep41: The robots are reshoring!

275

S4 Ep40: Using AI to target aid in Togo

276

S4 Ep39: Pitching with passion

277

S4 Ep38: The flight from quality

278

S4 Ep37: Remembering Peter Neary

279

S4 Ep36: Share vaccines, save lives

280

S4 Ep35: Does malnutrition cause disease?

281

S4 Ep34: Propaganda, persuasion, and the Nazis

282

S4 Ep33: The PPE panic of 2020

283

S4 Ep32: How Craigslist killed local news

284

S4 Ep31: Covid's effect on inequality

285

S4 Ep30: Does economics do enough race-related research?

286

S4 Ep29: A cure for Friday morning fever

287

S4 Ep28: What makes children lie?

288

S4 Ep27: Why mums return to work

289

S4 Ep26: Whatever happened to the 15-hour work week?

290

S4 Ep25: Capitalism after Covid

291

S4 Ep24: Populism in Latin America

292

S4 Ep23: Turning competition research into competition policy

293

S4 Ep22: How central banks saved us from Covid-19

294

S4 Ep21: Twitter changes how the media reports conflict

295

S4 Ep20: The financial system and climate risk

296

S4 Ep19: Are socially responsible banks more resilient?

297

S4 Ep18: Parental age and child health

298

S4 Ep17: Making sense of the US-China trade war

299

S4 Ep16: The problems of digital trade

300

S4 Ep15: Covid-19 is reshaping European economic policy

301

S4 Ep14: Discovering history's notable people

302

S4 Ep13: Inequality beyond GDP

303

S4 Ep12: What if bitcoin succeeds?

304

S4 Ep11: Do looks matter in economics?

305

S4 Ep10: Regulation after Wirecard

306

S4 Ep9: Exporting pollution

307

S4 Ep8: How Africa can recover from Covid-19

308

S4 Ep7: Patent pools for generic drugs

309

S4 Ep6: Is Europe's trade strategy fit for purpose?

310

S4 Ep5: Do we give more to charity after we've been sick?

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S4 Ep4: Capitalist systems and inequality

312

S4 Ep3: Boiling point in Africa

313

S4 Ep2: The microeconomics of cryptocurrencies

314

S4 Ep1: The refugee's dilemma

315

S3 Ep59: How authoritarians stay in power

316

S3 Ep58: Covid baby boom or bust?

317

S3 Ep57: The Spanish Empire's shipwreck problem

318

S3 Ep57: Africa's roads make the rich richer

319

S3 Ep56: The secret war in Laos

320

S3 Ep55: A history of public debt

321

S3 Ep54: Europe should throw out its fiscal rulebook

322

S3 Ep53: Gun control in Brazil

323

S3 Ep52: The price of a vote

324

S3 Ep51: Nepotism in academia

325

S3 Ep50: The Black Death

326

S3 Ep49: Politics and ethnicity in Africa

327

S3 Ep48: Should Google be allowed to acquire Fitbit?

328

S3 Ep47: Publishing in economics

329

S3 Ep46: The old songs

330

S3 Ep45: Post-pandemic transport policy

331

S3 Ep44: Trustworthiness in the financial sector

332

S3 Ep43: What next for the UK's furloughed workers?

333

S3 Ep42: Kindergartens in America

334

S3 Ep41: Racism and the "China virus"

335

S3 Ep40: Restoring financial stability to India

336

S3 Ep39: A new explanation for wage stagnation

337

S3 Ep38: Bailing out the kids

338

S3 Ep37: Does social media make us xenophobic?

339

S3 Ep36: Europe's zombie lending

340

S3 Ep35: Recessions increase inequality

341

S3 Ep34: Valuing digital services

342

S3 Ep33: The mechanics of the industrial revolution

343

S3 Ep32: Solving Europe's productivity puzzle

344

S3 Ep31: Banks under pressure

345

S3 Ep30: To each according to their needs

346

S3 Ep29: Coping with Covid in developing economies

347

S3 Ep28: Who gets exposed to Covid-19?

348

S3 Ep27: The Great Reversal

349

S3 Ep26: Structural transformation and economic growth

350

S3 Ep25: Time for beds

351

S3 Ep24: Tech industry mergers

352

S3 Ep23: Helicopter money

353

S3 Ep22: The Swedish solution to Covid-19

354

S3 Ep21: The myth of British inventive genius

355

S3 Ep20: Do the rich get more coronavirus tests?

356

S3 Ep19: We need a Covid-19 debt standstill

357

S3 Ep18: John Maynard Keynes's art portfolio

358

S3 Ep17: Lessons from the Ebola crisis on dealing with Covid-19

359

S3 Ep16: Modelling the economic consequences of Covid-19

360

S3 Ep15: How much do governments lend to each other in a crisis?

361

S3 Ep14: The coronavirus shock to financial stability

362

S3 Ep13: A Covid credit line for Europe

363

S3 Ep12: Singapore's response to Covid-19

364

S3 Ep11: The polarization of reality

365

S3 Ep10: Economics in the time of Covid-19

366

S3 Ep9: Women in Economics

367

S3 Ep8: Digital market merger policy

368

S3 Ep7: The history of immigration quotas

369

S3 Ep6: Education creates peace

370

S3 Ep5: Central banks and regional inequality

371

S3 Ep4: The origins of tech clusters

372

S3 Ep3: Betting on the Lord

373

S3 Ep2: Regenerating the cities that were left behind

374

S3 Ep1: Will there be a post-Brexit financial services deal?

375

S2 Ep52: Has the randomista revolution gone too far?

376

S2 Ep51: Burying bad news

377

S2 Ep50: Helping parents to read with their children

378

S2 Ep49: Wealth taxes

379

S2 Ep48: How the mobile internet changed politics

380

S2 Ep47: Can the stock market help save the planet?

381

S2 Ep46: The Great Expectations of the middle class

382

S2 Ep45: How to improve consumer credit ratings

383

S2 Ep44: Let's stay together

384

S2 Ep43: The cost of dying

385

S2 Ep42: Increasing diversity in economics

386

S2 Ep41: The economics of an ageing population

387

S2 Ep40: A new story of London's economic development

388

S2 Ep39: Lessons from the Irish banking crisis

389

S2 Ep38: The death of banks?

390

S2 Ep37: Does foreign investment create green growth?

391

S2 Ep36: The economic history of World War 2

392

S2 Ep35: Africa's lands of opportunity

393

S2 Ep34: Could a $15 minimum wage save lives?

394

S2 Ep33: Investing in Brexit

395

S2 Ep32: Social media polarization

396

S2 Ep31: Learning about ourselves

397

S2 Ep30: France's broken social elevator

398

S2 Ep29: The true cost of emissions cheating

399

S2 Ep28: The benefits of starting school early

400

S2 Ep27: Italy is a very sick patient

401

S2 Ep26: How the G20 can save world trade

402

S2 Ep25: The threat to global prosperity

403

S2 Ep24: What would Ricardo do?

404

S2 Ep23: The future of the welfare state

405

S2 Ep22: The Yrjo Jahnsson award

406

S2 Ep21: The cost of kids

407

S2 Ep20: Managing the secret state

408

S2 Ep19: The end of the WTO?

409

S2 Ep18: The lost ones

410

S2 Ep17: How art auctions work

411

S2 Ep16: The 2018 trade war

412

S2 Ep15: Girls, boys and multiple choice

413

S2 Ep14: A green monetary policy

414

S2 Ep13: RCTs in the long run

415

S2 Ep12: Why are schools segregated?

416

S2 Ep11: Love, money and parenting

417

S2 Ep10: Innovation policy for Europe

418

S2 Ep9: The Big Data economy

419

S2 Ep8: Gender bias in mathematics

420

S2 Ep7: A history of international finance

421

S2 Ep6: Legal cannabis and the black economy

422

S2 Ep5: The end of globalisation?

423

S2 Ep4: Work in transition, part 2

424

S2 Ep3: Work in transition, part 1

425

S2 Ep2: Why we vote for protectionism

426

S2 Ep1: The half-life of injustice

427

S1 Ep29: Superstar economists

428

S1 Ep28: Regulating cyber risk

429

S1 Ep27: The end of men

430

S1 Ep26: Short-time work

431

S1 Ep25: Does prison work?

432

S1 Ep24: Connecting to power

433

S1 Ep23: The world needs more migrants

434

S1 Ep22: The economics of the Great War

435

S1 Ep21: The rise of superstar firms

436

S1 Ep20: Why education reduces crime

437

S1 Ep19: The making of modern London

438

S1 Ep18: The next recession will be a bad one

439

S1 Ep17: Women and monetary policy

440

S1 Ep16: The impact of innovation

441

S1 Ep15: The missing profits of nations

442

S1 Ep14: English in Europe

443

S1 Ep13: IMF reform: An unfinished agenda

444

S1 Ep12: Populism in France

445

S1 Ep11: The decline of northern England

446

S1 Ep10: Financing the war on cancer

447

S1 Ep9: Explaining Germany's recovery

448

S1 Ep8: Tax evasion and inequality

449

S1 Ep7: Robots and jobs

450

S1 Ep6: Will central banks issue digital currencies?

451

S1 Ep5: The UK’s post-Brexit US trade deal

452

S1 Ep4: What caused the growth of the Sicilian Mafia?

453

S1 Ep3: The stubbornly high cost of remittances

454

S1 Ep2: The return of regional inequality

455

S1 Ep1: How blockchain technology is changing finance