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Founding a Pan-African University with Leonard Wantchekon
Episode 21
From fleeing Benin for his pro-democracy activism to becoming a renowned Princeton professor and founding one of Africa’s most prestigious universities, Leonard Wantchekon’s life is as impressive as …
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Development, Jim Wolfensohn, and The World Bank with Sebastian Mallaby
Episode 20
Today we sit with Sebastian Mallaby, a successful author and esteemed Senior Fellow for International Economics at the Council of Foreign Relations. He has also been a contributing columnist for The …
Published on 4 years, 11 months ago
Creating Global Financial Centers with Mark Beer
Episode 19
Creating and enforcing a watertight contract between two global parties is a challenging task. For starters, the world is rapidly evolving, and as a result, many contracts are in dispute. Though not …
Published on 5 years ago
Ancient Cities with Greg Woolf
Episode 18
Cities may have seemed more fragile during the global COVID-19 lockdowns but, as Greg Woolf’s impressive studies of early urbanism show, cities have been re-invented many times. In today’s episode, l…
Published on 5 years ago
Historical Events and Economic Development with Dr. Nathan Nunn
Episode 17
There is a growing body of empirical evidence that points toward the important, long-term effects that historic events can have on economic development, and today’s guest, Dr. Nathan Nunn, is major p…
Published on 5 years, 1 month ago
State Capacity, Religious Toleration, and Political Competition with Mark Koyama
Episode 16
Today’s guest is Mark Koyama, Economic Historian at George Mason University. Mark recently co-authored Persecution & Toleration: The Long Road to Religious Freedom with Noel Johnson, and in this epis…
Published on 5 years, 1 month ago
A City in the Cloud with Balaji Srinivasan
Episode 15
Digital technology has evolved to the point that by hitting keys and tapping mice buttons, you can literally build a city in the cloud. This viral idea was started by angel investor Balaji Srinivasan…
Published on 5 years, 1 month ago
Reigniting Progress By Studying It with Jason Crawford
Episode 14
What is progress, has it slowed down, and what can we do about it? Joining us today to talk about the emerging field of progress studies and how it might help us dig into questions like these, is Jas…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
An Overview of Charter Cities and The CCI with Founder Mark Lutter.
Episode 13
The Charter Cities Institute has seen rapid growth in recent months, having gone from three employees in February to ten as of this week, so we decided to do something a little different on today’s s…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
Erick Brimen on Próspera and The Birth of the First Charter City in Honduras
Episode 12
Today we welcome Erick Brimen, the CEO of Próspera, which is arguably the world's first charter city, off the coast of Honduras on an island called Roatán. Erick is on the podcast to unpack the excit…
Published on 5 years, 3 months ago