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Young, educated, and unemployed
Season 7 Episode 49
In some places in Europe, young college graduates are more likely to be unemployed than young high school graduates. We assume that jobs are more lik…
1 year, 6 months ago
NOBEL SPECIAL: James Robinson on antisocial norms
Season 7 Episode 48
The saying “don’t be a toad” in Colombia tells people to mind their own business and not to tell on others. The warning that “snitches get stitches” …
1 year, 6 months ago
Access to opportunity in the sciences
Season 7 Episode 47
A Nobel season episode: what is the background of the scientists who win the big prize?
If talent is equally distributed, but the opportunity to use t…
1 year, 6 months ago
Food policy in a warming world
Season 7 Episode 46
In May 2022 the Indian government responded to a heatwave that had cut crop yields by unexpectedly banning wheat exports. Ministers spoke of the need…
1 year, 6 months ago
How protests are born, and how they die
Season 7 Episode 45
Every year we see thousands of protest movements on our city streets. Most are fuelled by social media. But why do some protests persist, and some di…
1 year, 6 months ago
The US is in a fiscal mess
Season 7 Episode 44
US federal debt is expected to grow to historic highs in the next 10 years, and the interest bill for that debt will continue to grow too. But does i…
1 year, 7 months ago
Digital access and infectious disease
Season 7 Episode 43
During the global spread of Covid, governments were forced to rely on NPIs – non-pharmaceutical interventions – such as masks and social distancing. …
1 year, 7 months ago
The economics of strategy
Season 7 Episode 42
Organisations don’t just provide employment: they solve, or attempt to solve, important problems in our society. Organisational economics has made so…
1 year, 7 months ago
The EU miracle
Season 7 Episode 41
In 2004 75 million people in 10 countries joined the EU. Their GDP per capita has grown dramatically in the last 20 years – but how much of that is d…
1 year, 7 months ago
The economic burden of burnout
Season 7 Episode 40
Today doctors recognise the symptoms of burnout from work-related stress. It’s a common problem, but one that can have serious, long-term consequence…
1 year, 7 months ago