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Blanchard: What caused US inflation?
Season 6 Episode 26
From the PSE-CEPR Policy Forum at the Paris School of Economics. What caused inflation in the US, where will it settle, and how much unemployment wil…
2 years, 9 months ago
Duflo: Development in the 21st century
Season 6 Episode 25
In the first of a series of podcasts recorded at the PSE-CEPR Policy Forum at the Paris School of Economics, Esther Duflo talks to Tim Phillips about…
2 years, 9 months ago
Do economists slow down as they age?
Season 6 Episode 24
Is economics a young person’s game? Great mathematicians tend to peak early, but not great artists – so which category does a professor of economics …
2 years, 9 months ago
Immigration and public goods
Season 6 Episode 23
Voters fret that immigration overcrowds local schools, overwhelms hospitals, and that they will have to pay higher taxes as a result. Are those fears…
2 years, 9 months ago
The impact of trade sanctions
Season 6 Episode 22
Do Europe’s trade sanctions hurt Russia, or do they hurt European firms more? Gauging the impact of sanctions isn’t easy or reliable, but Jean Imbs t…
2 years, 10 months ago
How male and female economists collaborate
Season 6 Episode 21
When there are more women in the workplace, that means either more gender diverse teams, or more collaboration between women. There are more female e…
2 years, 10 months ago
Power and progress
Season 6 Episode 20
Digital technology, and AI in particular, is getting a lot of hype at the moment. Daron Acemoglu thinks that unchecked techno-optimism is concentrati…
2 years, 10 months ago
Implementing central bank policy in China
Season 6 Episode 19
How do China’s government-owned commercial banks respond to informal guidance from The People’s Bank of China? Their reaction to recent guidance desi…
2 years, 10 months ago
How much inflation did Covid fiscal support cause?
Season 6 Episode 18
In 2020 finance ministers threw their fiscal policy plans into the bin and did everything they could to protect and stimulate Covid-hit economies. Ho…
2 years, 11 months ago
American precious metals and the rise of the West
Season 6 Episode 17
Between the 16th and 18th centuries, at least 180,000 tons of silver and around 4,000 tons of gold were extracted from the Americas and transported t…
2 years, 11 months ago