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Powerful forces are reshaping global trade
Season 6 Episode 6
Firms have discovered that global value chains are not as resilient as we assumed. They are reorganising these value chains and re-evaluating their a…
3 years, 1 month ago
Fair pay for CEOs!
Season 6 Episode 5
What motivates CEOs? Do they want to be fabulously rich or are they looking for a fair reward for their achievements? And, if fairness really does ma…
3 years, 1 month ago
Do cultural stereotypes influence bank investment?
Season 6 Episode 4
We know that national stereotypes influence all sorts of personal decisions, but could they determine whether one country’s banks hold another countr…
3 years, 2 months ago
Rebuilding Ukraine’s labour market
Season 6 Episode 3
Russia’s war on Ukraine hasn’t just destroyed buildings and lives, it has put thousands of people out of work and denied thousands more an education.…
3 years, 2 months ago
Slavery and the industrial revolution
Season 6 Episode 2
Did slaveholding accelerate the industrial revolution in Britain? This controversial theory was first argued by Eric Williams almost 80 years ago but…
3 years, 2 months ago
Who pays for your credit card rewards?
Season 6 Episode 1
Credit cards that offer cashback or rewards are increasingly popular. Are you doing better or worse as a result? And how big is the financial differe…
3 years, 3 months ago
Understanding US inflation
Season 5 Episode 54
Can we explain what happened to inflation in the US in 2022, and what will happen next? Larry Ball and Daniel Leigh tell Tim Phillips why it stayed h…
3 years, 4 months ago
Do content moderation laws work?
Season 5 Episode 53
Germany’s NetzDG Law has given social media companies the responsibility for removing toxic content from their platforms. Can a law to mandate conten…
3 years, 4 months ago
How empires rise, and how they fall
Season 5 Episode 52
In the industrial age many new empires quickly rose and eventually fell. Kerem Cosar and Roberto Bonfatti tell Tim Phillips how important shifting pa…
3 years, 4 months ago
The great carbon arbitrage
Season 5 Episode 51
What is the net benefit of phasing out coal and replacing it with renewables? $85 trillion, according to a new calculation. Alissa Kleinnijenhuis and…
3 years, 5 months ago