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What can helicopter money do?
Season 5 Episode 20
If you're going to drop lots of money from a helicopter, what will happen to the economy? When would it make a difference, and to who? Helicopter mon…
3 years, 11 months ago
Helping fathers to acknowledge paternity
Season 5 Episode 19
If fathers don't acknowledge paternity, it affects both mother and child. Should the state increase financial support for single parents, should we i…
3 years, 11 months ago
The limits of microfinance
Season 5 Episode 18
Microfinance has helped millions of the world's poor build better lives. But can it help the world's poorest people, who spend most of their lives gr…
3 years, 11 months ago
Inequality and creative destruction
Season 5 Episode 17
Governments are desperate to create innovation hubs or attract tech companies to kickstart economic growth, but that creates winners and losers. Rich…
4 years ago
How Fox News inspired vaccine hesitancy
Season 5 Episode 16
At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, some cable news hosts cast doubt on the effectiveness of vaccines. Matteo Pinna tells Tim Phillips about his …
4 years ago
Forced displacement, then and now
Season 5 Episode 15
Syria, Venezuela, Ukraine: forced migration is constantly in the news, but these events have been happening for hundreds of years. Sascha Becker tell…
4 years ago
Motivated science and green innovation
Season 5 Episode 14
Scientists create innovation. Is this because they are paid to do it, or because they care about the outcome? Tim Besley tells Tim Phillips how motiv…
4 years ago
Will Ukraine's economy survive the war?
Season 5 Episode 13
Are the Ukrainian economy and financial system holding up to Russia's bombardment? Yevhenii Skok tells Tim Phillips whether emergency policies have b…
4 years ago
Do schools change our religious attitudes?
Season 5 Episode 12
Does compulsory religious education make us more likely to believe as adults, and does it make us more ethical? Ludger Woessmann, Larissa Zierow, and…
4 years, 1 month ago
Women's liberation, household revolution
Season 5 Episode 11
Until the second half of the 19th century, coverture laws granted married men almost unlimited power over the household. Moshe Hazan and David Weiss …
4 years, 1 month ago