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Raising the pressure on Putin
Season 5 Episode 10
Which economic sanctions against Russia are lawful, which are politically feasible, and which will bite? Luis Garicano - economist and MEP - describe…
4 years, 1 month ago
The lockdown supply shock
Season 5 Episode 9
China's Covid lockdown in early 2020 shocked the business world. How did this surprise disruption affect the firms that rely on imported Chinese prod…
4 years, 1 month ago
A positive inflation target for the euro area
Season 5 Episode 8
Inflation reduces economic welfare by distorting demand. But what is the inflation rate that minimises these distortions? Maybe it's a lot higher tha…
4 years, 1 month ago
Anti-LGBT discrimination in transition economies
Season 5 Episode 7
A recent experiment in Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine attempted to overcome deep-seated prejudice against the LGBT community using information. Ralph De …
4 years, 2 months ago
A French revolution in state-building
Season 5 Episode 6
One of the most remarkable achievements of the French Revolution for ordinary people was the reorganisation of local government. Cédric Chambru, Emer…
4 years, 2 months ago
Macro-financial policies in an international financial centre
Season 5 Episode 5
Since the GFC the UK has used innovative macroprudential and monetary policy tools to maintain stability. But the UK is an international financial ce…
4 years, 2 months ago
Managing risk in global supply chains
Season 5 Episode 4
Covid-19 demonstrated that modern global supply chains do not guarantee food in supermarkets or PPE in hospitals. Richard Baldwin tells Tim Phillips …
4 years, 2 months ago
The other great migration
Season 5 Episode 3
In the 20th century at least 6 million African Americans migrated from poor southern states to northern cities to escape discrimination and poverty, …
4 years, 3 months ago
AI: software for autocrats?
Season 5 Episode 2
The Chinese government isn't just a world leader in the use of AI for facial recognition, its orders are funding innovation in its domestic industry …
4 years, 3 months ago
The gender gap: Nature or nurture?
Season 5 Episode 1
Are the differences between what men and women like decided at birth, or do we learn to prefer different things? Klaus Desmet tells Tim Phillips abou…
4 years, 3 months ago