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Twitter changes how the media reports conflict
Season 4 Episode 21
Every day we can see harrowing mobile phone footage from conflict zones, shot by civilians, on the TV news. Ekaterina Zhuravskaya tells Tim Phillips …
4 years, 10 months ago
The financial system and climate risk
Season 4 Episode 20
The latest Barcelona Report from the CEPR discusses how central banks and asset managers should manage climate and natural disaster risks. Xavier Viv…
4 years, 10 months ago
Are socially responsible banks more resilient?
Season 4 Episode 19
ESG – Environmental, Social and Governance – measures of bank performance are getting a lot of attention from shareholders and policymakers. But migh…
4 years, 11 months ago
Parental age and child health
Season 4 Episode 18
As more of us wait to have children, more of us also worry if that's best for the health of our babies. Empirical evidence has been inconclusive so f…
4 years, 11 months ago
Making sense of the US-China trade war
Season 4 Episode 17
If you had trouble in the last four years keeping up with what was happening in the trade war, you're not alone. Chad Bown tell Tim Phillips about hi…
4 years, 11 months ago
The problems of digital trade
Season 4 Episode 16
An increasing amount of trade is digital, but trade negotiations are bogged down by arguments over how to regulate it. A new VoxEU ebook investigates…
4 years, 11 months ago
Covid-19 is reshaping European economic policy
Season 4 Episode 15
Europe has struggled through two crises in the last decade, but this time its response has been much more decisive and ambitious. George Papaconstant…
4 years, 11 months ago
Discovering history's notable people
Season 4 Episode 14
Can we create a database of everyone in history? What would it tell us about who we consider to be important? Etienne Wasmer, Morgane Laouenan, and A…
5 years ago
Inequality beyond GDP
Season 4 Episode 13
We measure inequality using income as a proxy for welfare. But are we mixing up "doing well" with "being well"? Leandro Prados de la Escosura thinks …
5 years ago
What if bitcoin succeeds?
Season 4 Episode 12
What would our economies be like if Bitcoin completely displaced fiat currency? Jon Danielsson tells Tim Phillips that it wouldn't be a world that he…
5 years ago