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Banks under pressure
Season 3 Episode 31
Low profitability, non-performing loans, and competition from Big Tech. A new report from the CEPR concludes that the banking sector faces "deep rest…
5 years, 9 months ago
To each according to their needs
Season 3 Episode 30
Kaushik Basu's time as World Bank chief economist inspired him to think radically about how to change the way the global economy works. He tells Tim …
5 years, 9 months ago
Coping with Covid in developing economies
Season 3 Episode 29
A new ebook from the CEPR and the International Development Policy Journal discusses the threat to developing and emerging economies from the pandemi…
5 years, 9 months ago
Who gets exposed to Covid-19?
Season 3 Episode 28
Different countries and cities have different rates of Covid exposure, but what can explain the difference in incidence between neighbourhoods? New Y…
5 years, 10 months ago
The Great Reversal
Season 3 Episode 27
Thomas Philippon's new book argues that in the last 20 years the US has “given up” on free markets. As a result, he tells Tim Phillips, American fami…
5 years, 10 months ago
Structural transformation and economic growth
Season 3 Episode 26
This week the CEPR launches a new research programme called STEG - Structural Transformation and Economic Growth. Ahead of the kick-off workshop on J…
5 years, 10 months ago
Time for beds
Season 3 Episode 25
The mortality statistics of the Covid-19 outbreak suggest that your country's medical infrastructure has a big influence on how likely you are to sur…
5 years, 10 months ago
Tech industry mergers
Season 3 Episode 24
Should competition authorities intervene more often in tech mergers? Be careful, Luis Cabral tells Tim Phillips: they risk stifling innovation if the…
5 years, 10 months ago
Helicopter money
Season 3 Episode 23
In every crisis, economists will tell us that it is time for helicopter money, and Covid-19 is no different. But the helicopters never seem to take o…
5 years, 11 months ago
The Swedish solution to Covid-19
Season 3 Episode 22
Do we close our public spaces to protect our communities from Covid-19, or keep them open, as in Sweden? Dirk Krueger tells Tim Phillips that informi…
5 years, 11 months ago