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The polarization of reality
Season 3 Episode 11
We think about political polarization as a disagreement about policies. But what if the voters can't even agree on the facts? Stefanie Stantcheva tel…
6 years, 1 month ago
Economics in the time of Covid-19
Season 3 Episode 10
How big are Covid-19's economic consequences? That's the theme of a new VoxEU book with contributions from many of the world's most experienced polic…
6 years, 1 month ago
Women in Economics
Season 3 Episode 9
Women are under-represented in economics, and the situation is not improving. Economists Shelly Lundberg, Donna Ginther, Jenna Stearns and Erin Henge…
6 years, 1 month ago
Digital market merger policy
Season 3 Episode 8
In the last decade, global digital giants have snapped up hundreds of smaller, innovative companies. Should competition authorities have intervened m…
6 years, 1 month ago
The history of immigration quotas
Season 3 Episode 7
A century ago, American nativists succeeded in establishing immigration quotas to drive up the wages of US workers. What happened next? Not what you …
6 years, 2 months ago
Education creates peace
Season 3 Episode 6
New research shows how a school-building programme in Indonesia successfully reduced conflict. Dominic Rohner tells Tim Phillips about this unanticip…
6 years, 2 months ago
Central banks and regional inequality
Season 3 Episode 5
Is regional inequality a problem that central banks should worry about? Andy Haldane of the Bank of England tells Tim Phillips why he thanks the answ…
6 years, 2 months ago
The origins of tech clusters
Season 3 Episode 4
Why are cities so keen to create their own technology clusters, and why is it so difficult? Bill Kerr of Harvard Business School tells Tim Phillips w…
6 years, 2 months ago
Betting on the Lord
Season 3 Episode 3
An experiment in Haiti shows that people take more risks in the presence of religious images, even if there is less chance they will win. Emmanuelle …
6 years, 2 months ago
Regenerating the cities that were left behind
Season 3 Episode 2
When the industries that have sustained our cities decline, how can we regenerate urban areas? At the SUERF conference in Amsterdam, Tony Venables an…
6 years, 3 months ago