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Will there be a post-Brexit financial services deal?
Season 3 Episode 1
In 2020, the UK and the EU will try to strike a post-Brexit deal in financial services. At the SUERF conference in Amsterdam, David Miles and Iain Be…
6 years, 3 months ago
Has the randomista revolution gone too far?
Season 2 Episode 52
This year's Nobel prize celebrated the work of the economists who popularised randomised controlled trials, “for their experimental approach to allev…
6 years, 3 months ago
Burying bad news
Season 2 Episode 51
New research demonstrates what we all suspected: for decades, politicians have routinely used busy news days to bury unpopular announcements. Ruben D…
6 years, 4 months ago
Helping parents to read with their children
Season 2 Episode 50
Language skills for preschoolers help them achieve more when they get to school, but some parents are better than others at helping their kids to dev…
6 years, 4 months ago
Wealth taxes
Season 2 Episode 49
Few countries tax their citizens' wealth annually, but Switzerland is one of them. Marius Brülhart tells Tim Phillips about a natural experiment in S…
6 years, 4 months ago
How the mobile internet changed politics
Season 2 Episode 48
The mobile internet, promises to give us access to information anywhere, 24 hours a day. So how has it influenced trust in governments, politics, and…
6 years, 4 months ago
Can the stock market help save the planet?
Season 2 Episode 47
We think about climate policies as moderating or interceding in markets. But a new paper implies that when stock markets play a bigger part in the ec…
6 years, 4 months ago
The Great Expectations of the middle class
Season 2 Episode 46
When there's a financial crisis, policymakers and politicians increasingly kowtow to the demands of an influential group: the global middle class. Je…
6 years, 5 months ago
How to improve consumer credit ratings
Season 2 Episode 45
Doing a good job of deciding who can borrow is fundamental for the global economy. Stefania Albanesi tells Tim Phillips that current consumer credit …
6 years, 5 months ago
Let's stay together
Season 2 Episode 44
When the law changed to allow same-sex partners to get married, did the symbolism of marriage have any effect on the stability of relationships? Shua…
6 years, 5 months ago