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The cost of dying
Season 2 Episode 43
How much is spent on end-of-life care, and who foots the bill? Eric French of UCL tells Tim Phillips about the total cost of the last year of our liv…
6 years, 5 months ago
Increasing diversity in economics
Season 2 Episode 42
The Royal Economic Society has launched Discover Economics, an ambitious three-year campaign to attract more women, minority students and students fr…
6 years, 6 months ago
The economics of an ageing population
Season 2 Episode 41
We are living longer, and that affects every part of our economic future. David Bloom is the editor of a new VoxEU book on what he calls "the what, t…
6 years, 6 months ago
A new story of London's economic development
Season 2 Episode 40
Economists date the growth of London's financial system, and its impact on the British economy, from the end of the 17th century. Nathan Sussman tell…
6 years, 6 months ago
Lessons from the Irish banking crisis
Season 2 Episode 39
Patrick Honohan took over as governor of the Central Bank of Ireland in 2009 with the economy in meltdown, and steered it through its deepest crisis.…
6 years, 6 months ago
The death of banks?
Season 2 Episode 38
On 24 September the CEPR launches the latest Geneva Report on the world economy, called Banking disrupted? Financial intermediation in an era of tran…
6 years, 6 months ago
Does foreign investment create green growth?
Season 2 Episode 37
Economists argue whether foreign direct investment in developing economies exports pollution or generates green growth. Beata Javorcik talks to Tim P…
6 years, 7 months ago
The economic history of World War 2
Season 2 Episode 36
Starting on the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the second world war, VoxEU is publishing a series of articles about the economics of the war. Ti…
6 years, 7 months ago
Africa's lands of opportunity
Season 2 Episode 35
On average, if you are born in Africa today you have much better chances to succeed than your parents or grandparents. But which countries have the b…
6 years, 7 months ago
Could a $15 minimum wage save lives?
Season 2 Episode 34
The US has an epidemic of "deaths of despair". Michael Reich tells Tim Phillips that new research implies that a $15 minimum wage doesn't just cut po…
6 years, 7 months ago