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Investing in Brexit
Season 2 Episode 33
As Brexit nears (again), are British firms choosing to invest in the UK or in other European markets? Are European firms investing in the UK to prese…
6 years, 8 months ago
Social media polarization
Season 2 Episode 32
When does social media polarize opinion, and when does it bring us closer together? Yves Zenou tells Tim Phillips about a new economic model that sho…
6 years, 8 months ago
Learning about ourselves
Season 2 Episode 31
Despite all the evidence to the contrary we continue to overestimate how much work we will do tomorrow, or how often we will go to the gym. Why? Pete…
6 years, 8 months ago
France's broken social elevator
Season 2 Episode 30
France has surprisingly low social mobility. OECD chief economist Laurence Boone tells Tim Phillips why this is the case, how the problem fuels the g…
6 years, 8 months ago
The true cost of emissions cheating
Season 2 Episode 29
Supposedly 'green' diesel engines with devices to cheat emissions tests have been polluting as much as 150 ordinary cars. Hannes Schwandt tell Tim Ph…
6 years, 9 months ago
The benefits of starting school early
Season 2 Episode 28
Children in different countries start school at very different ages. Thomas Cornelissen tells Tim Phillips about new research that suggests an early …
6 years, 9 months ago
Italy is a very sick patient
Season 2 Episode 27
Are Italy's populist policies of miniBOTs and flat taxes the right medicine for its economic sickness? Fabio Ghironi tells Tim Phillips that, if Ital…
6 years, 9 months ago
How the G20 can save world trade
Season 2 Episode 26
As the G20 gather in Japan, Tim Phillips talks to Simon Evenett, one of the authors of the Global Trade Alert, on how the ministers can halt the "fre…
6 years, 9 months ago
The threat to global prosperity
Season 2 Episode 25
A new book from the CEPR argues that the current trade war is a long-term danger to all economies, not just those of the US and China. Editor Meredit…
6 years, 10 months ago
What would Ricardo do?
Season 2 Episode 24
David Ricardo was the first economist to think rigorously about international trade, and his theory of comparative advantage has stood the test of ti…
6 years, 10 months ago