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The hidden cost of invasive species
Season 8 Episode 50
In the first of two podcasts recorded at the conference “Addressing the Risks and Responses to Climate Overshoot”, organised by the AXA Research Fund…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Tastes, geography, and culture
Season 8 Episode 49
It’s cultural meme that teenagers in New York and Seoul will have more in common with each other than with their parents. Has where we come from been…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
What makes a successful entrepreneur?
Season 8 Episode 48
We are up to our necks in advice about how to innovate in business, how to succeed as a founder, or how to spot a great startup. Blogs, YouTube chann…
7 months ago
Misinformation and trust in news
Season 8 Episode 47
Today generative AI makes it easy to create and distribute convincing fake news stories, pictures, even videos. We’ve all been hoodwinked – but does …
7 months, 1 week ago
Is Davos more than a boondoggle?
Season 8 Episode 46
The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, in Davos, attended by thousands of business and policy VIPs – is one of those events that pops up on …
7 months, 2 weeks ago
The stickiness of gender biased norms
Season 8 Episode 45
The belief that women are in some way inferior to men has been around for centuries. And throughout that time, women have suffered the consequences. …
7 months, 3 weeks ago
In coin we trust
Season 8 Episode 44
On 4 August, Paul Atkins, the chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, launched “Project Crypto”. The SEC wants to make the US “the crypto…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
Strategic cops and robbers
Season 8 Episode 43
How do criminals choose the weapons they carry, the number of accomplices, the types of business they target? Economists have long argued that decisi…
8 months ago
Carcillo: Closing the gender wage gap
Season 8 Episode 42
Recorded live at the PSE-CEPR Policy Forum 2025.
The gender wage gap in advanced economies isn’t shrinking. What can firms do to eliminate the part o…
8 months, 1 week ago
Bertrand: Why Japanese men don’t take paternity leave
Season 8 Episode 41
Recorded live at the PSE-CEPR Policy Forum 2025.
One of the mysteries for economists and policymakers has been the reluctance of men to take paternit…
8 months, 2 weeks ago