Podcast Episodes
Back to Search139. How Technology Enabled Trade: Digitization and Offshoring
At the turn of the century, electronic communication suddenly helped firms fragment production, but only some went overseas.
5 years, 6 months ago
138. Trade and the worst financial crisis of the century—in 1866
London's central role in 19th century trade finance meant that its bank failure had effects for decades.
5 years, 6 months ago
137. Imbalances, Inequality, and Trade
China, the US and Germany each suffer from inequality and trade imbalances. Their linkages, and how policymakers try to fix them.
5 years, 7 months ago
136. Vaccine economics, and why we need trade to end the pandemic
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala explains one way to solve the economic problem of how to manufacture and globally distribute a vaccine.
5 years, 7 months ago
135. All you need to know about the race to lead the WTO
What people want from the next leader of the World Trade Organization.
5 years, 8 months ago
134. Opportunities and setbacks for Black workers in the 20th century
Economic gains for America's Black workers stalled in the 1970s. The role of migration, policy and trade.
5 years, 8 months ago
133. How one man and some metal boxes revolutionized global trade
Malcom McLean spurred containerized shipping in the 1950s. The impact on people, ports, cities and, of course, trade, was massive.
5 years, 9 months ago
132. US-China Trade War: The Negotiators
How the people Presidents Trump and Xi tapped to negotiate helped shape the US-China trade relationship over 2017-2020.
5 years, 9 months ago
131. How travel matters for trade
Why Nigerian traders pay so much to travel to China, and how COVID-19 has made that more complicated.
5 years, 9 months ago
130. So you want to design a tariff schedule…
Making sense of the 'Global Tariffs' that the UK will begin to apply to thousands of imported products after Brexit is complete.
5 years, 10 months ago