Podcast Episodes
Back to Search129. Operation Quack Hack: Are China's medical supplies safe to trade?
Faulty Chinese medical gear emerges, as both the US and China adjust their product regulations in response to the pandemic.
5 years, 10 months ago
128. Beautiful Trade in Ugly Times
In good times, cosmetics are a logistical challenge, as dangerous goods go from ideas to store shelves. Now come the hard times.
5 years, 11 months ago
127. The COVID-19 Trade Collapse: Lessons from 2009?
Understanding the Great Trade Collapse of 2009 may help anticipate the impending decline in exports and imports today.
5 years, 11 months ago
126. COVID-19 and Trade: Stories from the Data
How companies are coping (or not) with the massive disruption in global trade flows due to COVID-19.
6 years ago
125. Coronavirus and Trade Restrictions
Countries try to beat COVID-19 by limiting exports of medical supplies and cutting tariffs.
6 years ago
124. Is Trade Bad for Women?
Does globalization contribute to the gender wage gap? Beata Javorcik joins to explain one overlooked channel.
6 years ago
123. Coronavirus: From Quarantine to Trade
Simon Rabinovitch joins from China to discuss the economic, trade, and supply chain implications of the coronavirus disease, COVID-19.
6 years, 1 month ago
122. Tariffs, Protests and Wine
A Washington protest march and the wine industry illustrate the impact of US tariffs on American small businesses.
6 years, 1 month ago
121. Can Infant Industry Protection Work? Evidence from Napoleon
How the Napoleonic Blockade helps economists see whether temporary protection from trade can further industrial development.
6 years, 1 month ago
120. Extreme Trade: The Rise and Fall of Glasgow's Shipbuilding
What is the Glasgow effect? Richard Davies explains, and tells the gripping economic story of the Scottish city's boom and bust.
6 years, 2 months ago