Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAnnie McClanahan, "Dead Pledges: Debt, Crisis, and Twenty-First Century Culture" (Stanford UP, 2016)
Episode 125
When teaching a public course called “The Age of Debt” this winter break, I had the strange realization that one of the the most successful readings …
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The Future of Migration: A Discussion with Hein de Haas
Episode 92
Immigration has become one of the biggest issues in all western democracies. And the debate is so charged it's hard to know who to believe. Which is …
2 years, 10 months ago
Devrim Adam Yavuz, "Democracy and Capitalism in Turkey: The State, Power, and Big Business" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
Episode 248
While a positive correlation between capitalism and democracy has existed in Western Europe and North America, the example of late-industrializing na…
2 years, 10 months ago
Christine Abely, "The Russia Sanctions: The Economic Response to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
Episode 25
February 2024 will mark the tenth anniversary of Russia’s seizure of Ukrainian territory in Crimea and the Donbas and two years since its full-scale …
2 years, 10 months ago
Elise Hu, "Flawless: Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital" (Dutton, 2023)
Episode 166
In August, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took to Twitter to complain about how U.S. regulations are holding local sunscreens back compared …
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Chetan Choithani, "Migration, Food Security and Development: Insights from Rural India" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
Episode 330
Migration, Food Security and Development: Insights from Rural India (Cambridge UP, 2023) examines the role of migration as a livelihood strategy in i…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Future of Global Economic Governance: A Discussion with Jamie Martin
Episode 91
With increasing talk of de-dollarization and the Gulf attempts to get more influence in the IMF it’s a good time to talk about the world’s internatio…
2 years, 10 months ago
Alice Cavalieri, "Italian Budgeting Policy: Between Punctuations and Incrementalism" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023)
Episode 24
European governments are emerging from 15 years of on-again, off-again crises that upended their budgetary positions. From close to balance in 2008, …
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Niall G MacKenzie et al., "Varieties of Capitalism Over Time" (Routledge, 2022)
Episode 90
Varieties of Capitalism Over Time (Routledge, 2022) looks at how varieties of capitalism emerge over time and across different geographies, and is co…
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Paul Crosthwaite et al., "Invested: How Three Centuries of Stock Market Advice Reshaped Our Money, Markets, and Minds" (U Chicago Press, 2022)
Episode 143
Who hasn’t wished for a surefire formula for riches and a ticket to the good life? For three centuries, investment advisers of all kinds, legit and o…
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