Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBranko Milanovic, "Visions of Inequality: From the French Revolution to the End of the Cold War" (Harvard UP, 2023)
Episode 141
"How do you see income distribution in your time, and how and why do you expect it to change?" That is the question Branko Milanovic imagines posing …
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AI, Post-Truth, and Cultural Transformation
Episode 127
In this episode of International Horizons, RBI director John Torpey talks with economists Luciana Lazzaretti and Stefania Oliva of the University of …
3 years ago
Vilja Hulden, "The Bosses' Union: How Employers Organized to Fight Labor Before the New Deal" (U Illinois Press, 2023)
Episode 1370
At the opening of the twentieth century, labor strife repeatedly racked the nation. Union organization and collective bargaining briefly looked like …
3 years ago
Jana Randow and Alessandro Speciale, "Mario Draghi, the Craftsman: The True Story of the Man Who Saved the Euro" (Rizzoli, 2019)
Episode 20
"Within our mandate, the [European Central Bank] is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro. And believe me, it will be enough". With thos…
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On The Fiscal Theory of the Price Level and Economic Growth
Episode 10
John Cochrane, economist and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, joins the podcast to discuss his career, his new book, T…
3 years ago
Working Children: The Luxury and Complexity of Childhood in Lombok, Indonesia
Episode 84
The International Labour Organization estimates that in Southeast Asia there are 30 million children engaged in paid work, 17 million in engaged in u…
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On The History of Occupational Licensing in the U.S.
Episode 9
Morris Kleiner, the AFL-CIO Chair in Labor Policy at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota and arguably the world's le…
3 years ago
Quantitative Investing, Inflation and the Macroeconomy
Episode 8
Jon Hartley interviewed Rob Arnott, founder and chairman of Research Affiliates, at the Economic Club of Miami on December 3, 2022. Topics discussed …
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Applying Chicago Price Theory In Academia and Government
Episode 7
Casey Mulligan, Professor in Economics and the College at the University of Chicago, joins the podcast to discuss how he got interested in becoming a…
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Rachel O'Dwyer, "Tokens: The Future of Money in the Age of the Platform" (Verso, 2023)
Episode 140
Platform capitalism is coming for the money in your pocket. Wherever you look, money is being re-placed by tokens. Digital platforms are issuing new …
3 years ago