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1. Why does Turkey have more female engineers than Finland? | Manuel Bagues

   22 oktober 2026 · 44 min

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   In Sweden, Norway and Finland, women have more freedom and opportunity than almost anywhere else on Earth. Yet these are also the places where fewer women choose to study engineering or computer science. Economists and psychologists call this the gender-equality paradox, and it is one of the most hotly debated findings in social science. Lees meer

   In this episode, I talk to Manuel Bagues, Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick, about his new research with Natalia Zinovyeva. Their answer starts somewhere unexpected: the playground and the extra-school activities, which are usually highly gender-segregated.

2. The false promises of the AI industry | Ilyaz Nasrullah

   15 oktober 2026 · 1 uur 17 min

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   Interview with Ilyaz Nasrullah (computer scientist & columnist) about his new book. Lees meer

   The book in Dutch can be found here: https://www.nieuwezijds.nl/boek/dit-is-ai/

   Research mentioned in the conversation: https://fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf

   & https://youtu.be/kopoLzvh5jY?si=AHDAGAFmSk5K004B

3. What's really behind Korea's massive defense export boom | HB Hong

   8 oktober 2026 · 44 min

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   In just a couple of years, South Korea turned from one of the world's largest defense importers to exports. In this interview, Korean expert HG Hong (Platoon Magazine) explains why.

4. Are monopolies really taking over the economy? | Brian Albrecht

   1 oktober 2026 · 1 uur 6 min

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   Big Tech has never been bigger. Google, Amazon and Metaserve more customers and earn bigger profits every year, and AI companies are claiming a growing share of the stock market. For many, that's a warning sign: the bigger these firms get, the harder they are to challenge, and the easier itbecomes to charge more and deliver less without losing customers. It's the opposite of how competitive markets are supposed to work, and the reason calls to revive antitrust enforcement keep growing louder. Lees meer

   But is market power really on the rise? And are monopoliespart of why everything feels so expensive? In this episode, Alejandro talks with Brian Albrecht, chief economist at the International Center for Law & Economics, about what the data actually says on markups, competition and corporate power, and why economists disagree so sharply about it.

5. How governments can increase fertility rates | Lyman Stone

   24 september 2026 · 50 min

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   Why have fertility rates collapsed in the past decades? Is there anything governments can do to reverse this situation? In this episode, we review the leading explanations for long-run demographic change, the role of smartphones, and the evidence for and against different policies aimed at boosting birth rates at the national level. Lees meer

6. Economist defends rent controls | prof. Frank Braconi

   17 september 2026 · 1 uur

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   Frank Braconi is one of the few economists willing to argue that rent control, properly designed, can work. But what does "properly designed" mean? When should it be used, where, and how? We discuss San Francisco's decontrol-recontrol model and whether it can blunt the harms of gentrification. Lees meer

7. What Chinese rule will actually look like | Dr. Dave Kang

   10 september 2026 · 47 min

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   As China's star rises, people like Ray Dalio think we may see the emergence of a new tribute system. In this podcast, I discuss with tribute system expert Dr. Dave Kang what the tribute system actually was and whether or not we can anticipate seeing it return. Lees meer

8. Can a land value tax fix housing? | Lars Doucet

   3 september 2026 · 54 min

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   Prime downtown land sits empty while cities run out of housing. Tax buildings and you punish building; tax land and you punish sitting on it. In this episode, Lars Doucet, author of Land is a Big Deal, discusses the history and relevance of land value taxes to prevent land speculation and address the housing affordability crisis. Lees meer

9. What over 100 studies reveal about rent controls? | Prof. Konstantin Kholodilin

   27 augustus 2026 · 46 min

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   What does sixty years of evidence actually say about rent control? Konstantin Kholodilin (DIW Berlin) read 112 empirical studies to find out. We go through the results.

10. Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once | John Burn-Murdoch

    20 augustus 2026 · 48 min

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    Fertility rates are falling in the Europe and the US, but also in places China, Tunisia and Colombia. What can explain this global trend, and what are the political and economic consequences of low birth rates societies? In this episode, we bring FT chief data reporter John Burn-Murdoch to make sense about these trends. Lees meer

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