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S3 Ep7: The history of immigration quotas
21 februari 2020 · 20 min
A century ago, American nativists succeeded in establishing immigration quotas to drive up the wages of US workers. What happened next? Not what you might think, Leah Boustan tells Tim Phillips.
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S3 Ep6: Education creates peace
14 februari 2020 · 18 min
New research shows how a school-building programme in Indonesia successfully reduced conflict. Dominic Rohner tells Tim Phillips about this unanticipated peace dividend, and how the CEPR's research and policy network on conflict reduction will help policymakers. Lees meer
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S3 Ep5: Central banks and regional inequality
7 februari 2020 · 13 min
Is regional inequality a problem that central banks should worry about? Andy Haldane of the Bank of England tells Tim Phillips why he thanks the answer is yes: but why we also need to think about what, and how, we measure.
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S3 Ep4: The origins of tech clusters
31 januari 2020 · 27 min
Why are cities so keen to create their own technology clusters, and why is it so difficult? Bill Kerr of Harvard Business School tells Tim Phillips what economists know (and don't know) about where tech clusters come from.
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S3 Ep3: Betting on the Lord
24 januari 2020 · 12 min
An experiment in Haiti shows that people take more risks in the presence of religious images, even if there is less chance they will win. Emmanuelle Auriol tells Tim Phillips about the challenges that belief in a higher power presents for economic development. Lees meer
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S3 Ep2: Regenerating the cities that were left behind
17 januari 2020 · 14 min
When the industries that have sustained our cities decline, how can we regenerate urban areas? At the SUERF conference in Amsterdam, Tony Venables and Charles Goodhart tell Tim Phillips that redevelopment policies may have made regional inequality and social conflict worse. Lees meer
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S3 Ep1: Will there be a post-Brexit financial services deal?
10 januari 2020 · 16 min
In 2020, the UK and the EU will try to strike a post-Brexit deal in financial services. At the SUERF conference in Amsterdam, David Miles and Iain Begg explain to Tim Phillips what's at stake in the negotiations, and who would suffer most if there's no deal. Lees meer
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S2 Ep52: Has the randomista revolution gone too far?
23 december 2019 · 15 min
This year's Nobel prize celebrated the work of the economists who popularised randomised controlled trials, “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty”. But is it possible to have too much of a good thing? Tim Phillips investigates.
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S2 Ep51: Burying bad news
20 december 2019 · 16 min
New research demonstrates what we all suspected: for decades, politicians have routinely used busy news days to bury unpopular announcements. Ruben Durante educates Tim Phillips in the politics of distraction.
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S2 Ep50: Helping parents to read with their children
13 december 2019 · 23 min
Language skills for preschoolers help them achieve more when they get to school, but some parents are better than others at helping their kids to develop these skills. Denis Fougère and Carlo Barone tell Tim Phillips about a successful experiment in Paris to help less-educated parents spend time reading with their children. Lees meer
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S2 Ep49: Wealth taxes
6 december 2019 · 19 min
Few countries tax their citizens' wealth annually, but Switzerland is one of them. Marius Brülhart tells Tim Phillips about a natural experiment in Switzerland's cantons that teaches us about how people would respond if more countries decided to tax wealth instead of income. Lees meer
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S2 Ep48: How the mobile internet changed politics
29 november 2019 · 20 min
The mobile internet, promises to give us access to information anywhere, 24 hours a day. So how has it influenced trust in governments, politics, and politicians? Sergei Guriev tells Tim Phillips about how, all over the world, 3G has reduced trust in government and aided the rise of populism. Lees meer
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S2 Ep47: Can the stock market help save the planet?
22 november 2019 · 19 min
We think about climate policies as moderating or interceding in markets. Lees meer
But a new paper implies that when stock markets play a bigger part in the economy, polluting industries become cleaner. Tim Phillips asks Ralph De Haas of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development whether we already have a green finance initiative under our noses.
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S2 Ep46: The Great Expectations of the middle class
15 november 2019 · 30 min
When there's a financial crisis, policymakers and politicians increasingly kowtow to the demands of an influential group: the global middle class. Jeffrey Chwieroth and Andrew Walter tell Tim Phillips how their Great Expectations are destabilising the world economy. Lees meer
Read about Great Expectations at VoxEU.
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S2 Ep45: How to improve consumer credit ratings
8 november 2019 · 28 min
Doing a good job of deciding who can borrow is fundamental for the global economy. Stefania Albanesi tells Tim Phillips that current consumer credit ratings do a poor job at predicting which of us will default, and explains how she has used machine learning to improve them. Lees meer
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S2 Ep44: Let's stay together
1 november 2019 · 12 min
When the law changed to allow same-sex partners to get married, did the symbolism of marriage have any effect on the stability of relationships? Shuai Chen tells Tim Phillips about a surprising result from The Netherlands.
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S2 Ep43: The cost of dying
25 oktober 2019 · 18 min
How much is spent on end-of-life care, and who foots the bill? Eric French of UCL tells Tim Phillips about the total cost of the last year of our lives, and how different countries have very different ideas of who should pay it. Lees meer
Read about the research at VoxEU.org, and download the VoxEU book about the economics of ageing.
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S2 Ep42: Increasing diversity in economics
16 oktober 2019 · 15 min
The Royal Economic Society has launched Discover Economics, an ambitious three-year campaign to attract more women, minority students and students from state schools to study the subject. Sarah Smith and Arun Advani, co-chairs of the campaign, plus Rachel Griffith, RES president, tell Tim Phillips about how they plan to make this happen. Lees meer
Read about Discover Economics at VoxEU.
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S2 Ep41: The economics of an ageing population
11 oktober 2019 · 19 min
We are living longer, and that affects every part of our economic future. David Bloom is the editor of a new VoxEU book on what he calls "the what, the so what, and the now what" of ageing. He tells Tim Phillips about some of the policy choices our societies will have to make in the near future. Lees meer
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S2 Ep40: A new story of London's economic development
4 oktober 2019 · 20 min
Economists date the growth of London's financial system, and its impact on the British economy, from the end of the 17th century. Nathan Sussman tells Tim Phillips how how he discovered contemporary records that tell a different story.
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S2 Ep39: Lessons from the Irish banking crisis
27 september 2019 · 20 min
Patrick Honohan took over as governor of the Central Bank of Ireland in 2009 with the economy in meltdown, and steered it through its deepest crisis. His new book re-examines what happened, and lessons for future crises. Tim Phillips talks to Patrick and the FT's Martin Sandbu about what policymakers and central bankers can learn from Ireland's ordeal. Lees meer
Read about Patrick's book at VoxEU.org.
Picture: William Murphy/CC
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S2 Ep38: The death of banks?
24 september 2019 · 28 min
On 24 September the CEPR launches the latest Geneva Report on the world economy, called Banking disrupted? Financial intermediation in an era of transformational technology. Tim Phillips asks Tara Rice and Kathryn Petralia, two of the authors, whether fintechs and cryptocurrencies signal the beginning of the end for banks. Lees meer
Download the report, or read about it at VoxEU.
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S2 Ep37: Does foreign investment create green growth?
13 september 2019 · 12 min
Economists argue whether foreign direct investment in developing economies exports pollution or generates green growth. Beata Javorcik talks to Tim Phillips about a surprising conclusion from factory-level research. Lees meer
Read about the research at VoxEU.
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S2 Ep36: The economic history of World War 2
6 september 2019 · 28 min
Starting on the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the second world war, VoxEU is publishing a series of articles about the economics of the war. Tim Phillips talks to some of the authors about their research. Lees meer
Read more about the project at VoxEU.
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S2 Ep35: Africa's lands of opportunity
30 augustus 2019 · 19 min
On average, if you are born in Africa today you have much better chances to succeed than your parents or grandparents. But which countries have the best, and worst, intergenerational mobility? Elias Papaioannou tells Tim Phillips about the four-year hunt for Africa's lands of opportunity. Lees meer
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S2 Ep34: Could a $15 minimum wage save lives?
23 augustus 2019 · 21 min
The US has an epidemic of "deaths of despair". Michael Reich tells Tim Phillips that new research implies that a $15 minimum wage doesn't just cut poverty, it also saves lives. But is Congress listening?
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S2 Ep33: Investing in Brexit
16 augustus 2019 · 25 min
As Brexit nears (again), are British firms choosing to invest in the UK or in other European markets? Are European firms investing in the UK to preserve access to its markets? And has "global Britain" got off the drawing board yet? Holger Breinlich and Dennis Novy lead Tim Phillips through the numbers. Lees meer
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S2 Ep32: Social media polarization
9 augustus 2019 · 14 min
When does social media polarize opinion, and when does it bring us closer together? Yves Zenou tells Tim Phillips about a new economic model that shows us how affinity can become division, and why the trolls often win.
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S2 Ep31: Learning about ourselves
2 augustus 2019 · 12 min
Despite all the evidence to the contrary we continue to overestimate how much work we will do tomorrow, or how often we will go to the gym. Why? Peter Schwardmann tells Tim Phillips that we do learn from experience about ourselves - in the right circumstances. Lees meer
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S2 Ep30: France's broken social elevator
26 juli 2019 · 17 min
France has surprisingly low social mobility. OECD chief economist Laurence Boone tells Tim Phillips why this is the case, how the problem fuels the gilets jaunes protests, and what can be done about it.
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S2 Ep29: The true cost of emissions cheating
19 juli 2019 · 23 min
Supposedly 'green' diesel engines with devices to cheat emissions tests have been polluting as much as 150 ordinary cars. Hannes Schwandt tell Tim Phillips about the staggering human cost of VW's fraud.
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S2 Ep28: The benefits of starting school early
12 juli 2019 · 18 min
Children in different countries start school at very different ages. Thomas Cornelissen tells Tim Phillips about new research that suggests an early start may help their development. Lees meer
Check out the research on VoxEU.org
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S2 Ep27: Italy is a very sick patient
5 juli 2019 · 14 min
Are Italy's populist policies of miniBOTs and flat taxes the right medicine for its economic sickness? Fabio Ghironi tells Tim Phillips that, if Italy doesn't attempt fundamental structural reforms, it may be on the path to Eurexit.
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S2 Ep26: How the G20 can save world trade
28 juni 2019 · 17 min
As the G20 gather in Japan, Tim Phillips talks to Simon Evenett, one of the authors of the Global Trade Alert, on how the ministers can halt the "free for all" on protectionism. Lees meer
Download the 24th Global Trade Alert by visiting VoxEU.org
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S2 Ep25: The threat to global prosperity
21 juni 2019 · 16 min
A new book from the CEPR argues that the current trade war is a long-term danger to all economies, not just those of the US and China. Editor Meredith Crowley of the University of Cambridge and two of the authors tell Tim Phillips why prospects for the world economy are 'grim'. Lees meer
Download The Clash of Economic Systems Endangering Global Prosperity.
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S2 Ep24: What would Ricardo do?
14 juni 2019 · 19 min
David Ricardo was the first economist to think rigorously about international trade, and his theory of comparative advantage has stood the test of time. So why do so many politicians ignore it? And what would he do about Brexit? Peter Neary of the University of Oxford talks to Tim Phillips.
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S2 Ep23: The future of the welfare state
7 juni 2019 · 17 min
This week UN special rapporteur claimed the UK's social safety net has been "replaced with a harsh and uncaring ethos". Dame Minouche Shafik, director of the LSE, talks to Tim Phillips about whether our welfare states can survive in their current form, and what might replace them.
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S2 Ep22: The Yrjo Jahnsson award
31 mei 2019 · 23 min
The award is given to the best European economist under 45. This year, Oriana Bandiera of LSE and Imran Rasul of UCL share the prize. They talk to Tim Phillips about their work, and #whateconomistsreallydo.
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S2 Ep21: The cost of kids
24 mei 2019 · 19 min
Women earn less than men after they start a family. Can better policies close the gap? Camille Landais of LSE tells Tim Phillips about new research comparing six countries.
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S2 Ep20: Managing the secret state
17 mei 2019 · 19 min
Did the KGB manage its informers using the iron fist or the invisible hand? Mark Harrison tells Tim Phillips how the state motivated and disciplined its secret workforce. Lees meer
Read more of Mark's research on the Soviet Union here, here, and here. And the paper on Stasi activity in Germany he referred to is here.
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S2 Ep19: The end of the WTO?
10 mei 2019 · 20 min
Who will be the biggest loser in this trade war? Chad Bown tells Tim Phillips why it could be the WTO's dispute resolution system, and why we should worry if this happens.
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S2 Ep18: The lost ones
3 mei 2019 · 19 min
MariaCristina De Nardi tells Tim Phillips that non-college-educated Americans born in the 1960s are dying younger, earning less, and paying more for healthcare than in their parents' generation.
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S2 Ep17: How art auctions work
27 april 2019 · 13 min
What does economics teach us about art auctions? Katy Graddy of Brandeis University tells Tim Phillips what he needs to know before he bids for a painting of some artichokes.
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S2 Ep16: The 2018 trade war
19 april 2019 · 20 min
Has the trade war with China been good for American businesses and consumers? The first results are in, and David Weinstein tells Tim Phillips who the winners and losers are.
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S2 Ep15: Girls, boys and multiple choice
12 april 2019 · 14 min
How should multiple choice tests be scored? It seems like a harmless question, but Nagore Iriberri tells Tim Phillips how she discovered that well-intentioned marking schemes may be penalising girls, and what we can do about it.
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S2 Ep14: A green monetary policy
5 april 2019 · 14 min
We're not short of policies intended to save us from catastrophic climate change, but should monetary policy be part of this effort? Dirk Schoenmaker of Erasmus University thinks so, and he tells Tim Phillips how it would work in practice.
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S2 Ep13: RCTs in the long run
29 maart 2019 · 22 min
Randomised controlled trials have revolutionised development policy. But do the interventions that work in the short run have a benefit 10 or 20 years later? Ted Miguel tells Tim Phillips how he and his colleagues aim to find out.
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S2 Ep12: Why are schools segregated?
22 maart 2019 · 13 min
Our cities are diverse, but often the schools in these cities are less so. Bas van der Klaauw of VU University Amsterdam tells Tim Phillips that not necessarily where we live that creates school segregation.
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S2 Ep11: Love, money and parenting
15 maart 2019 · 27 min
We all want happy, successful kids, so how can economics help? Fabrizio Zilibotti of Yale talks to Tim Phillips about the research that he and his peers have done into parenting and what it tells us. Lees meer
Here's a VoxEU column by Fabrizio, and here's a link to his book.
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S2 Ep10: Innovation policy for Europe
8 maart 2019 · 19 min
The European Community's FRAME project, of which the CEPR has been a partner, recently held its final conference in London. Tim Phillips talked to the attendees about what FRAME's research into innovation tells us, and how it might be translated into policy. Lees meer
Visit FRAME's web site, and read about its research.