Episode 13: Populism's rise
October 14, 2020
Political scientist Yotam Margalit discusses why economic anxiety alone doesn’t explain the appeal of populist politicians.
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Episode 12: Taxing hidden wealth
September 30, 2020
Professor Daniel Reck discusses how the US found offshore tax havens and what more it can do.
Episode 11: Reviving distressed communities
September 16, 2020
Tim Bartik of the Upjohn Institute on how economic development policy is shortchanging poor regions.
Episode 10: What hurts minorities’ progress in economics?
September 02, 2020
Professor Gary Hoover discusses how to make the economics profession more welcoming to underrepresented groups.
Episode 9: A century of women’s enfranchisement
August 19, 2020
Elizabeth Cascio discusses how generational change has contributed to the expanding political gap between men and women in the US.
Episode 8: Wielding charity for political influence
August 05, 2020
Marianne Bertrand and Matilde Bombardini discuss how much of corporate philanthropy is really lobbying.
Episode 7: Building barriers
July 22, 2020
Benjamin Feigenberg discusses the effectiveness of border walls on deterring migration.
Episode 6: Autocracies in the information age
July 08, 2020
UCLA professor Daniel Treisman discusses how today’s dictators retain their power and how to fight back.
Bonus Episode: The gender gap in economics
July 01, 2020
In an interview with the AEA in 2017, Amanda Bayer discusses sexism in the profession and what to do about it.
Episode 5: Rethinking racial discrimination
June 24, 2020
Harvard professor Mario Small discusses how sociology can help economics expand the way it studies the effects of racism.