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Money & Macro Talks

Money & Macro Talks

Interviews with leading (macro) economists, social scientists and financial professionals to uncover the nuanced facts shaping our global economy.

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01:05:53

Are monopolies really taking over the economy? |...

Money & Macro Talks ·

2026/10/01

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

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00:50:01

How governments can increase fertility rates | Lyman...

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2026/09/24

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.

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00:59:51

Economist defends rent controls | prof. Frank Braconi

Money & Macro Talks ·

2026/09/17

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.

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00:47:14

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

Money & Macro Talks ·

2026/09/10

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.

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00:54:21

Can a land value tax fix housing? | Lars Doucet

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2026/09/03

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.

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00:46:04

What over 100 studies reveal about rent controls? |...

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2026/08/27

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.

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00:47:54

Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once |...

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2026/08/20

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.

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00:45:34

Why demographics will change everything | Prof....

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2026/08/13

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00:45:43

Is economics a science? | Adam Mastroianni

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2026/08/06

What do we mean when we label economics a a science? Can social sciences ever develop a paradigm? In this interview, psychologist Adam Mastroianni discusses the state of psychology as a science and how paradigms improve scientific progress.

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00:27:16

How are the Gulf economies holding up? | Prof....

Money & Macro Talks ·

2026/07/31

This is an update to my conversation with Gulf economy expert Prof. Steffen Hertog. We are already five months into the Iran war now: How much longer will the strait of Hormuz remain closed? and what could that mean for the Gulf countries?

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00:57:09

Why everyone is wrong about Japan's economy | Takuji...

Money & Macro Talks ·

2026/07/23

Takuji Aida, advisor to prime minister Sanae Takaichi, explains Sanaenomics.

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01:07:35

Why you should worry more about inequality? | Prof....

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2026/07/16

Is inequality harmful, or should economist focus more on absolute poverty? In this interview, prof. Morten Nyborg presents inequality as an externality and discusses the different policy tools to reduce it.

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00:58:27

What economists get wrong about public debt? | Prof....

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2026/07/09

In this episode, I sat down with Professor Keen to ask him about his views on inflation, public debt, and how governments should respond to global shocks.

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00:42:36

Is the wealth tax actually working for Norway | Prof....

Money & Macro Talks ·

2026/07/02

Wealth taxes are the key policy proposal to prevent wealth from concentrating at the top, and they're now being discussed in both the US and the UK. In this episode, we dig into the recent Norwegian experience with wealth taxation. How big was the response from the wealthy? Did the tax raise enough revenue to compensate for the capital flight? And what are the lessons for other countries considering a wealth tax of their own?

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00:42:11

How are Europe's economies holding up? Dr. Oscar Arse...

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2026/06/24

ECB Director general economics on how Europe's economies are responding to the Hormuz energy shock.Publications mentioned by Oscar below:https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/date/2026/html/ecb.blog20260603~3015f38292.en.htmlhttps://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/date/2025/html/ecb.blog20250508~897078ce87.en.htmlhttps://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/date/2026/html/ecb.blog20260309~3a4841b028.en.html

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00:30:06

What´s next after the reopening of Hormuz? Prof....

Money & Macro Talks ·

2026/06/17

This is the first part of our interview with prof. Keen, where we talk about the economic consequences of the Iran war and what to expect after the reopening of the strait of Hormuz.

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00:45:13

Why firms actually underpay their workers? Prof. Arin...

Money & Macro Talks ·

2026/06/04

For decades, productivity and wages grew together. Then they didn't. Since the 1970s, workers across the developed world have become significantly more productive, yet their wages have largely stagnated. Where did the gains go, and what can policy actually do about it?In this episode, we examine the central argument of The Wage Standard, the new book by labor economist Arindrajit Dube. Dube argues that the decoupling of wages from productivity is not an inevitable consequence of technological

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00:40:07

Why governments can borrow more than they think....

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2026/05/28

Are governments finally hitting their debt limits? In this interview, Professor Dirk discusses the role of bond markets and central banks on government borrowing

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01:00:09

Are we already in a new World War? prof. Paul Poast

Money & Macro Talks ·

2026/05/21

Interview with prof. Paul Poast from University of Chicago

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00:50:29

Will western governments soon hit their debt limits?...

Money & Macro Talks ·

2026/05/19

Economics professor John Cochrane discusses the limits of government borrowing. Is public debt sustainable? What caused the latest inflation episode?

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