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VoxTalks Economics

Learn about groundbreaking new research, commentary and policy ideas from the world"s leading economists. Presented by Tim Phillips.

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18:25

S6 Ep14: How should we measure expected inflation?

VoxTalks Economics ·

2023/04/21

There is more than one way to measure expected inflation. But which methods are most reliable, and how well did they predict the upward trend in European inflation from 2021 onwards? Ricardo Reis talks to Tim Phillips.

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18:36

S6 Ep13: Corporate taxation and carbon emissions

VoxTalks Economics ·

2023/04/14

How does the rate of tax that firms pay relate to their carbon emissions? If firms that pay less emit more, then taxation may be delivering a subsidy on pollution. If those that pay less emit less, then taxation may also be helping to protect the environment. Luigi Iovino and Julien Sauvagnat of Bocconi University tell Tim Phillips whether browner firms pay more or less tax – and why.

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17:58

S6 Ep12: What’s missing from climate risk stress tests

VoxTalks Economics ·

2023/04/06

Stress testing can potentially capture the impact of climate change on the health of the financial system. But Dirk Schoenmaker tells Tim Phillips that, in their current form, these exercises underestimate the impact of changes in our climate.

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18:55

S6 Ep11: Hobbesian wars and the separation of powers

VoxTalks Economics ·

2023/03/31

When Thomas Hobbes published Leviathan in the 17th century, he argued that the state has absolute authority over its citizens. The principal that the state’s monopoly of institutionalised violence keeps the peace is now widely accepted – but is this true, or is it the checks and balances on that power prevent conflict? Gerard Roland talks to Tim Phillips.

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5:32

S6 Ep10: Larry Summers on the global economy

VoxTalks Economics ·

2023/03/29

Bonus episode: At the American Economic Association’s annual meeting 2023 in New Orleans, CEPR got the chance to ask Larry Summers three big questions about the global economy in 2023 and beyond.

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28:40

S6 Ep9: Building a resilient vaccine supply chain

VoxTalks Economics ·

2023/03/24

What have we learned about how to create, manufacture, and distribute a new vaccine? Can countries cooperate to create a responsive and resilient supply chain if history repeats itself, and should the WTO have a role? Chad Bown talks to Tim Phillips.

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23:16

S6 Ep8: Applying economics (not gut feel) to ESG

VoxTalks Economics ·

2023/03/17

Every CEO, investor, and NGO needs an ESG strategy, and they need it now. But is that urgency making smart people ignore established insights from decades of economic research? Alex Edmans has identified 10 ways in which conventional ESG wisdom might be misguided, and he tells Tim Phillips what they are.

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30:00

S6 Ep7: AI is reshaping economic research

VoxTalks Economics ·

2023/03/10

We’ve reached a moment at which large language models like ChatGPT have clearly become useful, but for what exactly? Anton Korinek has discovered at least 25 ways in which economics researchers can use them today. He explains to Tim Phillips about how they are already making our research more efficient.

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15:13

S6 Ep6: Powerful forces are reshaping global trade

VoxTalks Economics ·

2023/03/03

Firms have discovered that global value chains are not as resilient as we assumed. They are reorganising these value chains and re-evaluating their approach to globalisation – but are the solutions they are considering worse than the problems themselves? Tim Phillips talks to Beata Javorcik, EBRD chief economist.

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21:55

S6 Ep5: Fair pay for CEOs!

VoxTalks Economics ·

2023/02/24

What motivates CEOs? Do they want to be fabulously rich or are they looking for a fair reward for their achievements? And, if fairness really does matter to them, how do you structure their contracts? Pierre Chaigneau talks to Tim Phillips about how to keep your CEO without rewarding failure.

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16:23

S6 Ep4: Do cultural stereotypes influence bank...

VoxTalks Economics ·

2023/02/17

We know that national stereotypes influence all sorts of personal decisions, but could they determine whether one country’s banks hold another country’s sovereign debt? Amazingly, Orkun Saka tells Tim Phillips, the answer might actually be yes.

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14:38

S6 Ep3: Rebuilding Ukraine’s labour market

VoxTalks Economics ·

2023/02/10

Russia’s war on Ukraine hasn’t just destroyed buildings and lives, it has put thousands of people out of work and denied thousands more an education. After the war, how can Ukraine rebuild its labour market? Tito Boeri tells Tim Phillips about how other countries and Ukrainian refugees can help to build back better.

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27:28

S6 Ep2: Slavery and the industrial revolution

VoxTalks Economics ·

2023/02/03

Did slaveholding accelerate the industrial revolution in Britain? This controversial theory was first argued by Eric Williams almost 80 years ago but has lacked strong supporting evidence – until now. Stephan Heblich and Joachim Voth talk to Tim Phillips.

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29:04

S6 Ep1: Who pays for your credit card rewards?

VoxTalks Economics ·

2023/01/20

Credit cards that offer cashback or rewards are increasingly popular. Are you doing better or worse as a result? And how big is the financial difference between all the winners and losers? Andrea Presbitero knows and the amount, he tells Tim Phillips, is bigger than you think.

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13:53

S5 Ep54: Understanding US inflation

VoxTalks Economics ·

2022/12/09

Can we explain what happened to inflation in the US in 2022, and what will happen next? Larry Ball and Daniel Leigh tell Tim Phillips why it stayed high and when it may fall.

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17:08

S5 Ep53: Do content moderation laws work?

VoxTalks Economics ·

2022/12/02

Germany’s NetzDG Law has given social media companies the responsibility for removing toxic content from their platforms. Can a law to mandate content moderation curb hate speech and, if it does, does that have an impact in the offline world? Carlo Schwarz talks to Tim Phillips.

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15:21

S5 Ep52: How empires rise, and how they fall

VoxTalks Economics ·

2022/11/25

In the industrial age many new empires quickly rose and eventually fell. Kerem Cosar and Roberto Bonfatti tell Tim Phillips how important shifting patterns of trade have been in this process.

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28:14

S5 Ep51: The great carbon arbitrage

VoxTalks Economics ·

2022/11/18

What is the net benefit of phasing out coal and replacing it with renewables? $85 trillion, according to a new calculation. Alissa Kleinnijenhuis and Patrick Bolton tell Tim Phillips how they estimated this extraordinary number, how the benefit can be realised – and whether the negotiations at COP27 will get us there.

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21:10

S5 Ep50: How does trade policy affect competition?

VoxTalks Economics ·

2022/11/11

How does a bilateral trade agreement affect the amount of competition in both countries? New data casts doubt on the conclusions that trade economists have drawn in the past, Meredith Crowley tells Tim Phillips.

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19:16

S5 Ep49: How did inflation get so high?

VoxTalks Economics ·

2022/11/04

Ricardo Reis tells Tim Phillips why many advanced economies ended up with inflation levels that we haven’t seen for a generation. Did policymakers make mistakes, or do we need to change the entire policy framework?

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