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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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10:56

S5 Ep30: Curing Covid inflation

VoxTalks Economics ·

2022/07/01

Recorded live at CEPR Paris Symposium 2022: Supply chain disruption caused by Covid-19 has fed inflation and hobbled stimulus policies. Sebnem Kalemli Özcan tells Tim Phillips about the only solution to this economic long Covid.

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18:35

S5 Ep29: Defusing the carbon bombs

VoxTalks Economics ·

2022/06/29

Recorded live at CEPR Paris Symposium 2022: Sanctions against Russia have sent the price of oil and gas rocketing – triggering more, not less, fossil fuel extraction, and some giant projects that have been called “carbon bombs”. Mar Réguant and Rick van der Ploeg tell Tim Phillips that these bombs will explode the climate commitments agreed in Paris in 2015.

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19:36

S5 Ep28: Inflation and Europe’s public finances

VoxTalks Economics ·

2022/06/24

Recorded live at CEPR Paris Symposium 2022: What are the consequences of an extended period of above-target inflation for the euro area? Agnès Bénassy-Quéré and Giancarlo Corsetti discuss policy options with Tim Phillips.

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26:09

S5 Ep27: The Economics of Brexit

VoxTalks Economics ·

2022/06/23

The latest CEPR ebook investigates the impact of Brexit so far on the economies of the UK and EU. Tim Phillips talks to three of the authors: Jonathan Portes, Thomas Sampson and Sarah Hall.

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14:43

S5 Ep26: The consequences of war for the EU

VoxTalks Economics ·

2022/06/22

Recorded live at CEPR Paris Symposium 2022: What are the long-term consequences of the conflict in Ukraine for the EU? Lucrezia Reichlin and Philippe Martin discuss the impact of the war on trade, energy security, fiscal policy, and green transition with Tim Phillips.

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12:59

S5 Ep25: Piketty on equality

VoxTalks Economics ·

2022/06/17

Recorded live at CEPR Paris Symposium 2022: Thomas Piketty’s short new book promises A brief history of equality. He tells Tim Phillips about why institutions are precarious, why policymakers should consider the consequences for inequality before they intervene – but also why we should be optimistic about the long-term trends in equality.

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17:27

S5 Ep24: Male and female voices in economics

VoxTalks Economics ·

2022/06/10

We know women are under-represented in economics. But if male economists are more comfortable expressing a strong opinion, does this increase the perceived imbalance? Sarah Smith tells Tim Phillips about new research into the difference between male and female voices in economics.

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20:09

S5 Ep23: The price of war

VoxTalks Economics ·

2022/06/03

How hard will sanctions on Russia bite? Anna Pestova and Mikhail Mamonov tell Tim Phillips about the depth of the economic hardship that the Russian people will suffer in 2022.

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20:25

S5 Ep22: What is the purpose of a finance professor?

VoxTalks Economics ·

2022/05/27

Alex Edmans asked this question in his keynote at the Financial Management Association Annual Meeting and offered some provocative answers. He tells Tim Phillips about passion, luck, originality, and the value of teaching.

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16:00

S5 Ep21: The food crisis has no respect for borders

VoxTalks Economics ·

2022/05/20

This week António Guterres, secretary-general of the UN, warned that the war in Ukraine would tip tens of millions into food insecurity. Guido Porto and Bob Rijkers tell Tim Phillips about who suffers and how much from food price inflation.

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23:05

S5 Ep20: What can helicopter money do?

VoxTalks Economics ·

2022/05/13

If you're going to drop lots of money from a helicopter, what will happen to the economy? When would it make a difference, and to who? Helicopter money is increasingly being taken seriously as policy. Ricardo Reis tells Tim Phillips whether helicopter money really can solve our economic problems.

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15:10

S5 Ep19: Helping fathers to acknowledge paternity

VoxTalks Economics ·

2022/05/06

If fathers don't acknowledge paternity, it affects both mother and child. Should the state increase financial support for single parents, should we incentivise marriage – or is there another option? Anna Raute tells Tim Phillips that the surprising impact of an unrelated German social policy suggests there may be.

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10:18

S5 Ep18: The limits of microfinance

VoxTalks Economics ·

2022/04/29

Microfinance has helped millions of the world's poor build better lives. But can it help the world's poorest people, who spend most of their lives growing food to feed their families, to diversify into other jobs? Jack Thiemel tells Tim Phillips about the impact of one of these projects, and what it tells us about the best ways to help the ultra-poor.

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19:30

S5 Ep17: Inequality and creative destruction

VoxTalks Economics ·

2022/04/22

Governments are desperate to create innovation hubs or attract tech companies to kickstart economic growth, but that creates winners and losers. Richard Blundell tells Tim Phillips how policy can balance the impact of innovation on inequality and create policies so that creative destruction and social mobility can go hand-in-hand.

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11:37

S5 Ep16: How Fox News inspired vaccine hesitancy

VoxTalks Economics ·

2022/04/15

At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, some cable news hosts cast doubt on the effectiveness of vaccines. Matteo Pinna tells Tim Phillips about his research on the impact of Fox News on vaccination rates.

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22:47

S5 Ep15: Forced displacement, then and now

VoxTalks Economics ·

2022/04/07

Syria, Venezuela, Ukraine: forced migration is constantly in the news, but these events have been happening for hundreds of years. Sascha Becker tells Tim Phillips about new research that is discovering the economic impact of mass displacement in history, both on refugees and on communities – and the lessons we can learn from the past.

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16:06

S5 Ep14: Motivated science and green innovation

VoxTalks Economics ·

2022/04/01

Scientists create innovation. Is this because they are paid to do it, or because they care about the outcome? Tim Besley tells Tim Phillips how motivated science drives down the cost of innovation and may accelerate the green transition.

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16:44

S5 Ep13: Will Ukraine's economy survive the war?

VoxTalks Economics ·

2022/03/25

Are the Ukrainian economy and financial system holding up to Russia's bombardment? Yevhenii Skok tells Tim Phillips whether emergency policies have been able to maintain liquidity and financial stability, how much damage has been done to Ukraine's productive capacity, and what a post-war financial rebuild would look like.

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16:37

S5 Ep12: Do schools change our religious attitudes?

VoxTalks Economics ·

2022/03/18

Does compulsory religious education make us more likely to believe as adults, and does it make us more ethical? Ludger Woessmann, Larissa Zierow, and Benjamin Arold explain to Tim Phillips what educational reform in Germany can tell us.

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11:40

S5 Ep11: Women's liberation, household revolution

VoxTalks Economics ·

2022/03/11

Until the second half of the 19th century, coverture laws granted married men almost unlimited power over the household. Moshe Hazan and David Weiss tell Tim Phillips about how abolition changed the number of children in a family, and how well those children were educated?

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