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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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S3 Ep21: The myth of British inventive genius

VoxTalks Economics ·

2020/05/08

On the 75 anniversary of the VE Day, David Edgerton tells Tim Phillips that Britain's belief in its go-it-alone scientific and inventive genius is “deluded”, and has stunted the nation's postwar growth. Download The Economics of the Second World War Seventy-Five Years On, featuring David's chapter.

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15:26

S3 Ep20: Do the rich get more coronavirus tests?

VoxTalks Economics ·

2020/04/29

Last month the media accused New York's wealthy residents of jumping the queue for Covid-19 testing. Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé, a New York resident herself, ran the numbers. She tells Tim Phillips what she discovered.

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22:22

S3 Ep19: We need a Covid-19 debt standstill

VoxTalks Economics ·

2020/04/27

In a new paper called Born out of necessity, a group of economists and lawyers propose a way for developing and emerging countries to temporarily redirect debt repayments to fund Covid-19 relief. Ugo Panizza and Mitu Gulati tell Tim Phillips how it would work. Read about this controversial idea at VoxEU.

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16:52

S3 Ep18: John Maynard Keynes's art portfolio

VoxTalks Economics ·

2020/04/21

Keynes amassed an extensive collection of fine art during his lifetime. David Chambers tells Tim Phillips what the financial returns on his investment have been, and the insight this gives us into how to value an art portfolio as an asset.

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12:23

S3 Ep17: Lessons from the Ebola crisis on dealing...

VoxTalks Economics ·

2020/04/09

The 2014 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone affected an area which included a pioneering experiment in community healthcare. Oeindrila Dube tells Tim Phillips about the lifesaving impact of this experiment - and two important lessons we can learn that may help to contain the spread of Covid-19 in Africa.

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13:24

S3 Ep16: Modelling the economic consequences of Covid-19

VoxTalks Economics ·

2020/04/07

When Covid-19 wasn't even on the radar of most policymakers, Warwick McKibbin of ANU used his experience from previous pandemics to create seven scenarios for its impact. All implied a major shock to the global economy. Tim Phillips asks him how his model was able to capture the nature of Covid-19, and which policymakers listened to the warning. Read about McKibbin's scenarios in Chapter 3 of Economics in the Time of Covid-19.

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11:12

S3 Ep15: How much do governments lend to each other...

VoxTalks Economics ·

2020/03/27

In international crises, disasters and wars, private lenders disappear. But governments have stepped in and lent far more to each other than we previously thought. Christoph Trebesch tells Tim Phillips that new data on 200 years of official lending may contain unexpected good news for countries crippled by Covid-19. Read 'Coping with disasters: Lessons from two centuries of international response' at VoxEU

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20:41

S3 Ep14: The coronavirus shock to financial stability

VoxTalks Economics ·

2020/03/25

Enrico Perotti tells Tim Phillips that while regulatory reform means that banks are unlikely to be at risk, the same is not true for the shadow banking sector. Does this threaten financial stability, and what should policymakers do about it?

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11:13

S3 Ep13: A Covid credit line for Europe

VoxTalks Economics ·

2020/03/23

How can euro area countries work together to protect their economies? A diverse group of economists has suggested the creation of an emergency Covid credit line. Beatrice Weder di Mauro tells Tim Phillips how it would work. Read about the Covid credit line on VoxEU

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19:38

S3 Ep12: Singapore's response to Covid-19

VoxTalks Economics ·

2020/03/20

In a VoxTalks special, Danny Quah tells Tim Phillips how Singapore defended itself against the health and economic impact of Covid-19, and what other countries can learn from its actions. Download the VoxEU book Mitigating the Covid Economic Crisis.

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S3 Ep11: The polarization of reality

VoxTalks Economics ·

2020/03/20

We think about political polarization as a disagreement about policies. But what if the voters can't even agree on the facts? Stefanie Stantcheva tells Tim Phillips about new research that has profound implications for democracy.

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18:35

S3 Ep10: Economics in the time of Covid-19

VoxTalks Economics ·

2020/03/10

How big are Covid-19's economic consequences? That's the theme of a new VoxEU book with contributions from many of the world's most experienced policymakers with expertise in this area. Beatrice Weder di Mauro and Richard Baldwin, the book's editors, give Tim Phillips the (mostly) bad news. Download the book: it's free.

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20:05

S3 Ep9: Women in Economics

VoxTalks Economics ·

2020/03/06

Women are under-represented in economics, and the situation is not improving. Economists Shelly Lundberg, Donna Ginther, Jenna Stearns and Erin Hengel talk to Tim Phillips about VoxEU's new book on the subject that examines the barriers that women face in the profession, and also suggests ways to support the next generation of female economists. Download the book here, it's free.

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17:51

S3 Ep8: Digital market merger policy

VoxTalks Economics ·

2020/02/28

In the last decade, global digital giants have snapped up hundreds of smaller, innovative companies. Should competition authorities have intervened more often? Tomaso Duso tells Tim Phillips about new research that suggests they should.

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19:33

S3 Ep7: The history of immigration quotas

VoxTalks Economics ·

2020/02/21

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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17:57

S3 Ep6: Education creates peace

VoxTalks Economics ·

2020/02/14

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.

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13:02

S3 Ep5: Central banks and regional inequality

VoxTalks Economics ·

2020/02/07

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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27:23

S3 Ep4: The origins of tech clusters

VoxTalks Economics ·

2020/01/31

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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12:03

S3 Ep3: Betting on the Lord

VoxTalks Economics ·

2020/01/24

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.

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14:18

S3 Ep2: Regenerating the cities that were left behind

VoxTalks Economics ·

2020/01/17

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.

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