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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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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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16:06

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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15:53

S3 Ep1: Will there be a post-Brexit financial...

VoxTalks Economics ·

2020/01/10

In 2020, the UK and the EU will try to strike a post-Brexit deal in financial services. At the SUERF conference in Amsterdam, David Miles and Iain Begg explain to Tim Phillips what's at stake in the negotiations, and who would suffer most if there's no deal.

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14:32

S2 Ep52: Has the randomista revolution gone too far?

VoxTalks Economics ·

2019/12/23

This year's Nobel prize celebrated the work of the economists who popularised randomised controlled trials, “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty”. But is it possible to have too much of a good thing? Tim Phillips investigates. Picture © Nobel Media 2019. Illustration: Niklas Elmehed.

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15:50

S2 Ep51: Burying bad news

VoxTalks Economics ·

2019/12/20

New research demonstrates what we all suspected: for decades, politicians have routinely used busy news days to bury unpopular announcements. Ruben Durante educates Tim Phillips in the politics of distraction.

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22:36

S2 Ep50: Helping parents to read with their children

VoxTalks Economics ·

2019/12/13

Language skills for preschoolers help them achieve more when they get to school, but some parents are better than others at helping their kids to develop these skills. Denis Fougère and Carlo Barone tell Tim Phillips about a successful experiment in Paris to help less-educated parents spend time reading with their children.

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18:32

S2 Ep49: Wealth taxes

VoxTalks Economics ·

2019/12/06

Few countries tax their citizens' wealth annually, but Switzerland is one of them. Marius Brülhart tells Tim Phillips about a natural experiment in Switzerland's cantons that teaches us about how people would respond if more countries decided to tax wealth instead of income.

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19:56

S2 Ep48: How the mobile internet changed politics

VoxTalks Economics ·

2019/11/29

The mobile internet, promises to give us access to information anywhere, 24 hours a day. So how has it influenced trust in governments, politics, and politicians? Sergei Guriev tells Tim Phillips about how, all over the world, 3G has reduced trust in government and aided the rise of populism.

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19:25

S2 Ep47: Can the stock market help save the planet?

VoxTalks Economics ·

2019/11/22

We think about climate policies as moderating or interceding in markets. But a new paper implies that when stock markets play a bigger part in the economy, polluting industries become cleaner. Tim Phillips asks Ralph De Haas of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development whether we already have a green finance initiative under our noses.

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30:06

S2 Ep46: The Great Expectations of the middle class

VoxTalks Economics ·

2019/11/15

When there's a financial crisis, policymakers and politicians increasingly kowtow to the demands of an influential group: the global middle class. Jeffrey Chwieroth and Andrew Walter tell Tim Phillips how their Great Expectations are destabilising the world economy. Read about Great Expectations at VoxEU.

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27:55

S2 Ep45: How to improve consumer credit ratings

VoxTalks Economics ·

2019/11/08

Doing a good job of deciding who can borrow is fundamental for the global economy. Stefania Albanesi tells Tim Phillips that current consumer credit ratings do a poor job at predicting which of us will default, and explains how she has used machine learning to improve them.

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