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Economics & Beyond with Rob Johnson

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Feb 2, 2023 • 54min

Iconik: Beyond ESG

Alex Thaler, the CEO of the software platform Iconik, and Iconik advisor Adam Cummings discuss how the platform helps shareholders create personalized voting profiles for shareholder meetings, allowing them to increase their influence over companies and give management a clearer awareness of investor goals without abrupt and embarrassing conflict.   Iconik website: https://www.iconikapp.com/
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Jan 26, 2023 • 1h 23min

Perry Mehrling: Charles P. Kindleberger and the Dollar System

Boston University economic professor Perry Mehrling discusses his recently released book on Charles P. Kindleberger, who shaped the global dollar system. The podcast covers Kindleberger's early influences, his role in the reconstruction of Germany and Austria, the positive role of multinational corporations, differences between Kindleberger and Hyman Minsky, and encounters with economists and central bankers.
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Jan 12, 2023 • 43min

Time Bomb in Global Finance

A Bank for International Settlements study says 60+ trillion dollars of off-the-books currency swaps could be a profound, systematic risk. Rob Johnson joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news.
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Dec 1, 2022 • 1h 6min

The Misguided Forces Driving Conflict Escalation Between the US and China

Yale Law School Fellow Stephen Roach, discusses his just-released book, Accidental Conflict. Roach explores how much of the adversarial nationalist rhetoric in both China and the USA is dangerously misguided and more a reflection of each nation’s fears and vulnerabilities than a credible assessment of the risks they face.
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Nov 17, 2022 • 1h 8min

The New Economics of Debt and Financial Fragility

University of Bonn and Sciences Po economics professor Moritz Schularick talks to Rob about the soon-to-be-released book, Leveraged, which he edited based on papers from an INET-sponsored conference. The book takes a close look at what we have learned about the costs and causes of financial fragility since 2008.
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Oct 20, 2022 • 48min

Rana Foroohar: The Path to Prosperity in a Post-Global World

Financial Times columnist and author Rana Foroohar talks about her new book Homecoming: The Path to Prosperity in a Post-Global World
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Aug 9, 2022 • 37min

Albert Wenger: The World After Capital

We are in the midst of another global transformation, but this time we might have the tools to get it right.
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Jul 21, 2022 • 23min

Frank McCourt: Trading Fear for Hope

Frank McCourt discusses his work to reinspire hope in the American experiment, and to build the framework necessary for that better tomorrow.
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Jul 14, 2022 • 29min

Alan Murray: The Search for the Soul of Business

Corporate responsibility needs to evolve if businesses are going to rebuild trust and provide real value for society.
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Jun 16, 2022 • 1h 6min

Thomas Piketty: Quality of Life for Billions of People is at Stake

World-renowned economist and inequality researcher Thomas Piketty in conversation with Rob Johnson, about Piketty’s just-released book, A Brief History of Equality.

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