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Economics & Beyond with Rob Johnson

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Jan 13, 2022 • 1h 6min

COP26: The Paralysis from Above

In a replay of INET Live's webinar, following the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow last December, Richard Kozul-Wright of UNCTAD, Patrick Bond of the University of Johannesburg, and author Maude Barlow discuss the disproportionate impact climate change has on the developing world and the ways to best address it.
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Jan 6, 2022 • 51min

Glenn Hubbard: The Antidote to the Wall is the Bridge

Professor Glenn Hubbard, professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia Business School, talks about his just-released book, The Wall and the Bridge: Fear and Opportunity in Disruption’s Wake, and how society and policymakers can help those who are left behind in the wake of today's competitive world.
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Dec 16, 2021 • 1h 42min

The Pandemic‘s Opportunities and Challenges for Racial Justice

Prosperity Now CEO Gary Cunningham talks to Rob, in a wide-ranging discussion, about the many ways in which the pandemic has affected racial justice and injustice and how we might overcome the divisions and polarizations that we currently confront.
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Dec 9, 2021 • 1h 11min

Thomas Ferguson: Making Sense of the 2020 Presidential Election

INET's Research Director Thomas Ferguson talks about the research he and his collaborators Paul Jorgensen and Jie Chen conducted of the 2020 election and some of overlooked factors that were at play in that election.
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Dec 2, 2021 • 1h 3min

Yuen Yuen Ang: China & U.S. - A Clash of Two Gilded Ages

Yuen Yuen Ang, political science professor at the University of Michigan and author of the book, China's Gilded Age, argues that the US and China have more in common than we usually think and that it makes more sense to see the conflict as a clash of two gilded ages instead of a clash of civilizations.
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Nov 24, 2021 • 1h 11min

Tom Nichols: Our Own Worst Enemy

Tom Nichols, Professor of National Security Affairs, US Naval War College, columnist for USA Today, and contributing writer at The Atlantic, discusses his new book, Our Own Worst Enemy: The Assault from within on Modern Democracy, and how a decline in civic virtue has generated a dangerous illiberalism.
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Nov 18, 2021 • 53min

Dan Breznitz: Innovation in the Service of Society

Dan Breznitz, author of the book Innovation in Real Places, Strategies for Prosperity in an Unforgiving World, and professor of public policy at the University of Toronto, talks about how innovation ought to be guided if it is to be successful in addressing our most pressing problems.
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Nov 10, 2021 • 56min

Bill Janeway: What Is the Janeway Institute?

"I was considering what I was going to do, [and] what I decided I could not do, was stay within the confines of mainstream academic economics." Rob Johnson talks with INET Co-Founder Bill Janeway about his exciting new project at Cambridge University.
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Nov 8, 2021 • 41min

Patrick Bond: The Urgent Need for Climate Reparations

Patrick Bond, sociology professor at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, discusses the urgent need for climate reparations for Africa, in light of the COP26 climate summit, and why market solutions will not work to address the problems Africa is currently facing. Part 2 of 2.
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Nov 4, 2021 • 49min

Patrick Bond pt 1: Naïve Market Solutions for Climate Change Will Intensify the Looting of Africa

Patrick Bond, sociology professor at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, discusses the urgent need for climate reparations for Africa, in light of the COP26 climate summit, and why market solutions will not work to address the problems Africa is currently facing. Part 1 of 2.

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