VoxTalks Economics
Learn about groundbreaking new research, commentary and policy ideas from the world's leading economists. Presented by Tim Phillips.
Latest episodes
Jun 28, 2019 • 17min
S2 Ep26: How the G20 can save world trade
As the G20 gather in Japan, Tim Phillips talks to Simon Evenett, one of the authors of the Global Trade Alert, on how the ministers can halt the "free for all" on protectionism.
Download the 24th Global Trade Alert by visiting VoxEU.org
Jun 20, 2019 • 16min
S2 Ep25: The threat to global prosperity
A new book from the CEPR argues that the current trade war is a long-term danger to all economies, not just those of the US and China. Editor Meredith Crowley of the University of Cambridge and two of the authors tell Tim Phillips why prospects for the world economy are 'grim'.
Download The Clash of Economic Systems Endangering Global Prosperity.
Jun 14, 2019 • 19min
S2 Ep24: What would Ricardo do?
David Ricardo was the first economist to think rigorously about international trade, and his theory of comparative advantage has stood the test of time. So why do so many politicians ignore it? And what would he do about Brexit? Peter Neary of the University of Oxford talks to Tim Phillips.
Image: Thomas Phillips [Public domain]
Jun 7, 2019 • 17min
S2 Ep23: The future of the welfare state
This week UN special rapporteur claimed the UK's social safety net has been "replaced with a harsh and uncaring ethos". Dame Minouche Shafik, director of the LSE, talks to Tim Phillips about whether our welfare states can survive in their current form, and what might replace them.
Image: Gerd Altmann
May 31, 2019 • 23min
S2 Ep22: The Yrjo Jahnsson award
The award is given to the best European economist under 45. This year, Oriana Bandiera of LSE and Imran Rasul of UCL share the prize. They talk to Tim Phillips about their work, and #whateconomistsreallydo.
May 24, 2019 • 19min
S2 Ep21: The cost of kids
Women earn less than men after they start a family. Can better policies close the gap? Camille Landais of LSE tells Tim Phillips about new research comparing six countries.
Read about the research on VoxEU.org
May 17, 2019 • 19min
S2 Ep20: Managing the secret state
Did the KGB manage its informers using the iron fist or the invisible hand? Mark Harrison tells Tim Phillips how the state motivated and disciplined its secret workforce.
Read more of Mark's research on the Soviet Union here, here, and here. And the paper on Stasi activity in Germany he referred to is here.
May 10, 2019 • 20min
S2 Ep19: The end of the WTO?
Who will be the biggest loser in this trade war? Chad Bown tells Tim Phillips why it could be the WTO's dispute resolution system, and why we should worry if this happens.
May 3, 2019 • 19min
S2 Ep18: The lost ones
MariaCristina De Nardi tells Tim Phillips that non-college-educated Americans born in the 1960s are dying younger, earning less, and paying more for healthcare than in their parents' generation.
Apr 27, 2019 • 13min
S2 Ep17: How art auctions work
What does economics teach us about art auctions? Katy Graddy of Brandeis University tells Tim Phillips what he needs to know before he bids for a painting of some artichokes.
