FT Alphachat

Harvard sociologist Mary Waters, who chairs the National Academy of Sciences Panel on The Integration of Immigrants into American Society, talks to Cardiff Garcia about the findings of a massive study conducted and published by her panel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lee Buchheit and Mitu Gulati, two of the world's foremost experts on sovereign debt restructuring, join the FT's Robin Wigglesworth to explain Venezuela's looming debt crisis and options for solving it, while the country's economic collapse and humanitarian problems continue to worsen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scott Galloway, professor of marketing and founder of brand think tank L2, joins the FT's Shannon Bond to talk about the death of advertising as we know it, how Amazon is changing the way we consume and why he is betting on voice technology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Economist Gabriel Zucman joins the FT's Matt Klein to talk about the use of tax havens and the effect tax evasion has on inequality and other macroeconomic measurements, which is the subject of his book "The Hidden Wealth of Nations". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the second of a two-part series, economist Michael Pettis joins the FT's Cardiff Garcia and Matt Klein to discuss the state of the Chinese economy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Economist Michael Pettis joins the FT’s Cardiff Garcia and Matt Klein to discuss the macroeconomic framework he introduced in his book The Great Rebalancing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Angus Deaton, the 2015 winner of the economics Nobel Prize, tells host Cardiff Garcia about his early influences and the work for which he won the award. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tim Harford joins Cardiff Garcia to talk about the way 50 different inventions have shaped the way the economy works today, from video games to the tally stick. It's the subject of his latest book, "Fifty things that made the modern economy", and a BBC audio series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 2015 MacArthur Genius Grant recipient and MIT professor joins host Cardiff Garcia to discuss her work on the incentive systems that drive innovation in medical technology, including the effect of patents on the development of early stage cancer drug treatments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In light of Amazon's $13.7bn Whole Foods takeover, Cardiff Garcia talks with the FT's Shannon Bond and Anna Nicolaou about the state of the US retail industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.