• December 2 2024
  The Economics Show podcast27 min listen

  Is the Eurozone in trouble? With Philip Lane

  A conversation with the chief economist of the ECB

  
• November 29 2024
  Parenting and families

  Is there such a thing as too much parental leave?

  Done the wrong way, it can have awkward effects

  
• November 28 2024
  The Economics Show podcast37 min listen

  What’s wrong with Britain’s economy? With Sam Bowman

  Is the UK failing to build for its future?

  
• November 25 2024
  The Economics Show podcast35 min listen

  Why is Britain’s government so inefficient? With Jeremy Hunt

  A conversation with the former chancellor of the exchequer

  
• November 22 2024
  LGBT+

  What’s behind the lesbian pay premium?

  After decades of earning more than heterosexual women, the gap seems to be shrinking

  
• November 18 2024
  The Economics Show podcast33 min listen

  Would Trump’s tariffs really be that bad? With Kimberly Clausing

  Assessing the arguments for protectionism

  
• November 15 2024
  US trade

  Your guide to how to dodge a tariff

  As Trump prepares to return to the White House, it might be time to dust off that soyabean cookbook

  
• November 11 2024
  The Economics Show podcast31 min listen

  What does a second Trump presidency mean for immigration? With Michael Clemens

  What would the American economy look like without the millions of recent arrivals?

  
• November 4 2024
  The Economics Show podcast29 min listen

  How to tax the top 1% with Natasha Sarin

  It’s all about the unrealised gains

  
• November 1 2024
  Economic statistics

  Can we trust official statistics? The data gaps shaping our view of the economy

  Policymakers are grappling with some increasingly murky numbers

  
• October 28 2024
  The Economics Show podcast24 min listen

  The economics of research and development. With Heidi Williams

  What is the relationship between innovation spending and productivity?

  
• October 25 2024
  UK tax

  The unfair hole in next week’s UK Budget

  Why will council tax remain decades out of date?

  
• October 21 2024
  The Economics Show podcast31 min listen

  What is Kamalanomics? With James Politi

  Adding up a candidate’s economic programme

  
• October 18 2024
  Nobel prizes

  Why are some countries richer than others? Ask the Nobel economists

  Their work explores how institutions created in the distant past can still shape countries in the present

  
• October 14 2024
  The Economics Show podcast31 min listen

  What’s wrong with effective altruism? With Martin Sandbu

  How did a charitable movement get so weird?

  
• October 7 2024
  The Economics Show podcast33 min listen

  Why even a PhD isn’t enough to erase the effects of class, with Anna Stansbury

  A recent working paper measures how family circumstances hold Americans back

  
• September 27 2024
  Education

  How bad are term-time holidays really?

  Parents are increasingly relaxed about them, despite research suggesting that every absence does count

  
• September 23 2024
  The Economics Show podcast31 min listen

  What would Trump do on trade? With Alan Beattie

  Donald Trump has promised yet more extreme policy if re-elected. What will stick?

  
• September 20 2024
  Global economic growth

  What’s wrong with research about ‘degrowth’?

  Some recent reviews highlight vague language and fuzzy policy

  
• September 16 2024
  The Economics Show podcast27 min listen

  Is this a winning US economy for the Democrats? With Jared Bernstein

  An interview with President Biden’s top economist

  
• September 13 2024
  European Commission

  Why are caps now attached to bottles? Blame the EU

  A new regulation has shaken up the industry

  
• September 9 2024
  The Economics Show podcast33 min listen

  Do price controls really help with inflation? With Isabella Weber

  Recent inflation has led some economists to discuss price controls and supply management

  
• September 6 2024
  Behavioural economics

  How an economist optimises their morning routine

  A model in winning the day

  
• September 2 2024
  The Economics Show podcast31 min listen

  Rethinking the AI boom, with Daron Acemoğlu

  Will AI affect the economy less than we expect?

  
• August 30 2024
  Global Economy

  Why corporate top brass defy neat investment models

  One reason why higher rates have not crushed investment