Money & Macro Talks

Are monopolies really taking over the economy? | Brian Albrecht

Big Tech has never been bigger. Google, Amazon and Metaserve more customers and earn bigger profits every year, and AI companies are claiming a growing share of the stock

How governments can increase fertility rates | Lyman Stone

Why have fertility rates collapsed in the past decades? Is there anything governments can do to reverse this situation? In this episode, we review the leading explanation

Economist defends rent controls | prof. Frank Braconi

Frank Braconi is one of the few economists willing to argue that rent control, properly designed, can work. But what does "properly designed" mean? When should it be used

What Chinese rule will actually look like | Dr. Dave Kang

As China's star rises, people like Ray Dalio think we may see the emergence of a new tribute system. In this podcast, I discuss with tribute system expert Dr. Dave Kang w

Can a land value tax fix housing? | Lars Doucet

Prime downtown land sits empty while cities run out of housing. Tax buildings and you punish building; tax land and you punish sitting on it. In this episode, Lars Doucet

What over 100 studies reveal about rent controls? | Prof. Konstantin Kholodilin

What does sixty years of evidence actually say about rent control? Konstantin Kholodilin (DIW Berlin) read 112 empirical studies to find out. We go through the results.

Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once | John Burn-Murdoch

Fertility rates are falling in the Europe and the US, but also in places China, Tunisia and Colombia. What can explain this global trend, and what are the political and e

Why demographics will change everything | Prof. Charles Goodhart

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Is economics a science? | Adam Mastroianni

What do we mean when we label economics a a science? Can social sciences ever develop a paradigm? In this interview, psychologist Adam Mastroianni discusses the state of

How are the Gulf economies holding up? | Prof. Steffen Hertog

This is an update to my conversation with Gulf economy expert Prof. Steffen Hertog. We are already five months into the Iran war now: How much longer will the strait of H

Why everyone is wrong about Japan's economy | Takuji Aida (Sanaenomics advisor)

Takuji Aida, advisor to prime minister Sanae Takaichi, explains Sanaenomics.

Why you should worry more about inequality? | Prof. Morten Nyborg

Is inequality harmful, or should economist focus more on absolute poverty? In this interview, prof. Morten Nyborg presents inequality as an externality and discusses the

What economists get wrong about public debt? | Prof. Steve Keen

In this episode, I sat down with Professor Keen to ask him about his views on inflation, public debt, and how governments should respond to global shocks.

Is the wealth tax actually working for Norway | Prof. Ole-Andreas Næss

Wealth taxes are the key policy proposal to prevent wealth from concentrating at the top, and they're now being discussed in both the US and the UK. In this episode, we d

How are Europe's economies holding up? Dr. Oscar Arse (ECB)

ECB Director general economics on how Europe's economies are responding to the Hormuz energy shock. Publications mentioned by Oscar below: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pre

What´s next after the reopening of Hormuz? Prof. Steve Keen

This is the first part of our interview with prof. Keen, where we talk about the economic consequences of the Iran war and what to expect after the reopening of the strai

Why firms actually underpay their workers? Prof. Arin Dube

For decades, productivity and wages grew together. Then they didn't. Since the 1970s, workers across the developed world have become significantly more productive, yet th

Why governments can borrow more than they think. Prof. Bezemer

Are governments finally hitting their debt limits? In this interview, Professor Dirk discusses the role of bond markets and central banks on government borrowing

Are we already in a new World War? prof. Paul Poast

Interview with prof. Paul Poast from University of Chicago

Will western governments soon hit their debt limits? Prof. John Cochrane

Economics professor John Cochrane discusses the limits of government borrowing. Is public debt sustainable? What caused the latest inflation episode?