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by Money & Macro Talks · English · Tech & Science
Interviews with leading (macro) economists, social scientists and financial professionals to uncover the nuanced facts shaping our global economy.
8 Oct 2026 · 44 min
In just a couple of years, South Korea turned from one of the world's largest defense importers to exports. In this interview, Korean expert HG Hong (Platoon Magazine) explains why.
1 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 6 min
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 market. For many, that's a warning sign: the bigger these firms get, the harder they are to challenge, and the easier itbecomes to charge more and deliver less without losing customers. It's the opposite of how competitive markets are supposed to work, and the reason calls to revive antitrust enforcement keep growing louder. But is market power really on the rise? And are monopoliespart of why everything feels so expensive?…
24 Sep 2026 · 50 min
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 explanations for long-run demographic change, the role of smartphones, and the evidence for and against different policies aimed at boosting birth rates at the national level.
17 Sep 2026 · 1 hr
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, where, and how? We discuss San Francisco's decontrol-recontrol model and whether it can blunt the harms of gentrification.
10 Sep 2026 · 47 min
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 what the tribute system actually was and whether or not we can anticipate seeing it return.
3 Sep 2026 · 54 min
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, author of Land is a Big Deal, discusses the history and relevance of land value taxes to prevent land speculation and address the housing affordability crisis.
27 Aug 2026 · 46 min
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.
20 Aug 2026 · 48 min
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 economic consequences of low birth rates societies? In this episode, we bring FT chief data reporter John Burn-Murdoch to make sense about these trends.
E50 · 13 Aug 2026 · 46 min
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6 Aug 2026 · 46 min
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 psychology as a science and how paradigms improve scientific progress.
31 Jul 2026 · 27 min
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 Hormuz remain closed? and what could that mean for the Gulf countries?
23 Jul 2026 · 57 min
Takuji Aida, advisor to prime minister Sanae Takaichi, explains Sanaenomics.
16 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 8 min
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 different policy tools to reduce it.
9 Jul 2026 · 58 min
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.
2 Jul 2026 · 43 min
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 dig into the recent Norwegian experience with wealth taxation. How big was the response from the wealthy? Did the tax raise enough revenue to compensate for the capital flight? And what are the lessons for other countries considering a wealth tax of their own?
24 Jun 2026 · 42 min
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/press/blog/date/2026/html/ecb.blog20260603~3015f38292.en.html https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/date/2025/html/ecb.blog20250508~897078ce87.en.html https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/date/2026/html/ecb.blog20260309~3a4841b028.en.html
17 Jun 2026 · 30 min
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 strait of Hormuz.
4 Jun 2026 · 45 min
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 their wages have largely stagnated. Where did the gains go, and what can policy actually do about it? In this episode, we examine the central argument of The Wage Standard , the new book by labor economist Arindrajit Dube. Dube argues that the decoupling of wages from productivity is not an inevitable consequence of technological change or globalization, but a political and institutional failure, one that can be reversed. We…
28 May 2026 · 40 min
Are governments finally hitting their debt limits? In this interview, Professor Dirk discusses the role of bond markets and central banks on government borrowing
E39 · 21 May 2026 · 1 hr
Interview with prof. Paul Poast from University of Chicago
19 May 2026 · 50 min
Economics professor John Cochrane discusses the limits of government borrowing. Is public debt sustainable? What caused the latest inflation episode?
7 May 2026 · 1 hr 2 min
Columbia Professor Wojciech Kopczuk discusses progressive taxation. Is the US tax system less progressive than European systems? What are the potential and the limitations of a wealth tax?
E36 · 30 Apr 2026 · 49 min
Interview on the book why we are getting poorer with Dr. Cahal Moran the man behind the YouTube channel Unlearning Economics.
E35 · 23 Apr 2026 · 26 min
LSE professor Steffen Hertog gives an overview of how the various Gulf economies are holding up after almost 2 months of the US-Israel vs. Iran war and the closure of the strait of Hormuz.
E34 · 16 Apr 2026 · 32 min
Jasper van Dijk from the Dutch Institute for Public Economics on why a lack of venture capital is NOT why Europe lacks big recent firms.
E33 · 10 Apr 2026 · 58 min
Interview with LSE professor Alan Manning about his recent book: Why Immigration Policy is Difficult and How to Make it Better.
E32 · 27 Mar 2026 · 49 min
Interview with the author of the book: Iran's Grand Strategy.
E31 · 26 Mar 2026 · 55 min
Discussion with Columbia university professor Sheri Berman on the history, characteristics and causes of populism.
E30 · 19 Mar 2026 · 54 min
Interview about a thought provoking paper analyzing thousands of CCP internal communications about what China wants on the world stage.
E29 · 12 Mar 2026 · 58 min
Interview with Notre Dame associate professor Alexander Kustov on the research he did for his book In Our Interest: How Democracies Can Make Immigration Popular
Interviews with leading (macro) economists, social scientists and financial professionals to uncover the nuanced facts shaping our global economy.
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