Economics

Economics

episodes

Interviews with economists about their new books.

Prakash Kashwan, "Decolonizing Environmentalism: Alternative Visions and Practices of Environmental Action" (Bloomsbury, 2024)

August 30, 2026

Decolonizing Environmentalism

Prakash Kashwan and Aseem Hasnain

Brought to you by the BISA Environment and Climate Politics Working Group. Decolonizing Environmentalism: Alternative Visions and Practices of Envi…

Mark S. LeClair, "Foul Play in the Nonprofit Sector: Analyzing Corruption in US Charities" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024)

August 28, 2026

Foul Play in the Nonprofit Sector

Mark S. LeClair
Hosted by Nick Pozek

It is quite easy to find corruption within nonprofits. This is particularly the case in the subsector of not-for-profits that are incorporated as trad…

China Office of Finnish Industries

August 27, 2026

China Office of Finnish Industries

Kevin Broady, Marleena Makkonen and Anton Karppanen

Why have Finland’s biggest multinationals teamed up to create a globally unique analysis hub just to decode the future of China? Meet the analysts who…

Kanchana N. Ruwanpura and Wilfried Swenden eds., "Protecting Workers? Crisis, COVID-19 and South Asia" (Helsinki UP, 2026)

August 27, 2026

Protecting Workers?

Kanchana N. Ruwanpura and Wilfried Swenden eds.

In our recent conversation about Protecting Workers? Crisis, COVID-19 and South Asia (Helsinki UP, 2026), the editors Kanchana N. Ruwanpura and Wilfri…

Paul Johnson, "Challenging Inequalities: How We Got Stuck and Where We Go Next" (Princeton UP, 2026)

August 26, 2026

Challenging Inequalities

Paul Johnson

There is a widespread sense throughout the developed world that progress towards a better society has stalled. Many countries, including the UK, have …

Dimple Abichandani, "A New Era of Philanthropy: Ten Practices to Transform Wealth into a More Just and Sustainable Future" (North Atlantic Books, 2025)

August 26, 2026

A New Era of Philanthropy

Dimple Abichandani
Hosted by Nick Pozek

Can philanthropy be an anti-racist, feminist, relational, and joyful expression of solidarity? This book argues that it not only can be for the future…

Shelly Lundberg "How Economics Discovered Women: Bringing Gender Economics into the Twenty-First Century" (U California Press, 2026)

August 25, 2026

How Economics Discovered Women

Shelly Lundberg
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

In the 1970s, as women started to enter the labor force in unprecedented numbers, economists began to examine their roles as economic actors. The resu…

Brian Callaci, "Chains of Command: The Rise and Cruel Reign of the Franchise Economy" (U Chicago Press, 2026)

August 25, 2026

Chains of Command

Brian Callaci
Hosted by Anna Olteanu

Chains of Command: The Rise and Cruel Reign of the Franchise Economy (University of Chicago Press, 2026) is a surprising look at the big business of o…

China Comes to Town: Chinese Investment and Local Politics in the U.S. with Emily Conrad

August 21, 2026

China Comes to Town:

with Emily Conrad

Chinese investment in the United States has become an increasingly contentious issue that is much more complicated than headlines suggest. In this epi…

A Succinct View of How AI is Changing Business and Work Right Now

August 20, 2026

A Succinct View of How AI is Changing Business and Work Right Now

Stephanie Kim

Does it seem like the business world is in its own version of an arms race to figure out AI? It’s a moment when even a little wisdom, grounded in exp…

Nancy Folbre, "Making Care Work: Why Our Economy Should Put People First" (U California Press, 2026)

August 19, 2026

Making Care Work

Nancy Folbre

A bold critique of conventional economics that reveals why the time and money we devote to care work is vital to our economic future.Our economy is mu…

Andres Saenz de Sicilia, "Subsumption in Kant, Hegel and Marx: From the Critique of Reason to the Critique of Society" (Brill, 2024)

August 7, 2026

Subsumption in Kant, Hegel and Marx

Andres Saenz de Sicilia

Subsumption in Kant, Hegel and Marx: From the Critique of Reason to the Critique of Society is the latest book from Dr Andres Saenz De Sicilia, an Ass…

On Behalf of HR Realizing Its Necessary Potential - Not as a Complaint Department

August 6, 2026

On Behalf of HR Realizing Its Necessary Potential - Not as a Complaint Department

Pat Garland

Pat Garland is an HR leader, author, consultant and Adjunct Instructor at Loyola University’s Quinlan School of Business (in Chicago). Her career has …

Joe Ngai and Nick Leung, "The Next China Is Still China: An Insider's Playbook for Winning in the New Era" (Scribner, 2026)

July 30, 2026

The Next China Is Still China

Joe Ngai and Nick Leung
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon

What’s going on in the Chinese economy? China reported GDP growth of just 4.3% last quarter. Consumption is sluggish, exports are booming, electronics…

Robert Lee Maril, "Hungry Oklahoma: Confronting Poverty and Food Insecurity" (U Oklahoma Press, 2026)

July 30, 2026

Hungry Oklahoma

Robert Lee Maril
Hosted by Deidre Tyler

In Oklahoma, one out of every six residents is poor. One in five children lives in poverty and faces food insecurity. In Hungry Oklahoma: Confronting …

Re-Evaluating CX in the AI Era

July 30, 2026

Re-Evaluating CX in the AI Era

Michael Brandt, Dr. Vincent Covello, Deanna Leonard

Michael Brand is a CX strategist and trainer, based in Switzerland, who has been named a Thinkers 360 Top 50 Global Thought Leader on Customer Loyalty…

Adam Y. Liu, "Authoritarian Markets: The Politics of China's Banking Explosion" (Cornell UP, 2026)

July 28, 2026

Authoritarian Markets

Adam Y. Liu
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Authoritarian Markets explores the political foundations of China's banking boom and its far-reaching impact on the Chinese economy. In 1978 China …

Toby Miller and Joan Pedro Carañana, "Global Sports Go Green—Or Do They?" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2026)

July 26, 2026

Global Sports Go Green—Or Do They?

Toby Miller and Joan Pedro Carañana
Hosted by Dave O'Brien

Just how much damage is sport doing to the planet? In Global Sports Go Green—Or Do They? (Palgrave Macmillan, 2026) Toby Miller, Profesor Distinguido …

Andrew Flachs, "Feeding the World as If People Mattered: How Small Farms Produce Value Beyond Yields" (U Arizona Press, 2026)

July 24, 2026

Feeding the World as If People Mattered

Andrew Flachs

Backyard gardens flush with cucumbers, tomatoes, and peppers where bees buzz and chickens scratch. Beyond, a forest filled with blackberries and jewel…

Systemic, Non-Linear Change Is Today’s Path Forward

July 23, 2026

Systemic, Non-Linear Change Is Today’s Path Forward

Ilene Fischer

Ilene Fischer is the founder and CEO of Sophia Network, where she guides executive leaders through the turbulence of disruptive change, mergers, reorg…