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Economics
Interviews with economists about their new books.
July 24, 2026
Feeding the World as If People Mattered
Backyard gardens flush with cucumbers, tomatoes, and peppers where bees buzz and chickens scratch. Beyond, a forest filled with blackberries and jewel…
July 23, 2026
Systemic, Non-Linear Change Is Today’s Path Forward
Ilene Fischer is the founder and CEO of Sophia Network, where she guides executive leaders through the turbulence of disruptive change, mergers, reorg…
July 19, 2026
Refusing Sustainability
Sustainability has become a touchstone for development worldwide, promising an antidote to environmental degradation and capitalism's excess: waste. R…
July 19, 2026
Against Money
Money is everywhere in our daily lives. It lurks in the swipe of a card at the grocery store, in looming student-loan debts, in the prices of things w…
July 15, 2026
Private Power and Democracy's Decline
Today I'm speaking with Mordecai Kurz, Joan Kenney Professor of Economics Emeritus at Stanford University. We are discussing his latest book, Private …
July 9, 2026
On “Turtling” Versus Being Primed for Possibilities
Tissa Richards is a leadership expert, keynote speaker, and the award-winning author of No Permission Needed and Rethinking Resilience: Fueling Your C…
July 9, 2026
Doubled Up
More than eleven million children in the US live in doubled-up households, sharing space with extended family or friends. These households are even mo…
July 4, 2026
Financial Inclusion
The number of people in the world with a bank account or money service provider increased by 2 billion over the past decade. This phenomenon ref…
July 2, 2026
The Tin Man Model of Running a Company Is Rusty
Phil Le-Brun and Jana Werner are enterprise strategists at Amazon Web Services, based in London. Phil was previously a corporate VP and international …
July 1, 2026
Privatising Humanity
Privatising Humanity: How Our Essential Human Needs Became Financial Assets (Manchester UP, 2026) is the latest book from Dr Kate Bayliss, a Senior Re…
June 29, 2026
Entrepreneurs and the structural transformation of the Chinese apparel industry, 1980–2020
In this interview I met with Dr. Juxuan Zhang (Osaka University) to discuss her research on the history of the Chinese apparel industry since 1979. He…
June 23, 2026
Infrastructure, Nickel, and the Politics of Polyalignment in Indonesia
Indonesia is often framed as a key arena of China-Japan-US competition in the Second Cold War. In this episode, we talk with Trissia Wijaya about her …
June 21, 2026
Privileged Minorities
Mesrob Vartavarian has written a wonderful book. Privileged Minorities: A History of Wealth Concentration on South Africa (Ohio UP, 2026) argues that…
June 18, 2026
Reinvention in an Era of Volatility
Caroline Stokes is a strategist who works with C-Suites and Boards to lead their organizations through AI disruption, climate risk, and geopolitical i…
June 12, 2026
How Does the Second-Hand Book Business Really Work?
Today I’m speaking with Mike Lane, Managing Director and co-founder of WeBuyBooks about the economics of the second-hand book business. WeBuyBooks is …
June 7, 2026
Spectropolis
In Singapore, the financial center of Southeast Asia, hyperurbanization and commercial development exist alongside enduring belief in the economic pow…
June 6, 2026
Walmart
Walmart: Made in China (Stanford University Press, 2026) by Dr. Eileen Otis tells the story of Walmart's expansion in China, making the case that…
June 3, 2026
Housing Policy At An Expensive Dead End
If governments provide financial support for affordable housing, should they provide support for inhabitants directly, or rather for the construction …
June 3, 2026
The Vision of the Firm
This coursebook, written by top scholars in the business law and ethics area, contains the complete summary of the leading theories of business ethics…
May 30, 2026
Kevin Warsh: "What did you have to say in order to get this job?"
More than any single institution, the US Federal Reserve drives global financial markets with its decisions and communications. While its interest rat…