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Asian Review of Books March 23, 2023

Money Machine

A Trailblazing American Venture in China

Weijian Shan

Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
In 2010, Ping An took over Shenzhen Development Bank, ending an experiment that had never been tried before, and not been tried since: a foreign company owning and managing a …

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Interviews with economists about their new books.

Psychology March 23, 2023

Capitalism and Desire

The Psychic Cost of Free Markets

Todd McGowan

Hosted by Eugenio Duarte
If you have ever gotten excited over buying a new object only to feel let down once you acquire it, then today’s discussion will be relevant to you. My guest …
The Future of . . . with Owen Bennett-Jones March 22, 2023

The Future of Genes and Equality

A Discussion with Kathryn Paige Harden

Kathryn Paige Harden

Hosted by Owen Bennett-Jones
If your genes make you better suited to succeed, is that fair? And if not, can anything be done about it? Kathryn Paige Harden – professor psychology at University of …
Peoples & Things March 20, 2023

Left to Our Own Devices

A Conversation with Julia Ticona

Julia Ticona

Hosted by Lee Vinsel
Over the past three decades, digital technologies like smartphones and laptops have transformed the way we work in the US. At the same time, workers at both ends of the …
Economics March 19, 2023

From China's Lost Generation to American Private Equity Professor

A Discussion with Weijian Shan

Weijian Shan

Hosted by Keith Krueger
Having lived through both China’s Great Leap Forward during primary school, then the Cultural Revolution and the closing of schools for ten years, Beijing-born Weijian Shan, instead of a secondary …
Political Science March 16, 2023

The Informal Regulation of Criminal Markets in Latin America

Hernán Flom

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Political Scientist Hernán Flom has written a fascinating and nuanced analysis of how the criminal drug markets operate in Argentina and Brazil. Instead of tracking the path that illegal drugs …
Southeast Asian Studies March 15, 2023

Unsettled Frontiers

Market Formation in the Cambodia-Vietnam Borderlands

Sango Mahanty

Hosted by Michele Ford
Like other global frontiers, the Cambodia-Vietnam borderlands are a hotspot for migration, land claims, and markets for newly introduced commodities. These topics and more are the focus of Sango Mahanty’s …
Economics March 15, 2023

Lives Amid Violence

Transforming Development in the Wake of Conflict

Mareike Schomerus

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Violent conflict and its aftermath are pressing problems, particularly for international development initiatives. However, the results of development in conflict contexts have generally been disappointing and their preventative potential thus …
Van Leer Institute Series on Ideas with Renee Garfinkel March 15, 2023

Wild Problems

A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us

Russ Roberts

Hosted by Renee Garfinkel
Algorithms and apps analyze data and tell you how to beat the traffic, what books to buy, what music to listen to, and even who to date—often with great results …
Politics & Polemics March 12, 2023

The Covid Consensus

The Global Assault on Democracy and the Poor—A Critique from the Left

Toby Green and Thomas Fazi

Hosted by Pierre d'Alancaisez
During the first months of the pandemic, governments worldwide agreed that ‘following the science’ with hard lockdowns and vaccine mandates was the best way to preserve life. But evidence is …
Political Science March 7, 2023

Dictatorship and Information

Authoritarian Regime Resilience in Communist Europe and China

Martin K. Dimitrov

Hosted by Peter Lorentzen
Fear pervades dictatorial regimes. Citizens fear leaders, the regime's agents fear superiors, and leaders fear the masses. The ubiquity of fear in such regimes gives rise to the "dictator's dilemma," …
The Future of . . . with Owen Bennett-Jones March 7, 2023

The Silk Road

Connecting Histories and Futures

Tim Winter

Hosted by Owen Bennett-Jones
The term "Silk Road" evokes images of trade and exotic luxurious goods and Orientalist images. Today, however, it also is associated with the projection of Chinese power abroad. And as that …
High Theory March 7, 2023

Choice Architecture

A Discussion with Eli Cook

Eli Cook

Hosted by Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
In this episode of High Theory, Eli Cook tells us about choice architecture. The term was invented by behavioral economists in 2008 who proposed it as a soft-power model of …
Sociology March 6, 2023

The Perfect Fit

Creative Work in the Global Shoe Industry

Claudio E. Benzecry

Hosted by Jun Fang
The Perfect Fit: Creative Work in the Global Shoe Industry (The University of Chicago Press, 2022) shows us how globalization works through the many people and places involved in making women’s shoes.We know a …
South Asian Studies March 5, 2023

Planning Democracy

Modern India's Quest for Development

Nikhil Menon

Hosted by Anubha Anushree
The Indian planning project was one of the postcolonial world's most ambitious experiments. Planning Democracy: Modern India's Quest for Development (Cambridge UP, 2022) explores how India fused Soviet-inspired economic management …
Public Policy March 1, 2023

Unequal Cities

Overcoming Anti-Urban Bias to Reduce Inequality in the United States

Richard McGahey

Hosted by Stephen Pimpare
Cities are central to prosperity: they are hubs of innovation and growth. However, the economic vitality of wealthy cities is marred by persistent and pervasive inequality—and deeply entrenched anti-urban policies …
Geography March 1, 2023

Indigenous Economics

Sustaining Peoples and Their Lands

Ronald L. Trosper

Hosted by Stentor Danielson
What does “development” mean for Indigenous peoples? Indigenous Economics: Sustaining Peoples and Their Lands (U Arizona Press, 2022) lays out an alternative path showing that conscious attention to relationships among …
The Future of . . . with Owen Bennett-Jones February 24, 2023

The Future of Democratic Capitalism

A Discussion with Martin Wolf

Martin Wolf

Hosted by Owen Bennett-Jones
Does China show that capitalism works better without democracy? What can be done to secure the future of open societies in which there is wealth, tolerance and stability? Martin Wolf …
Finance February 23, 2023

The Rise of Central Banks

State Power in Financial Capitalism

Leon Wansleben

Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
While central banks have gained remarkable influence over the past fifty years, promising more stability, global finance has gone from crisis to crisis. How do we explain this development? Drawing …
Environmental Studies February 21, 2023

Negative Ecologies

Fossil Fuels and the Discovery of the Environment

David Bond

Hosted by Cody Skahan
So much of what we know of clean water, clean air, and now a stable climate rests on how fossil fuels first disrupted them. Negative Ecologies: Fossil Fuels and the …