New Books Network
Economics
Technology January 20, 2022

In AI We Trust

Power, Illusion and Control of Predictive Algorithms

Helga Nowotny

Hosted by Galina Limorenko
Today I talked to Helga Nowotny about her new book In AI We Trust: Power, Illusion and Control of Predictive Algorithms (Polity, 2021).One of the most persistent concerns about the future is …

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Economics January 18, 2022

The Super Age

Decoding Our Demographic Destiny

Bradley Schurman

Hosted by Galina Limorenko
Societies all over the world are getting older, the result of the fact that we are living longer and having fewer children. At some point in the near future, much …
The Future of Higher Education January 17, 2022

A Conversation with Bijal Shah

Chief Experience Officer, Guild Education

Bijal Shah

Hosted by David Finegold
Bijal Shah shares story of the meteoric rise of Guild Education, the Denver-based ed tech firm that has quickly emerged as the leading marketplace for corporate education. True to its …
Ethnographic Marginalia January 14, 2022

Ethnography in Rural Indonesia

In Conversation with Tania Li

Tania Murray Li

Hosted by Alexander Diamond
What can years of ethnographic engagement with rural Indonesia teach us about capitalism, development, and resistance? On this episode of Ethnographic Marginalia, our guest is Dr. Tania Li, Professor of …
Critical Theory January 11, 2022

Reimagining the Creative Industries

Youth Creative Work, Communities of Care

Miranda Campbell

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
How can we make creative industries fair and inclusive? In Reimagining the Creative Industries: Youth Creative Work, Communities of Care (Routledge, 2021), Miranda Campbell, an associate professor in the School …
Economic and Business History January 10, 2022

Nature′s Evil

A Cultural History of Natural Resources

Alexander Etkind

Hosted by Galina Limorenko
In Nature′s Evil: A Cultural History of Natural Resources (Polity Press, 2021), Alexander Etkind views the history of humankind through the prism of natural resources – how we acquire them, use …
African Studies December 29, 2021

Making the World Global

U.S. Universities and the Production of the Global Imaginary

Isaac A. Kamola

Hosted by Sara Katz
Following World War II the American government and philanthropic foundations fundamentally remade American universities into sites for producing knowledge about the world as a collection of distinct nation-states. As neoliberal …
Chinese Studies December 21, 2021

Disaggregating China, Inc.

State Strategies in the Liberal Economic Order

Yeling Tan

Hosted by Keith Krueger
Once you understand that markets require public institutions of governance and regulation in order to function well, and further, you accept that nations may have different preferences over the shape …
Economics December 20, 2021

Economy Studies

A Guide to Rethinking Econom​ics Education

Sam de Muijnck and Joris Tieleman

Hosted by Utsav Saksena
The Economy Studies project emerged from the worldwide movement to modernise economics education, spurred on by the global financial crisis of 2008, the climate crisis, and the COVID-19 pandemic. It …
Economics December 17, 2021

Democratizing the Economics Debate

Pluralism and Research Evaluation

Carlo D'Ippoliti

Hosted by Andrea Bernardi
I spoke with Dr. Carlo D’Ippoliti, Professor of Economics at the Department of statistical sciences, Sapienza University of Rome. We talked about Democratizing the Economics Debate; Pluralism and Research Evaluation. This was published …
Public Policy December 16, 2021

The Quest for a Divided Welfare State

Sweden in the Era of Privatization

John Lapidus

Hosted by Leo Nasskau
Generous welfare states are losing their key characteristics, not least in Sweden, where privatisation of funding has proceeded privatisation of provision, beginning in the 1990s. Supplementary exclusionary sources of welfare in …
Recall This Book December 16, 2021

"Studying Up" with Daniel Souleles (EF, JP)

Recall this Buck 5

Daniel Souleles

Hosted by Elizabeth Ferry and John Plotz
John and Elizabeth continue their conversation with Daniel Souleles, anthropologist at the Copenhagen Business School and author of Songs of Profit, Songs of Loss: Private Equity, Wealth, and Inequality (Lincoln …
Critical Theory December 15, 2021

The Trouble with Passion

How Searching for Fulfillment at Work Fosters Inequality

Erin Cech

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
Should we love work? In The Trouble with Passion: How Searching for Fulfillment at Work Fosters Inequality (U California Press, 2021), Erin Cech, an Associate Professor of Sociology at the …
Middle Eastern Studies December 13, 2021

Trials of Resilience

How Covid-19 Is Driving Economic Change in the Arab Gulf

Jarmo T. Kotilaine

Hosted by Mark Klobas
The Gulf region can no longer rely on the traditional growth drivers – oil, government spending, and large infrastructure projects. The anticipated rise in living standards must come by other …
Film December 9, 2021

Hollywood Shutdown

Production, Distribution, and Exhibition in the Time of COVID

Kate Fortmueller

Hosted by Joel Tscherne
By March 2020, the spread of COVID-19 had reached pandemic proportions, forcing widespread shutdowns across industries, including Hollywood. Studios, networks, production companies, and the thousands of workers who make film …
The Proust Questionnaire Podcast June 25, 2020

Proust Questionnaire 2

Paul Romer, Economist

Paul Romer

Hosted by Uli Baer and Caroline Weber
Paul Romer has devoted his professional life to understand better and measure how human ingenuity is a major force in economic development. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics …
Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight January 13, 2022

Glass Half Broken

Shattering the Barriers That Still Hold Women Back at Work

Coleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg

Hosted by Dan Hill
Today I talked to Colleen Ammerman about her new book (co-authored with Boris Groysberg) Glass Half Broken: Shattering the Barriers That Still Hold Women Back at Work (HBR Press, 2021) …
Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight December 30, 2021

Business Unusual

Values, Uncertainty and the Psychology of Brand Resilience

Nathalie Nahai

Hosted by Dan Hill
Today I talked to Nathalie Nahai new book Values, Uncertainty and the Psychology of Brand Resilience (Kogan Page, 2022) David Brooks once joked that in the end the “revolution” promised us …
Critical Theory December 28, 2021

Practicing Cooperation

Mutual Aid Beyond Capitalism

Andrew Zitcer

Hosted by Rachel Pagones
Have you ever stopped to think about your local grocery cooperative and what makes it different than, say Safeway or Giant or Whole Foods? That is, if you have a …
Economics December 28, 2021

The Behavioral Economics of Inflation Expectations

Macroeconomics Meets Psychology

Tobias F. Rötheli

Hosted by Tim Jones
Inflation expectations – their formation, predictive accuracy, and influence on business price-setting and household consumption – remain one of the great macroeconomic puzzles and challenges to policymakers. As inflation returns …