New Books Network
Finance
Economics May 7, 2021

Post Growth

Life after Capitalism

Tim Jackson

Hosted by Andrea Bernardi
I spoke with Prof. Tim Jackson about his latest book: Post Growth, Life after Capitalism, published by Polity Books in 2021. The book starts with a reflection on the event …

Subscribe to

Finance

on the NBN

RSS Spotify Stitcher Apple Premium Ad-Free Email Alerts
Jewish Studies May 5, 2021

The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex

The History of a Multibillion-Dollar Institution

Lila Corwin Berman

Hosted by Zalman Newfield
For years, American Jewish philanthropy has been celebrated as the proudest product of Jewish endeavors in the United States, its virtues extending from the local to the global, the Jewish …
Public Policy May 4, 2021

The Other Side of the Coin

Public Opinion toward Social Tax Expenditures

Christopher G. Faricy and Christopher Ellis

Hosted by Stephen Pimpare
In The Other Side of the Coin: Public Opinion toward Social Tax Expenditures (Russell Sage Foundation, 2021), political scientists Christopher Ellis and Christopher Faricy examine public opinion towards social tax …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership May 3, 2021

Michael Blakey

Entrepreneur, Angel and Seed Investor

Hosted by Richard Lucas
In this podcast Michael Blakey describes how as a strongly dyslexic child his relationship with schooling and formal education was very challenging. He credits his parents with putting him in …
Finance April 20, 2021

Probable Justice

Rethinking the Politics of Risk

Rachel Z. Friedman

Hosted by Daniel Peris
The emergence of individual and commercial insurance in Early Modern Europe required an understanding of probability. In Probable Justice: Rethinking the Politics of Risk (U Chicago Press, 2020), Rachel Friedman highlights the …
Public Policy April 13, 2021

Engine of Inequality

The Fed and the Future of Wealth in America

Karen Petrou

Hosted by Stephen Pimpare
Following the 2008 financial crisis, the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy placed much greater focus on stabilizing the market than on helping struggling Americans. As a result, the richest Americans got …
European Studies April 12, 2021

The Legal History of the European Banking Union

How European Law Led to the Supranational Integration of the Single Financial Market

Pedro Gustavo Teixeira

Hosted by Tim Jones
Today I talked to Pedro Gustavo Teixeira about his new book The Legal History of the European Banking Union: How European Law Led to the Supranational Integration of the Single Financial Market …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership April 12, 2021

Mungo Keulemans

CEO and Entrepreneur

Hosted by Richard Lucas
Mungo Keulemans talks about growing up in South Africa, working in the family business, his army experiences, his move to Europe, Japan and back to Europe. We hear about his …
Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight April 8, 2021

The CEO Test

Master the Challenges That Make or Break All Leaders

Adam Bryant and Kevin Sharer

Hosted by Dan Hill
Today I talked to Adam Bryant about his new book (co-authored with Kevin Sharer), The CEO Test: Master the Challenges That Make or Break All Leaders (Harvard Business Press, 2021). Adam …
European Studies April 7, 2021

The Road to Monetary Union

Richard Pomfret

Hosted by Tim Jones
“Economics is the long-run driver” in the history of Europe’s monetary union, writes Richard Pomfret in the first of a new Cambridge Elements series on the Economics of European Integration: The …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership April 5, 2021

Florian Faes

Entrepreneur and Managing Director

Hosted by Richard Lucas
In this episode Florian Feas describes his route into setting up Slator: to solve problems he became aware of, as a result of working in the translation industry in senior …
Finance March 30, 2021

Boom and Bust

A Global History of Financial Bubbles

William Quinn and John D. Turner

Hosted by Daniel Peris
Are we in the midst of a financial bubble? Do the current valuations of the electronic vehicle stocks or their SPACs make you raise an eyebrow?  The trouble with bubbles is that …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership March 29, 2021

Ashutosh Garg

Entrepreneur, Author and Podcaster

Hosted by Richard Lucas
In this episode we talk to Ashutosh about his upbringing and journey into corporate life, and the lessons that taught him. His route into entrepreneurship to build the “Boots …
Public Policy March 26, 2021

The Wealth Hoarders

How Billionaires Pay Millions to Hide Trillions

Chuck Collins

Hosted by Stephen Pimpare
For decades, a secret army of tax attorneys, accountants and wealth managers has been developing into the shadowy Wealth Defense Industry. These ‘agents of inequality’ are paid millions to hide …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership March 23, 2021

Veronique Ozkaya

Chief Executive Officer at Argos Multilingual

Hosted by Richard Lucas
Veronique Ozkaya shares her teenage experience working in the family business, why she wanted to get away from her hometown, her brief career as a diplomat, and rapid rise to …
Van Leer Institute Series on Ideas with Renee Garfinkel March 8, 2021

Philanthropy

From Aristotle to Zuckerberg

Paul Vallely

Hosted by Renee Garfinkel
In this magnum opus, Paul Vallely guides the reader on a journey through the history and meaning of giving in religion and society. Vivid with anecdote and scholarly insight, this …
Public Policy March 4, 2021

Poorly Understood

What America Gets Wrong about Poverty

Mark R. Rank, Lawrence M. Eppard, and Heather E. Bullock

Hosted by Stephen Pimpare
Few topics have as many myths, stereotypes, and misperceptions surrounding them as that of poverty in America. The poor have been badly misunderstood since the beginnings of the country, with …
Entrepreneurship and Leadership March 1, 2021

Entrepreneurship and Leadership

A New Podcast from the NBN

Kimon Fountoukidis and Richard Lucas

Hosted by Richard Lucas
In this episode Kimon and Richard explain why they are launching the NBN Entrepreneurship and Leadership podcast, the topics they are going to delve into with their guests and what …
Science, Technology, and Society February 24, 2021

The Innovation Delusion

How Our Obsession with the New Has Disrupted the Work That Matters Most

Lee Vinsel and Andrew L. Russell

Hosted by Matthew Jordan
It’s hard to avoid innovation these days. Nearly every product gets marketed as being disruptive, whether it’s genuinely a new invention or just a new toothbrush. But in this manifesto …
Economics February 18, 2021

The Spotify Play

How CEO and Founder Daniel Ek Beat Apple, Google, and Amazon in the Race for Audio Dominance

Sven Carlsson and Jonas Leijonhufvud

Hosted by Tim Jones
Fifteen years ago in Stockholm, Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon had a big idea. The music industry was playing a desperate game of whack-a-mole with piracy via file sharing but …