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Finance
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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An interview with scholars of finance about their new books.

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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
South Asian Studies December 27, 2021

Making Women Pay

Microfinance in Urban India

Smitha Radhakrishnan

Hosted by Saronik Bosu
In Making Women Pay: Microfinance in Urban India (Duke UP, 2022), Smitha Radhakrishnan explores India's microfinance industry, which in the past two decades has come to saturate the everyday lives …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast December 14, 2021

Enlightened Entrepreneurialism

Margaret Jacob

Hosted by Howard Burton
Enlightened Entrepreneurialism is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Margaret Jacob, Distinguished Professor of History at UCLA. Topics examined during this extensive conversation include Margaret Jacob’s …
Public Policy December 6, 2021

The Privatization of Everything

How the Plunder of Public Goods Transformed America and How We Can Fight Back

Donald Cohen and Allen Mikaelian

Hosted by Stephen Pimpare
As people reach for social justice and better lives, they create public goods--free education, public health, open parks, clean water, and many others--that must be kept out of the market …
Recall This Book December 2, 2021

Daniel Souleles on Private Equity (JP, EF)

Recall this Buck 4

Daniel Souleles

Hosted by Elizabeth Ferry and John Plotz
In this installment of our Recall this Buck series (check out our earlier conversations with Thomas Piketty, Peter Brown and Christine Desan), John and Elizabeth talk with Daniel Souleles, anthropologist …
Public Policy November 30, 2021

The Future of Capitalism

Facing the New Anxieties

Paul Collier

Hosted by Leo Nasskau
Deep new rifts are tearing apart the fabric of Britain and other Western societies: thriving cities versus the provinces; the high-skilled elite versus the less educated. As these divides deepen …
Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight November 11, 2021

Money off the Table

Decision Science and the Secret to Smarter Investing

Nika Kabiri

Hosted by Dan Hill
Today I talked to Nika Kabiri about her new book Money off the Table: Decision Science and the Secret to Smarter Investing (Houndstooth Press, 2020). Adam Smith not only helped to …
Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight November 4, 2021

You Are What You Risk

The New Art and Science of Navigating an Uncertain World

Michele Wucker

Hosted by Dan Hill
Today I talked to Michele Wucker about her new book You Are What You Risk: The New Art and Science of Navigating an Uncertain World (Pegasus Books, 2021) Your risk fingerprint is …
Politics & Polemics October 27, 2021

The Money Illusion

Market Monetarism, the Great Recession, and the Future of Monetary Policy

Scott Sumner

Hosted by Kirk Meighoo
Is it possible that the consensus around what caused the 2008 Great Recession is almost entirely wrong? It's happened before. Just as Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz led the economics …
Technology October 25, 2021

Building the New Economy

Data As Capital

Alex Pentland and Alexander Lipton

Hosted by Galina Limorenko
Data is now central to the economy, government, and health systems—so why are data and the AI systems that interpret the data in the hands of so few people? Alex …
Politics & Polemics October 18, 2021

Outgrowing Capitalism

Rethinking Money to Reshape Society and Pursue Purpose

Marco Dondi

Hosted by Kirk Meighoo
In Outgrowing Capitalism: Rethinking Money to Reshape Society and Pursue Purpose (Fast Company Press, 2021), Marco Dondi sheds light on the fact that most people do not have the economic security to …
The Future of Higher Education October 18, 2021

The Economics of Higher Education

A Discussion with David Finegold

David Finegold

Hosted by Daniel Peris
In this episode, Daniel Peris, the host of the “Keep Calm and Carry On Investing” podcast, and David Finegold have a wide-ranging discussion of economics and governance questions inherent in …
Finance October 13, 2021

The Myth of Private Equity

An Inside Look at Wall Street's Transformative Investments

Jeffrey C. Hooke

Hosted by Daniel Peris
Jeffrey Hooke's The Myth of Private Equity: An Inside Look at Wall Street's Transformative Investments (Columbia Business School, 2021) is a scathing indictment of the high-flying world of private equity. Piece by …
Economics October 6, 2021

Discovering Prices

Auction Design in Markets with Complex Constraints

Paul Milgrom

Hosted by Peter Lorentzen
Neoclassical economic theory shows that under the right conditions, prices alone can guide markets to efficient outcomes. But what if it it’s hard to find the right price? In many …
Economics October 5, 2021

Who Gets What -- and Why

The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design

Alvin E. Roth

Hosted by Peter Lorentzen
In Who Gets What — and Why: The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design (Mariner Books, 2015), Nobel Memorial Prize Winner Alvin Roth explains his pioneering work in the …
Critical Theory September 15, 2021

Trade and Nation

How Companies and Politics Reshaped Economic Thought

Emily Erikson

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
How can ideas from sociology help us understand history and economics? In Trade and Nation: How Companies and Politics Reshaped Economic Thought (Columbia UP, 2021), Emily Erikson, Associate Professor of …