Episodes
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Yuhua Wang on the Rise and Fall of Imperial China
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Up until the 18th century, China was the world’s hegemon. So how did it get there in the first place? And why did the Empire collapse abruptly in the 20th century? Today, Yuhua Wang will talk to us about his most recent book, where he argues the Chinese state experienced a gradual decline in its state capacity caused by a sovereign’s dilemma, where cohesive elites strengthened the state but also weakened the position of the emperor.
Monday Oct 31, 2022
James McAndrews on Narrow Banking
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Narrow banks are depository institutions that focus on investing in federal reserve deposits and pass on most of the interest accrued to their respective depositors. Dr. James McAndrews, CEO of TNB USA Inc., will help us unravel what role narrow banking can play in modern financial systems.
Sunday Oct 16, 2022
Maria Pia Paganelli on the Relevance of Adam Smith Today
Sunday Oct 16, 2022
Sunday Oct 16, 2022
Adam Smith is widely acknowledged as the father of economics. Yet, in his own time, he was mostly known for his moral and jural philosophy work. So what do we set to gain by directly reading him today? Today we are joined by Maria Pia Paganelli, who will act as our guide into Adam Smith's work and the importance of the History of Economic Thought as a discipline.
Sunday Oct 02, 2022
Alejandro Martínez-Marquina on the Economic Impact of Winning theLottery
Sunday Oct 02, 2022
Sunday Oct 02, 2022
Cash transfers have become a much-discussed policy tool. But studying the impact of sudden wealth shocks remains controversial. Martínez-Marquina joins us to discuss his recent research on an interesting setting that may help us shed light on the discussion: the effect of winning the lottery in Spanish towns since the 1900s.
Sunday Sep 11, 2022
Sunday Sep 11, 2022
To measure is to know. That has been science's dictum since the industrial revolution. But what happens when our measurement estimates are wrong? Today we will be joined by Timothy Guinnane. He will talk to us about how inaccurate the world's historical population estimates are and the general implications for economics, demography, and social sciences.
Sunday Aug 14, 2022
Anne Beck Knudsen on Migration and Cultural Change in Scandinavia
Sunday Aug 14, 2022
Sunday Aug 14, 2022
What makes people move away from their places of origin, and what are the consequences? Economic concerns matter, of course, but cultural attitudes that select people to migrate matter too. Today we will be joined by Anne Beck Sofie Knudsen, who will talk to us about Scandinavian migration to America in the 19th century
Sunday Jul 31, 2022
Bryan Cutsinger on Money and Banking in Antebellum America
Sunday Jul 31, 2022
Sunday Jul 31, 2022
The history of money is the history of human exchange. We may now take for granted the
existence of national monies, but our current monetary system anchored around central
banks is a product of 20th-century political economy developments. Today we will be
joined by Bryan Cutsinger, who will discuss his research on the history of money provision
in North America in the 19th century.
Monday Apr 25, 2022
Oded Galor on the Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality
Monday Apr 25, 2022
Monday Apr 25, 2022
Global concerns about comparative economic development, growth, and inequality cannot be adequately assessed without attending to the core foundations that have shaped human history. Today, Oded Galor joins us to discuss his most recent book on this topic: The Journey of Humanity. We talk about why a unified approach to economic growth is needed, why population size, population composition, and technological change matter, and why we can be hopeful about humanity's future.
You can get the book here: www.amazon.com/Journey-Humanity-Origins-Wealth-Inequality/dp/0593185994
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