Money & Macro Talks
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Why are the wealthiest so wealthy? | Joachim Hubmer
Why are the wealthiest so wealthy? | Joachim Hubmer
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Interviews with leading (macro) economists, social scientists and financial professionals to uncover the nuanced facts shaping our global economy.
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- Why are the wealthiest so wealthy? | Joachim Hubmer · 55 minHow do the wealthiest people get so rich? Did they inherit it? Earn it? Save more than everyone else? Or simply invest better? Our guest, Joachim Hubmer, co-authored “Why Are the…
- The epic story of how bonds built the modern world | Robin Wigglesworth · 1 godz. 26 min · Odcinek 61Interview with FT Alphaville editor Robin Wigglesworth about his new book: A Fabulous Debt: How Bonds Built the Modern World.
- Why does Turkey have more female engineers than Finland? | Manuel Bagues · 44 minIn Sweden, Norway and Finland, women have more freedom and opportunity than almost anywhere else on Earth. Yet these are also the places where fewer women choose to study…
- The false promises of the AI industry | Ilyaz Nasrullah · 1 godz. 17 min · Odcinek 59Interview with Ilyaz Nasrullah (computer scientist & columnist) about his new book. The book in Dutch can be found here: https://www.nieuwezijds.nl/boek/dit-is-ai/ Research…
- What's really behind Korea's massive defense export boom | HB Hong · 44 min · Odcinek 58In just a couple of years, South Korea turned from one of the world's largest defense importers to exports. In this interview, Korean expert HG Hong (Platoon Magazine) explains…
- Are monopolies really taking over the economy? | Brian Albrecht · 1 godz. 5 minBig Tech has never been bigger. Google, Amazon and Metaserve more customers and earn bigger profits every year, and AI companies are claiming a growing share of the stock market…
- How governments can increase fertility rates | Lyman Stone · 50 minWhy have fertility rates collapsed in the past decades? Is there anything governments can do to reverse this situation? In this episode, we review the leading explanations for…
- Economist defends rent controls | prof. Frank Braconi · 60 minFrank Braconi is one of the few economists willing to argue that rent control, properly designed, can work. But what does "properly designed" mean? When should it be used, where…
- What Chinese rule will actually look like | Dr. Dave Kang · 47 minAs China's star rises, people like Ray Dalio think we may see the emergence of a new tribute system. In this podcast, I discuss with tribute system expert Dr. Dave Kang what the…
- Can a land value tax fix housing? | Lars Doucet · 54 minPrime downtown land sits empty while cities run out of housing. Tax buildings and you punish building; tax land and you punish sitting on it. In this episode, Lars Doucet, author…
- What over 100 studies reveal about rent controls? | Prof. Konstantin Kholodilin · 46 minWhat does sixty years of evidence actually say about rent control? Konstantin Kholodilin (DIW Berlin) read 112 empirical studies to find out. We go through the results.
- Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once | John Burn-Murdoch · 48 minFertility rates are falling in the Europe and the US, but also in places China, Tunisia and Colombia. What can explain this global trend, and what are the political and economic…
- Why demographics will change everything | Prof. Charles Goodhart · 46 min · Odcinek 50https://unanchoredcentralbanker.com/
- Is economics a science? | Adam Mastroianni · 46 minWhat do we mean when we label economics a a science? Can social sciences ever develop a paradigm? In this interview, psychologist Adam Mastroianni discusses the state of…
- How are the Gulf economies holding up? | Prof. Steffen Hertog · 27 minThis is an update to my conversation with Gulf economy expert Prof. Steffen Hertog. We are already five months into the Iran war now: How much longer will the strait of Hormuz…
- Why everyone is wrong about Japan's economy | Takuji Aida (Sanaenomics advisor) · 57 minTakuji Aida, advisor to prime minister Sanae Takaichi, explains Sanaenomics.
- Why you should worry more about inequality? | Prof. Morten Nyborg · 1 godz. 7 minIs inequality harmful, or should economist focus more on absolute poverty? In this interview, prof. Morten Nyborg presents inequality as an externality and discusses the…
- What economists get wrong about public debt? | Prof. Steve Keen · 58 minIn this episode, I sat down with Professor Keen to ask him about his views on inflation, public debt, and how governments should respond to global shocks.
- Is the wealth tax actually working for Norway | Prof. Ole-Andreas Næss · 43 minWealth taxes are the key policy proposal to prevent wealth from concentrating at the top, and they're now being discussed in both the US and the UK. In this episode, we dig into…
- How are Europe's economies holding up? Dr. Oscar Arse (ECB) · 42 minECB Director general economics on how Europe's economies are responding to the Hormuz energy shock. Publications mentioned by Oscar below…
