[mp3]http://www.econnow.com/wp/wp-content/mp3/130212_MichaelClemens_migration.mp3[/mp3] [caption id="attachment_356" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Dr Michael Clemens"][/caption] In this podcast we meet Dr Michael Clemens from the Center for Global Development in Washington. Dr Clemens is a passionate advocate of greater migration flows due…
[mp3]http://www.econnow.com/wp/wp-content/mp3/EconomicComplexity.mp3[/mp3] Of Robots, T-Shirts and Iron Ore Have you ever wondered what goes into the making of a t-shirt, business shirt or blouse – like the one you are most likely wearing right now? Obviously…
[mp3]http://www.econnow.com/wp/wp-content/mp3/PerettoPietro_GrowthOnAFinitePlanet.mp3[/mp3] [caption id="attachment_296" align="alignright" width="150"] Pietro Peretto (Duke)[/caption] Pietro Peretto, Professor of Economics, Duke University, is tackling the very biggest topic in Economics -- How can humanity experience increasing living standards in a world of…
[mp3]http://www.econnow.com/wp/wp-content/mp3/MortonBecky_PoliticalIdeologies.mp3[/mp3] [caption id="" align="alignright" width="100" caption="Rebecca Morton (NYU)"][/caption] What about you impacts on your voting choice? Professor Rebecca Morton, Professor of Politics at New York University joins us today on EconomicsNow! to talk voting. Specifically,…
[mp3]http://www.econnow.com/wp/wp-content/mp3/LangeAndreas_ClimateChangeAndFairness.mp3[/mp3] [caption id="attachment_279" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Andreas Lange"][/caption] Why does fairness matter to international climate change negotiations? To help us answer this question, Andreas Lange, a Professor of Economics from the University of Hamburg joins us…
[mp3]http://www.econnow.com/wp/wp-content/mp3/BruchnerMarkus_AidAndGrowth.mp3[/mp3] [caption id="attachment_271" align="alignright" width="148" caption="Markus Brueckner (University of Adelaide)"][/caption] Markus Brueckner is a senior lecturer at the School of Economics, University of Adelaide, and has research interests including economic growth, political economy and applied…
[mp3]http://www.econnow.com/wp/wp-content/mp3/110606_MawdsleyOnOneSeed.mp3[/mp3] Craig Mawdsley is Director of OneSeed a textiles importing business bringing hand-made dresses, bags and other textiles from Cambodia to the markets of Australia. The business began around 6 years ago with Craig's $500…
[mp3]http://www.econnow.com/wp/wp-content/mp3/GlennHarrisonOnExperimentalEconomics.mp3[/mp3] [caption align="alignright" width="100" caption="Prof Glenn Harrison"][/caption] Glenn Harrison is the C.V. Starr Chair of Risk Management & Insurance and Director of the Center for the Economic Analysis of Risk (CEAR), in the Department of…
[mp3]http://www.econnow.com/wp/wp-content/mp3/ExperimentalEconomics.mp3[/mp3] In this post, our Economist on the ground, Jeremy Kamil, brings us a background piece on Experimental Economics. Which reminds me, have you ever heard the one about the guy who asks you to…
[mp3]http://www.econnow.com/wp/wp-content/mp3/110502_AndySeltzerOnLabourEconomics.mp3[/mp3] [caption align="alignright" width="100" caption="Prof Andy Seltzer"][/caption] Andy Seltzer is a Professor in the Department of Economics, Royal Holloway, University of London. Professor Seltzer is an Economic Historian first and foremost and has been working…
Another brilliant EconTv video from Keynes and Hayek. This time, the stage is as a Congress House Committee to analyse whether or not the US stimulus package was a good thing after all. Predictably, Keynes…
[mp3]http://www.econnow.com/wp/wp-content/mp3/110411-RaschkyOnLightAndForeignAid.mp3[/mp3] [caption id="attachment_203" align="alignright" width="100" caption="Dr Paul Raschky"][/caption] For some, foreign aid, is the only great hope for ending poverty in the very poor nations of our world, whilst for others, foreign aid is a…