Academic and practicing capitalist Bill Janeway talks to the FT's Jamie Powell about the way government used to drive innovation, and his idea of the "three-player game" between government, capital and industry. Music by Podington Bear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 07, 2018•46 min
Alphachat is back, and with a new host, Brendan Greeley. Brendan is the new US editor of Alphaville, and in this episode, he talks to MIT economics professor David Autor about what economics got wrong about trade, how the profession is fixing itself and why policy is still catching up. Music by Podington Bear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 30, 2018•43 min
Alphachat is going on a brief hiatus. When we come back in a few weeks we're going to have some great new interviews. But before we take this short break, we wanted to share a new FT podcast called Behind The Money. Each week host (and Alphachat producer) Aimee Keane will take you inside the big business and financial stories of the moment, with the help of other FT reporters. You can subscribe to Behind The Money on all of the usual podcast platforms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...
May 25, 2018•19 min
The economist and former deputy governor of the Bank of England joins the FT's John Authers to debate the power of government agencies and the unelected officials leading them, including those at the helm of institutions like the Federal Reserve. It's the subject of his recent book, Unelected Power: The Quest for Legitimacy in Central Banking and the Regulatory State. Music by Podington Bear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 18, 2018•45 min
In this encore episode, Dan Drezner, writer and professor of international politics, discusses his book, "The Ideas Industry: how pessimists, partisans and plutocrats are transforming the marketplace of ideas" with former host Cardiff Garcia. They also talk about the global populist wave, identity-based politics, and how to resist the temptation to say yes to everything. This episode was originally published on September 29, 2017. Music by Podington Bear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...
May 11, 2018•1 hr 6 min
The former chief restructuring officer of the US joins Lex's Sujeet Indap to talk about the financialisation of American businesses, the causes of the 2008 crisis and the outcomes of the government response and reforms. Music by Podington Bear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 04, 2018•48 min
Physicist Geoffrey West joins FT Alphaville's Izabella Kaminska to discuss his work on a universal theory of growth - or scaling - that extends beyond human lifespans to encompass the sustainability of corporations, cities and more, as detailed in his latest book "Scale". Music by Podington Bear. This episode was originally published on June 9, 2017. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 20, 2018•52 min
Economist Alice Rivlin discusses her storied Washington career, from roles in three different presidential administrations, to director of the Congressional Budget Office, Vice-Chair of the Federal Reserve and to her current post at the Brookings Institution. This episode was originally published on May 26, 2017. Music by Podington Bear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 13, 2018•37 min
Economist and award-winning author Benn Steil talks to Matt Klein about the history of the post-World War II European recovery plan, implemented by then secretary of state George C Marshall as a means of defending against communist authoritarianism. It's the subject of Steil's new book, The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War . Music by Podington Bear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 06, 2018•53 min
Economist Andrew Lo talks to the FT's John Authers about his adaptive markets hypothesis, the idea that markets develop and adapt over time and should be modelled using concepts from biology instead of physics. It's the subject of his recent book, Adaptive Markets: Financial Evolution at the Speed of Thought. This interview was originally published on March 24, 2017. Music by Podington Bear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 30, 2018•31 min
Germany is often considered an economic role model for the rest of the world, with low unemployment, a strong welfare state, first-class manufacturing and government budget surpluses. But there's another side to the German economy. Economist Marcel Fratzscher of the German Institute for Economics Research joins Matt Klein to explain. Music by Podington Bear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 23, 2018•47 min
Economist and Columbia University professor Emi Nakamura joins FT senior investment commentator John Authers to discuss the way inflation statistics are compiled, what the cost of inflation is to the economy and the current relationship between inflation and unemployment. Music by Podington Bear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 16, 2018•48 min
Economist Stephanie Kelton talks to Matt Klein about the way government budgets really work and what large-scale student debt forgiveness might do for the US economy. Music by Podington Bear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 09, 2018•48 min
Banker, business school professor and author Jonathan Knee joins Sujeet Indap to discuss his career, the evolution of modern investment banking and finding a way to be influential. Music by Podington Bear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 02, 2018•50 min
In this encore episode, Tim Harford joins Cardiff Garcia to talk about the way 50 different inventions have shaped the way the economy works today, from video games to the tally stick. It's the subject of his book, "Fifty things that made the modern economy", and a BBC audio series. Music by Podington Bear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 23, 2018•55 min
The North Korean economy was modeled off of Stalin's forced industrialisation of the 1930s. Many still think the country exists in a time warp -- a communist museum piece kept alive by Chinese subsidies. But the truth is more interesting. After the fall of the Soviet Union, North Korea's economy and society changed dramatically. Marcus Noland, economist and executive vice president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, explains in the latest episode of Alphachat. Music by Poding...
Feb 16, 2018•51 min
Economist Brad Setser and Alphaville's Matt Klein dig into the recent changes to corporate tax policy in the US, and what effect these will have on the global economy. Music by Podington Bear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 09, 2018•34 min
Thomas Wieser, one of the key figures in Eurozone policymaking since the European sovereign debt crisis, joins the FT's Jim Brunsden and Alex Barker to discuss his career, the crisis and more. Music by Podington Bear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 02, 2018•44 min
Author Sebastian Mallaby produced the definitive account of the former Federal Reserve chairman's life, career, and the context in which he operated in the book "The Man Who Knew". In this encore episode he joins Matt Klein to discuss. Music by Podington Bear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 26, 2018•1 hr 7 min
Most of the things that hurt us are easy to identify and avoid in advance. Yet rather than deal with these problems, we tend to live in terror of inchoate and unpredictable dangers. Journalist and author Michele Wucker talks with Matt Klein about why this is and how to fix it. Music by Podington Bear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 19, 2018•39 min
In this encore episode, writer Nicholas Wapshott talks to Cardiff Garcia about his 2011 book "Keynes Hayek: The Clash that Defined Modern Economics". The two discuss which economist's ideas are ascendant in the post-crisis cycle, and why both will matter during the Trump administration. Music by Podington Bear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 12, 2018•1 hr 8 min
How do societies help people fulfill their potential? And how do you make sure the programs meant to help people grow - like education and job retraining - are actually working? Nobel Prize-winning economist James Heckman joins Alexandra Scaggs to discuss this and more. Music by Podington Bear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 05, 2018•58 min
Economist Hernando de Soto joins the FT's John Authers to discuss his work documenting property rights in developing countries, the philosophical influences on his thinking and a lofty goal to create a global property rights registry using blockchain technology. Music by Podington Bear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 22, 2017•45 min
What happens when you take the principles of finance and use them to answer some big philosophical questions? Author and Harvard business and law professor Mihir Desai joins Matt Klein to talk about this and more. Music by Podington Bear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 15, 2017•1 hr 1 min
Author and crowd-funded economist Steve Keen joins Izzy Kaminska to talk about his criticism of neoclassical economics, and whether the global financial system can avoid another crisis. Music by Podington Bear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 08, 2017•49 min
Historian and biographer Jeremy Adelman joins Cardiff Garcia to discuss the life and ideas of economist Albert O. Hirschman one last time. In this episode, the two cover Hirschman's "The Rhetoric of Reaction" and his assessment of argumentative styles that emerge in times of progress. Music by Podington Bear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 01, 2017•1 hr 7 min
Alphachat is taking a break this week for the US Thanksgiving holiday. We will be back next week with a brand new episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 24, 2017•30 sec
With the help of economist and Bucknell University professor Nina Banks, host Cardiff Garcia tells the story of the first African American economist, Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander. Music by Podington Bear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 17, 2017•40 min
Economist Kim Rueben joins Cardiff Garcia to discuss the fiscal effect of immigration in the US, specifically on education, employment and wage outcomes. It’s the third episode in our series on the impact of immigration. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 10, 2017•39 min
The former chair of the UK's Financial Services Authority and current chair of the Institute for New Economic Thinking talks to Alphaville's Izabella Kaminska at INET's recent festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. The two cover Turner's views on peer-to-peer lending, the role of banks in money creation, the cryptocurrency scene and much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 03, 2017•1 hr 8 min