Newest edition of the ECON+ podcast, where we fully embrace the new year and venture in predicting what 2018 is going to bring to the global economic and political landscape. Everything from the return of growth in Africa, the UK … Continue reading ECON+ Podcast Episode Ten: Predictions For 2018
In our latest podcast with Otaviano Canuto, ECON+ discusses the changing face of international finance. Looking at the more detailed picture, we see that trends may not be what they seem. We discuss how to both make the most of … Continue reading ECON+ Interview: The changing face of international finance with Otaviano Canuto
In this ECON+ podcast, we focus the debate on the general election of the United Kingdom that will take place on June 8th. The UK Prime Minister Theresa May has called a general election three years earlier than scheduled. Mrs … Continue reading ECON+ Podcast Episode Nine: UK’s General Election 2017
In this ECON+ podcast, we delve in to the French presidential election of 2017. The stakes of the race are high. The incumbent President, François Hollande, declined to run. His Socialist party is divided over its candidate Benoît Hamon, designated by a primary … Continue reading ECON+ Podcast Episode Eight: Presidential Election in France 2017
In this ECON+ podcast, we focus the debate on the economic health of emerging economies in the current global economic, financial and political climate. We explore in detail the domestic situation and outlook of Brazil, Russia and China, and what is the … Continue reading ECON+ Podcast Episode Seven: What Does 2017 Look Like For Emerging Markets?
The US Presidential election result of 2016 shocked the world. As Donald Trump officially takes up the helm of 45th President of the United States, hear what our early impressions were of what his presidency could mean for the US … Continue reading ECON+ Podcast Episode Six: US Elections results and Trump’s Economic Plan
We unpick the concept of a universal basic income (UBI) and why the idea of the state giving money with no strings attached to all of its citizens is finding support from both the left and the right of the … Continue reading ECON+ Podcast Episode Five – Universal Basic Income
We examine what’s gone wrong with capitalist systems around the world. Does capitalism always lead to crony capitalism? Is neoliberalism to blame for the rise of crony capitalism? Should monopolies exist? Continue reading ECON+ Podcast Episode Four: Failures of Capitalism
Our third episode in which we discuss the aftermath of Britain’s historic vote to leave the European Union, examining what it means for the future of the UK and Europe, what it tells about the state of globalisation and … Continue reading ECON+ Podcast: Brexit, Part 2
Our second episode in which we examine what brought the UK to the point of having a referendum on its relationship with the European Union and what might happen to the UK, EU and the global economy in the event of a ‘Leave’ vote. NB: This podcast was recorded on Wednesday 8 June, a day after British Prime Minister David Cameron and UKIP leader Nigel Farage appeared before a live studio audience on ITV1 to answer questions on the referendum. Hence Luisa referred to the debate ‘yesterday’. Continue reading ECON+ Podcast: Brexit
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