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- Charles Goodhart and Manoj Pradhan: The Upcoming Demographic Shift and What it Means for our Economic FutureCharles Goodhart, professor emeritus of the financial markets group at the London School of Economics, and Manoj Pradhan, founder of the research firm Talking Heads Macro, talk to Rob about their just released book, The Great Demographic Reversal: Ageing Societies, Waning Inequality, and an Inflation Revival57 min
- Fred Ledley: How US Taxpayers Subsidize Pharma Research and Companies Reap the ProfitsFred Ledley, professor at Bentley University and co-author of an INET-funded research paper on pharma research funding, discusses the research and how US taxpayers might get more social benefit out of the initial investment they put into all new pharmaceuticals released over the past decade58 min
- Louis Kuijs: The Contradictions in China's Economic and Foreign PoliciesLouis Kuijs, Head of Asia Economics at Oxford Economics, based in Hong Kong, talks about China's current economic strategy in the context of the pandemic and how China relates to the US, to the rest of the world, and to Hong Kong, in its effort to expand its influence58 min
- Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt: Private Equity Takeover of HealthcareEileen Appelbaum, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, and Rosemary Batt of Cornell University, talk about an INET-supported study on the dramatic impact that private equity funds are having on everyone's medical bills and on the healthcare industry as a whole.1 hr 2 min
- James Boyce: How Carbon Pricing and Carbon Dividends Address Both Climate Change and Social JusticeJames Boyce, Senior fellow at the Political Economy Research Institute, talks about the many benefits that carbon dividends and carbon pricing would have for a transition towards a greener and more equitable economy1 hr 5 min
- Robert Borosage: Trump Voters Believe He May Be A Jerk, But He's Their JerkRobert Borosage, co-founder of the Campaign for America's Future, talks about the what went well and what did not go well at the Democratic Convention and the Democrats' failure to recognize that their own economic policies helped bring about Trump1 hr 12 min
- Richard Vague: China's Greater Preparedness in the Face of Economic CrisesRichard Vague, Secretary of Banking and Securities for the state of Pennsylvania and INET board member, discusses with Rob Johnson the need for stronger economic measures, the different economic strategies of the US and China, and the dangers of enormous private debt burdens.59 min
- Yide Qiao: US and China - Competitors, Collaborators, or Enemies?
Yide Qiao, the Secretary General of Shanghai Development Research Foundation, talks about the political, economic, and military dimensions of US-China relations
53 min - John Kay and Mervyn King: Origins and Future Implications of Radical Uncertainty for Economic Thinking
John Kay, an economist at Oxford University, and Mervyn King of the London School of Economics, discuss their recently published book, Radical Uncertainty: Decision-Making Beyond the Numbers
1 hr 9 min - Peter Temin: The Racist Roots of US Political and Economic Polarization
MIT economic historian Peter Temin talks to Rob Johnson about his forthcoming book, Never Together, which looks at the economic history of how Blacks have been systematically excluded from US society
50 min
About Economics & Beyond with Rob Johnson
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Rob Johnson is not your average economist, and this is not your average economics podcast. Every week, Rob talks about economic and social issues with a guest who probably wasn’t on your Econ 101…
reading list, from musicians to activists to rebel economists. A podcast of The Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET).