Economists on Zoom Getting Coffee

In today's episode, we have the privilege of hosting an exceptional guest: Ivan Werning, an esteemed Argentinian economist specializing in macroeconomics, international finance, public economics, monetary policies, and taxation. Currently holding the prestigious position of Robert M. Solow Professor of Economics at MIT, Professor Werning conducts extensive research in the fields of Macroeconomics, Public Economics, and International Economics. With personal experience of inflation's impact as a Latin American, he offers a distinctive perspective on its nature. Join us in this captivating exploration of inflation and the exciting frontiers of our understanding!

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In today’s episode we have a special guest: Diana Van Patten, an economist working on international trade and macro development. She is an assistant professor at Yale's School of Management, faculty affiliated with Yale's Economic Growth Center, and a research associate. She is working on fascinating topics related to globalization and the role of firms and workers, based on her research in Costa Rica. Come join us in this thrilling conversation!

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In today’s episode we have a great topic to talk about: entrepreneurship. Our guest is Jorge Guzman: an assistant professor at the management division in Columbia’s business school. He is also affiliated to the National Bureau of Economic Research. Jorge has been working on the topic of entrepreneurship both in the US and abroad, and he's really trying to understand this economic activity - something that we all are interested in comprehending. Yet, it is really hard to do so. Jorge has been devising creative ways in how to analyze businesses and the characteristics of entrepreneurial success. Listen in for a phenomenal conversation!

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In today’s episode we have a great topic to talk about: entrepreneurship. Our guest is Jorge Guzman: an assistant professor at the management division in Columbia’s business school. He is also affiliated to the National Bureau of Economic Research. Jorge has been working on the topic of entrepreneurship both in the US and abroad, and he's really trying to understand this economic activity - something that we all are interested in comprehending. Yet, it is really hard to do so. Jorge has been devising creative ways in how to analyze businesses and the characteristics of entrepreneurial success. Listen in for a phenomenal conversation!

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In this episode of Economist on Zoom Getting Coffee (#ezgc) we host Amanda Glassman. Amanda is executive vice president and senior fellow at the prestigious think tank Center for Global Development in Washington DC. Her research focuses on priority-setting, resource allocation and value for money in global health, as well as data for development. She has more than 25 years of experience working on health and social protection policy and programs in Latin America and elsewhere in the developing world. In our conversation we discussed the successes and lessons of COVID-19 in the developing world, discussing the impact of the pandemic, vaccines (and "vaccine hoarding"), and what can we expect now. Listen in for a phenomenal conversation!

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In this episode of Economist on Zoom Getting Coffee (#ezgc) I host Prithwiraj Choudhury, an associate professor at Harvard Business School, a good friend, and co-author.

Raj has a fascinating agenda on the future and geography of work, focusing a lot of his work on the gains of immigration in the context of innovation.

He has also been a thought leader on a new research agenda: the future of work and the ability of working from anywhere, and how firms are adapting to this new phenomenon.

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In this episode of Economist on Zoom Getting Coffee we host Prof. Pierre Azoulay, the International Programs Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Pierre is known in the field for his seminal studies on innovation and entrepreneurship. Listen in for a conversation about what it takes to become a good inventor and entrepreneur!

In this episode at Economists on Zoom Getting Coffee (#ezgc) we host Anna Stansbury, incoming Professor at MIT Sloan's Work and Organization Studies. She is also a non-resident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.  

Anna’s research is rigorous, timely and highly policy-relevant. Her research focuses on labor and macro economics, with particular focus on issues to do with labor market power, as an explanation for the slow growth or decline in wages for the average worker. 

 In this episode we discuss the basics about the divergence between productivity and pay,  worker unions, the pros and cons of unionization, as well as the type of regulation that can increase worker power.

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In this episode at Economists on Zoom Getting Coffee (#ezgc) we host Prof. Seema Jayachandran, a Professor of Economics at Northwestern University.  

Seema's research focuses on economic issues in developing countries, including environmental conservation, gender equality, labor markets, health, and education. She serves on the board of directors for the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, known as J-PAL, and is the chair of its gender sector. She is also the co-director of the National Bureau of Economic Research's program in Development Economics and co-editor of the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. Seema is also a columnist in the New York Times as a contributor to the Economic View column.  

Seema's research is not only pioneering scientifically speaking, but also contains enormously important policy implications, which are novel, effective, implementable and scalable.  

In this episode we focus our discussion on gender discrimination in developing countries, where she has been able to show us that this problem starts really early on, even prenatally. And that the way we think about progress when it comes to economic growth might make things even worse. But not everything is bad news, because her research also shows that there are ways to influence some of these trends, which we also discuss.

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In this episode, Economists on Zoom Getting Coffee (#ezgc) hosts Dr. Homi Kharas, a Senior Fellow at the Center for Sustainable Development at the Brookings Institution.  Homi has published several articles, book chapters, and opinion pieces on global development policy, global trends influencing developing countries, the emergence of the middle class, the role of international organizations in development, and the G-20, among other topics.  

Homi has had also a very distinguished public policy career. He served as the executive secretary of the secretariat advising the Untied Nations Secretary General on the post-2015 development agenda, which gave birth to the Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs. He has served too in a number of different high-level panels advising international organizations and governments. Prior to joining Brookings, Dr. Kharas spent 26 years at the World Bank, serving for seven years as Chief Economist for the East Asia and Pacific region and Director for Poverty Reduction and Economic Management, Finance and Private Sector Development, responsible for the Bank’s advice on structural and economic policies, fiscal issues, debt, trade, governance, and financial markets.   

As of today he also serves as the principal economic advisor to the World Data Lab (https://worlddata.io), a data enterprise that, among other functionalities, houses the World Poverty Clock (https://worlddata.io/portfolio/world-poverty-clock), a real time tracker of extreme poverty numbers around the globe.  

In this episode we talk the current state of poverty around the globe; the emergence of a global middle class; and about the sustainable development goals.

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