VoxTalk Vaults

Diane Coyle, Jonathan Haskel interviewed by Tim Phillips, 21 November 2017

GDP is the default indicator we use to measure how well or bad a country is doing. Diane Coyle and Jonathan Haskel discuss how factors such as technological change, skills, or the economic structure should be taken into account. They jointly won the first Indigo Prize in October 2017, a competition asking participants to think about a new GDP measure.

Ricardo Reis, David Miles interviewed by Tim Phillips, 01 November 2017

David Miles and Ricardo Reis discuss the 19th Geneva Report on the World Economy, which asks why inflation has remained in such a narrow range over the last decade. 

Christian Dustmann, Barry Eichengreen interviewed by , 23 August 2017

Christian Dustmann and Barry Eichengreen discuss the first report in CEPR’s Monitoring International Integration series, which analyses the roots of the decline in trust in both national and European political institutions and asks whether, as a result of these developments, the EU is at risk of disintegration.

Chad Bown interviewed by Bob Denham, 05 June 2017

Chad Bown talks to Bob Denham about his new eBook "Economics and policy in the Age of Trump". The eBook includes 18 chapters by leading economists across a range of areas in domestic and international economic policy. Many chapters are sharply critical of the Trump administration’s new approach.

Patrick Honohan interviewed by Bob Denham, 12 August 2016

How can the Irish economy respond to being torn between two neighbours by Brexit? Bob Denham (Econ Films) interviews Patrick Honohan (Trinity College Dublin) on what economic connections do and don’t need to be unpicked, from labour markets to managing the border. 

Patricia Jackson interviewed by Bob Denham, 08 August 2016

Would losing passporting really be a crisis for the City? Or could the finance sector find a way around newly-imposed restrictions? Bob Denham (Econ Films) asks Patricia Jackson (Atom, Ernst & Young) about the attractiveness of London, the likelihood of a mass exodus and the future of British finance.

Diane Coyle interviewed by Bob Denham, 05 August 2016

How much was Brexit a result of the UK’s industrialised regions losing out from globalisation? Bob Denham (Econ Films) talks to Diane Coyle (University of Manchester) to discuss the decimation of communities in the late 80s and early 90s, as well as the failure of policy-makers to fix this ever since.

David Miles interviewed by Bob Denham, 03 August 2016

Is labour productivity the most important factor in the UK’s economy post-Brexit? And did economists really have a mostly unanimous voice during the EU referendum? Bob Denham (Econ Films) talks to David Miles (Imperial College London, former MPC) about the rationality of voting to leave and whether freedom of movement really is politically fundamental to the Single Market.

Peter Baldwin interviewed by Romesh Vaitilingam, 16 April 2016

Should copyright assure authors and rights holders lasting claims, much like conventional property rights, or should copyright be primarily concerned with giving consumers cheap and easy access to a shared culture? In this Vox Talk, Peter Baldwin – author of the book ‘The Copyright Wars: Three Centuries of Transatlantic Battle’ – outlines how America went from being a leading copyright opponent and pirate in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to become the world’s intellectual property policeman today. He describes a ‘Californian civil war’ over open access: between the content owners in Hollywood and the high-tech companies in Silicon Valley.

Julian Le Grand interviewed by Romesh Vaitilingam, 09 April 2016

Do governments have the right to influence citizens’ behaviour related to smoking tobacco, eating too much, not saving enough, drinking alcohol or taking marijuana? Or does this create a nanny state, leading to infantilisation, demotivation and breaches in individual autonomy? In this Vox Talk, Julian Le Grand – co-author with Bill New of ‘Government Paternalism’ – discusses the lessons from behavioural economics about human mistakes and the potential for the state to guide citizen decision-making in positive ways.