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Economic Rockstar

Feb 15, 2019

Professor Glenn Hubbard is an American economist and academic. He is currently the Dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Business, where he is also Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics.

On September 13, 2018 he announced that he would not seek another term in his position as Dean after...


Jan 31, 2019

Wendy Carlin is Professor of Economics at University College London (UCL), Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, and Fellow of the European Economic Association.

Her research focuses on macroeconomics, institutions and economic performance, and the economics of transition.

She is a...


Jan 28, 2019

This is an excerpt from a previous conversation that I had with Professor Stephen Wright but was unreleased at the time.

We felt it appropriate that it should be released at a time if I ever spoke to Professor Wendy Carlin. This day is coming and now this part of my conversation with Stephen can be released.

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Jan 21, 2019

This is a reflection on some episodes from 2018. The themes I have chosen looks at growing up in the Great Depression and what to expect in the future with AR and AI, as well as Institutions, Individualism, Cooperation and Reciprocity.

Featured episodes are:
123 Vernon Smith on his early childhood years during the...


Jan 2, 2019

Best of 2018 Part 1

Excerpts from the following episodes feature in this 'Best of 2018 Part1'.

170 Jim Rogers on opportunities in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Venezuela and North Korea

139 Loretta Napoleoni North Korea growth prospects and how they can position themselves in the world economy

155 Lotta Moberg Refugee Cities...