Soumaya Keynes

Monday, 2 June, 2025

Monday, 26 May, 2025

The Economics Show podcast30 min listen

What does China want from the US? With Jay Shambaugh

The US’s former chief economic diplomat explains how the two nations negotiate

Monday, 19 May, 2025

The Economics Show podcast27 min listen

How should central banks respond to US tariffs?

Soumaya Keynes speaks to Bank of England rate-setter Swati Dhingra

Monday, 2 December, 2024

The Economics Show podcast27 min listen

Is the Eurozone in trouble? With Philip Lane

A conversation with the chief economist of the ECB

Friday, 29 November, 2024

Parenting and families

Is there such a thing as too much parental leave?

Done the wrong way, it can have awkward effects

Thursday, 28 November, 2024

The Economics Show podcast37 min listen

What’s wrong with Britain’s economy? With Sam Bowman

Is the UK failing to build for its future?

Monday, 25 November, 2024

The Economics Show podcast35 min listen

Why is Britain’s government so inefficient? With Jeremy Hunt

A conversation with the former chancellor of the exchequer

Friday, 22 November, 2024

LGBT+

What’s behind the lesbian pay premium?

After decades of earning more than heterosexual women, the gap seems to be shrinking

Monday, 18 November, 2024

The Economics Show podcast33 min listen

Would Trump’s tariffs really be that bad? With Kimberly Clausing

Assessing the arguments for protectionism

Friday, 15 November, 2024

US trade

Your guide to how to dodge a tariff

As Trump prepares to return to the White House, it might be time to dust off that soyabean cookbook

Monday, 11 November, 2024

The Economics Show podcast31 min listen

What does a second Trump presidency mean for immigration? With Michael Clemens

What would the American economy look like without the millions of recent arrivals?

Monday, 4 November, 2024

The Economics Show podcast29 min listen

How to tax the top 1% with Natasha Sarin

It’s all about the unrealised gains

Friday, 1 November, 2024

Economic statistics

Can we trust official statistics? The data gaps shaping our view of the economy

Policymakers are grappling with some increasingly murky numbers

Monday, 28 October, 2024

The Economics Show podcast24 min listen

The economics of research and development. With Heidi Williams

What is the relationship between innovation spending and productivity?

Friday, 25 October, 2024

UK tax

The unfair hole in next week’s UK Budget

Why will council tax remain decades out of date?

Monday, 21 October, 2024

The Economics Show podcast31 min listen

What is Kamalanomics? With James Politi

Adding up a candidate’s economic programme

Friday, 18 October, 2024

Nobel prizes

Why are some countries richer than others? Ask the Nobel economists

Their work explores how institutions created in the distant past can still shape countries in the present

Monday, 14 October, 2024

The Economics Show podcast31 min listen

What’s wrong with effective altruism? With Martin Sandbu

How did a charitable movement get so weird?

Monday, 7 October, 2024

The Economics Show podcast33 min listen

Why even a PhD isn’t enough to erase the effects of class, with Anna Stansbury

A recent working paper measures how family circumstances hold Americans back

Friday, 27 September, 2024

Education

How bad are term-time holidays really?

Parents are increasingly relaxed about them, despite research suggesting that every absence does count

Monday, 23 September, 2024

The Economics Show podcast31 min listen

What would Trump do on trade? With Alan Beattie

Donald Trump has promised yet more extreme policy if re-elected. What will stick?

Friday, 20 September, 2024

Global economic growth

What’s wrong with research about ‘degrowth’?

Some recent reviews highlight vague language and fuzzy policy

Monday, 16 September, 2024

The Economics Show podcast27 min listen

Is this a winning US economy for the Democrats? With Jared Bernstein

An interview with President Biden’s top economist

Friday, 13 September, 2024

European Commission

Why are caps now attached to bottles? Blame the EU

A new regulation has shaken up the industry

Monday, 9 September, 2024

The Economics Show podcast33 min listen

Do price controls really help with inflation? With Isabella Weber

Recent inflation has led some economists to discuss price controls and supply management