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The Economics Show

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The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes is a new weekly podcast from the Financial Times packed full of smart, digestible analysis and incisive conversation. Soumaya Keynes digs deep into the hottest topics in economics along with a cast of FT colleagues and special guests. Come for the big ideas, stay for the nerdery.

Soumaya Keynes is an economics columnist for the Financial Times. Prior to joining the FT she worked at The Economist for eight years as a staff writer, where as well as covering trade, the US economy and the UK economy she co-hosted the Money Talks podcast. She also co-founded the Trade Talks podcast.

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Friday · 31 min
Why Big Tech wants more economists
Does AI research have a conflict of interest problem?
September 25 · 31 min
How to be a middle power in a superpower world. With Jenny Bates
Advice for the UK on navigating an increasingly hostile global economy
September 18 · 27 min
Can you spreadsheet your way to equal parenting? With Corinne Low
Dads are doing more childcare. The problem? So are mums.
September 11 · 27 min
Will US debt burst the AI bubble? With Ruchir Sharma
Why America’s mounting debt could become the AI boom’s biggest threat
September 4 · 32 min
Memory chip mania isn’t going away, with Dan Kim
The economics of an extraordinary AI-driven squeeze in chips
August 29 · 19 min
Kevin Warsh spoke — what did we learn? With Torsten Slok
The Fed chair has a plan to tackle inflation
August 21 · 50 min
From "The Story of Money": How a stock market crash gave birth to modern antisemitism
An episode of the FT podcast that digs into the history of finance
August 14 · 24 min
From "Trumponomics": Can the US Actually Tax Billionaires?
Today, we're sharing an episode from Bloomberg's "Trumponomics" podcast
August 7 · 31 min
How to break China’s chokehold on rare earths
Inside the US effort to blunt China’s sharpest trade weapon
July 31 · 29 min
Will AI solve the productivity puzzle? With Nick Bloom
AI hasn’t resulted in widespread productivity gains. Business leaders say that’s changing
July 24 · 30 min
Is China catching up with the US in AI? With Kyle Chan
China's rapid progress has some in Washington spooked
July 17 · 27 min
The US-Iran war has not triggered a food crisis — yet. With Adam Hanieh and Susannah Savage
The Strait of Hormuz is a key artery for food and fertilisers
July 10 · 29 min
The economics of weight loss, with Rebecca Diamond and Claer Barrett
GLP-1 drugs boost women’s odds of landing a job, a new study shows
July 3 · 32 min
Why didn’t the Iran war cause a recession? With Tyler Goodspeed
Economic downturns are “fundamentally unforecastable”
June 26 · 39 min
How to win at AI (if you’re not the US or China), with AI minister Kanishka Narayan
Specialisation and research can give the UK leverage
June 19 · 42 min
China wanted western tech. Now, the tables have turned. With John Minnich
Should the US and EU take a leaf out of China’s investment playbook?
June 12 · 29 min
Brexit at 10: What comes next? With Anand Menon
The answer to the UK’s growth problems might be on its doorstep
June 5 · 32 min
The US-China decoupling fantasy, with Jessica Chen Weiss
Despite their differences, the world’s economic superpowers are bound together
May 29 · 30 min
How to win a trade war, with Paul Krugman and Chad Bown
Policy pointers for a world where the rules don’t apply
May 22 · 28 min
Can African countries mimic Asia’s economic success? With Joe Studwell
With the right policies, conditions are in place for Asian-style development

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