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Why does Turkey have more female engineers than Finland? | Manuel Bagues

October 22, 2026 · 44 min

In Sweden, Norway and Finland, women have more freedom and opportunity than almost anywhere else on Earth. Yet these are also the places where fewer women choose to study engineering or computer science. Economists and psychologists call…
The false promises of the AI industry | Ilyaz Nasrullah

October 15, 2026 · 1 hr 17 min

Interview with Ilyaz Nasrullah (computer scientist & columnist) about his new book. The book in Dutch can be found here: https://www.nieuwezijds.nl/boek/dit-is-ai/ Research mentioned in the conversation: https://fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf &…
What's really behind Korea's massive defense export boom | HB Hong

October 8, 2026 · 44 min

In just a couple of years, South Korea turned from one of the world's largest defense importers to exports. In this interview, Korean expert HG Hong (Platoon Magazine) explains why.
Are monopolies really taking over the economy? | Brian Albrecht

October 1, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

Big Tech has never been bigger. Google, Amazon and Metaserve more customers and earn bigger profits every year, and AI companies are claiming a growing share of the stock market. For many, that's a warning sign: the bigger these firms get…
How governments can increase fertility rates | Lyman Stone

September 24, 2026 · 50 min

Why have fertility rates collapsed in the past decades? Is there anything governments can do to reverse this situation? In this episode, we review the leading explanations for long-run demographic change, the role of smartphones, and the…

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Economist defends rent controls | prof. Frank Braconi

September 17, 2026 · 60 min

Frank Braconi is one of the few economists willing to argue that rent control, properly designed, can work. But what does "properly designed" mean? When should it be used, where, and how? We discuss San Francisco's decontrol-recontrol…
What Chinese rule will actually look like | Dr. Dave Kang

September 10, 2026 · 47 min

As China's star rises, people like Ray Dalio think we may see the emergence of a new tribute system. In this podcast, I discuss with tribute system expert Dr. Dave Kang what the tribute system actually was and whether or not we can…
Can a land value tax fix housing? | Lars Doucet

September 3, 2026 · 54 min

Prime downtown land sits empty while cities run out of housing. Tax buildings and you punish building; tax land and you punish sitting on it. In this episode, Lars Doucet, author of Land is a Big Deal, discusses the history and relevance…
What over 100 studies reveal about rent controls? | Prof. Konstantin Kholodilin

August 27, 2026 · 46 min

What does sixty years of evidence actually say about rent control? Konstantin Kholodilin (DIW Berlin) read 112 empirical studies to find out. We go through the results.
Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once | John Burn-Murdoch

August 20, 2026 · 48 min

Fertility rates are falling in the Europe and the US, but also in places China, Tunisia and Colombia. What can explain this global trend, and what are the political and economic consequences of low birth rates societies? In this episode…
Why demographics will change everything | Prof. Charles Goodhart

August 13, 2026 · 46 min

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Is economics a science? | Adam Mastroianni

August 6, 2026 · 46 min

What do we mean when we label economics a a science? Can social sciences ever develop a paradigm? In this interview, psychologist Adam Mastroianni discusses the state of psychology as a science and how paradigms improve scientific progress.