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VoxTalks Economics
by VoxTalksLearn about groundbreaking new research, commentary and policy ideas from the world's leading economists. Presented by Tim Phillips.
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Episodes
S1 Ep8: Tax evasion and inequality
11m · Published
It's routine for the rich to dodge tax by hiding it offshore. But how much of their wealth are they hiding illegally? Tim Phillips talks to Annette Alstadsæter of the Norwegian University of Life Sciences about how she and her colleagues used whistleblower data to discover the extent of tax evasion by the ultra-rich.
[Read about their research on VoxEU](https://voxeu.org/article/tax-evasion-and-inequality).
S1 Ep7: Robots and jobs
17m · Published
If the robots are coming for our jobs, how many of us will they actually replace? Tim Phillips talks to MIT's Daron Acemoglu who argues that the robot apocalypse isn't going to happen just yet.
If you want to know more detail about the research, [read this VoxEU column](https://voxeu.org/article/robots-and-jobs-evidence-us).
S1 Ep6: Will central banks issue digital currencies?
11m · Published
Economists have long been sceptical of the potential of cryptocurrencies and other electronic forms of money. But are central banks coming round to the idea? Tim Phillips asks Beatrice Weder di Mauro whether central banks might start issuing their own cryptocurrencies.
Read more on VoxEU about [crypto's challenge to central banks](https://voxeu.org/article/cryptocurrencies-challenge-central-banks).
S1 Ep5: The UK’s post-Brexit US trade deal
19m · Published
When President Trump recently spoke of his hope for "a great bilateral trade agreement” with the UK after Brexit, what did he really mean? Tim Phillips interviews Dennis Novy of the University of Warwick. Dennis describes what these political good intentions may look like in reality, the problems that both sides will have to solve to agree a UK-US deal, and the factors that might derail any agreement.
Read about Dennis's research on [what caused the Brexit vote](https://voxeu.org/article/fundamental-factors-behind-brexit-vote), and its effect on [living standards](https://voxeu.org/article/consequences-brexit-uk-inflation-and-living-standards-first-evidence), on VoxEU.
S1 Ep4: What caused the growth of the Sicilian Mafia?
12m · Published
We all know how films and television tell the story of the Mafia, but what can economics tell us about its origins? Tim Phillips talks to Giuseppe De Feo about a new paper that tells the story of how the drought of 1893 has had social and economic effects that are still being felt today.
[Read about this research on VoxEU](https://voxeu.org/article/causes-and-consequences-sicilian-mafia).
S1 Ep3: The stubbornly high cost of remittances
11m · Published
For the families of millions of migrant workers around the world, remittances can literally be a life-saver. But the cost of sending money home remains puzzlingly high. So why aren't remittances getting cheaper? Tim Phillips talks to Stephen Cecchetti of Brandeis University and Kim Schoenholtz of the Stern School at NYU.
Read Steve and Kim's [column on the subject at VoxEU](https://voxeu.org/article/stubbornly-high-cost-remittances).
S1 Ep2: The return of regional inequality
14m · Published
For most of the 20th century, inequality between Europe's regions declined. But what has happened in the last 40 years? New historical data gives us the answer. Tim Phillips talks to Joan Rosés of the London School of Economics and Nikolaus Wolf of Humboldt University, Berlin.
Find out more [by reading the authors' VoxEU column](https://voxeu.org/article/return-regional-inequality-europe-1900-today).
S1 Ep1: How blockchain technology is changing finance
12m · Published
Blockchain technology has the potential to be a catalyst for change in the financial sector. But can it overcome its technical limitations and governance problems? Tim Phillips talks to Simon Johnson, Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Sloan School of Management, MIT, and one of the authors of the latest Geneva Report on the World Economy, which looks at blockchain's applications and challenges.
[Read about the report, and download it for free from VoxEU](https://voxeu.org/article/blockchain-catalyst-change).
VoxTalks Economics has 328 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 102:32:54. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 25th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 27th, 2024 01:41.
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