VoxTalks Economics podcast

VoxTalks Economics

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Learn about groundbreaking new research, commentary and policy ideas from the world's leading economists. Presented by Tim Phillips.

Learn about groundbreaking new research, commentary and policy ideas from the world's leading economists. Presented by Tim Phillips.

 

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S9 Ep19: Can blockchain decentralise money, contracts, and finance?

Every Bitcoin transaction needs to be verified on the blockchain. There is no central auth... more

10 hrs Ago

33 MINS

33:12

10 hrs Ago


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S9 Ep18: Will AI transform economic growth?

Could AI transform our economies to produce explosive growth? Most economists are sceptica... more

13 Mar 2026

31 MINS

31:21

13 Mar 2026


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S9 Ep17: Sanctions and financial repression

Financial repression forces banks and citizens to hold government debt on terms the market... more

06 Mar 2026

18 MINS

18:05

06 Mar 2026


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S9 Ep16: What's next for Ukraine: The labour market

Ukraine has lost close to a quarter of its civilian workforce since the invasion. Three an... more

04 Mar 2026

17 MINS

17:05

04 Mar 2026


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S9 Ep15: What's next for Ukraine: Reconstruction

Ukraine's cities were failing long before the Russian invasion began. Kyiv and Lviv ranked... more

27 Feb 2026

16 MINS

16:58

27 Feb 2026


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S9 Ep14: What’s next for Ukraine: Investment

Ukraine will emerge from this war with enormous debt. The conventional wisdom treats that ... more

25 Feb 2026

20 MINS

20:45

25 Feb 2026


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S9 Ep13: The alpha political male

Recorded live at the CEPR Annual Symposium. We seem to be talking about the behaviour of a... more

20 Feb 2026

15 MINS

15:00

20 Feb 2026


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S9 Ep12: Management under the spotlight

What type of manager would you be? An experiment in Ethiopia set out to measure the manage... more

18 Feb 2026

20 MINS

20:13

18 Feb 2026


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S9 Ep11: The next generation: Paris ‘25

Recorded live at the CEPR Annual Symposium in Paris.  When VoxTalks Economics visits a sym... more

13 Feb 2026

34 MINS

34:46

13 Feb 2026


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S9 Ep10: How many people die when the US cuts foreign aid?

Another special episode recorded at the CEPR annual symposium in Paris. On 20 Jan 2025 whe... more

11 Feb 2026

18 MINS

18:26

11 Feb 2026


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S9 Ep9: What should Europe do about Trump?

Recorded at the CEPR Annual Forum in Paris. Many of the Trump administration policies have... more

06 Feb 2026

20 MINS

20:39

06 Feb 2026


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S9 Ep8: The economic consequences of living longer

Recorded at the CEPR Annual Symposium in Paris. As we expect to live longer, what does thi... more

04 Feb 2026

16 MINS

16:06

04 Feb 2026


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S9 Ep7: How exchange rates responded to tariffs

After Liberation Day, the dollar fell by 6%. We would usually expect tariffs to send excha... more

28 Jan 2026

16 MINS

16:48

28 Jan 2026


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S9 Ep6: What's next for Trump’s tariffs?

In 2025, the trade story was about tariffs. And that story isn’t over. Does anyone know wh... more

23 Jan 2026

17 MINS

17:06

23 Jan 2026


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S9 Ep5: Is US debt sustainable?

Another special episode recorded at the CEPR annual symposium in Paris. When does the leve... more

21 Jan 2026

18 MINS

18:40

21 Jan 2026


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S9 Ep4: Do stablecoins threaten financial stability?

Stablecoins are digital tokens, pegged to a fiat currency. What could possibly go wrong? F... more

16 Jan 2026

19 MINS

19:51

16 Jan 2026


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S9 Ep3: Can Europe defend itself?

In another of our special episodes recorded at the CEPR annual Symposium, we ask: is it ti... more

14 Jan 2026

24 MINS

24:45

14 Jan 2026


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S9 Ep2: Has AI eaten the economics major?

In another of our episodes recorded at the CEPR Paris Symposium, we ask: When Gen AI can d... more

09 Jan 2026

25 MINS

25:25

09 Jan 2026


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S9 Ep1: Trump, trade, and AI growth

Another special episode recorded at the CEPR annual symposium in Paris. The Trump administ... more

07 Jan 2026

24 MINS

24:19

07 Jan 2026


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S8 Ep65: The future of globalisation

At the CEPR annual Symposium in Paris we sat down with Adam Posen, president of the Peters... more

19 Dec 2025

25 MINS

25:36

19 Dec 2025


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S8 Ep64: A London economic consensus?

Who would be a policymaker right now? The list of economic problems that we need to solve ... more

12 Dec 2025

43 MINS

43:12

12 Dec 2025


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S8 Ep63: Do sanctions work?

Economic sanctions are the big geoeconomic bazooka. But what does history tell us about ho... more

05 Dec 2025

18 MINS

18:39

05 Dec 2025


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S8 Ep62: The cost of lost biodiversity

Biodiversity is essential for the wide range of economic activities that our planet needs.... more

28 Nov 2025

18 MINS

18:00

28 Nov 2025


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S8 Ep61: The politics of sustainability reporting

In 2021, at COP26, the International Accounting Standards Board announced it would create ... more

21 Nov 2025

22 MINS

22:12

21 Nov 2025


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S8 Ep60: The planet has a problem with populism

In Europe and beyond, populist politicians continue to gain ground. What message are voter... more

19 Nov 2025

34 MINS

34:09

19 Nov 2025


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S8 Ep59: Designing markets for nature

Our economy is embedded in nature, but nature is in danger. External funding is needed, es... more

14 Nov 2025

17 MINS

17:52

14 Nov 2025