219 - Women in economics

Iran didn’t suddenly become the geopolitical flashpoint it is today, the roots go back decades. In this first part of a two-part series, we trace the economic and political history that reshaped Iran from the 1940s to the 1979 revolution. From Britain’s oil empire and the CIA-bac ... Show More

In this episode, we ask what happens when economic evolution moves from human speed to machine speed. Fresh from an off-the-record discussion with a Nobel Prize–winning AI pioneer Demis Hassibis, we unpack how AI is reshaping medicine, productivity, profits, and power, and why ma ... Show More

Broadcast from Serbia, this episode dives into the Balkans, the most misunderstood, most underestimated corner of Europe, and one with the biggest upside if it can ever stop tripping over its own history. We look at why Serbia sits so close to Russia, why Kosovo still blocks the ... Show More

<p>Ladies We Need to Talk tackles taboo yet essential topics for the thinking woman.</p> <p>In this live recording from All About Women 2018, host Yumi Stynes leads a discussion about the orgasm gap. Along with Dr Melissa Kang (aka Dolly Doctor), playwright Nakkiah Lui and sexolo ... Show More

From South Korea to Germany to the United States, young men are increasingly turning to right-wing politics while their female peers lean left. On this special episode of Reuters World News, Global Managing Editor, Politics, Economics and World News Mark Bendeich joins us to look ... Show More

The Thursday crew does there best to see who knows the most about women 

Le 22 novembre 1972, la loi relative à l'égalité de rémunération entre les hommes et les femmes stipulait "à travail égal, salaire égal". 52 ans plus tard, les femmes gagnent toujours moins que les hommes. À partir du 8 novembre, à 16h48, elles travailleront gratuitement. C'est l ... Show More

<p>We find out why, in a country famous for championing gender equality, some women are choosing to become stay-at-home wives and girlfriends.</p><p>The social media #softgirl trend is a small but growing minority, who say they do not want the stress of juggling family and work. ... Show More

<p>In 2017, journalist Gemma Hartley's Harper's Bazaar article "<a href= "https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a12063822/emotional-labor-gender-equality/">Women Aren't Nags - We're Just Fed Up</a>" was viewed over two billion times. Bringing long overdue awareness to th ... Show More

Our conversation focuses on International Women’s Day, a global holiday which celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. Our guests discuss the wealth building journey for women and how to make financial decisions for the future. Featured are ... Show More

<p>More than 1bn people around the world are obese. That means there should be extraordinary demand for drugs to cure or mitigate the condition. Novo Nordisk is now Europe’s most valuable company and Eli Lilly’s market value has more than doubled. Both make the “miracle” drugs th ... Show More

After JD Vance and Tim Walz squared off against each in last night’s vice-presidential debate, our correspondent assesses their performance – and its effect on the US election. In Britain the pro-European cause is popular, but its advocates are ineffective (10:53). And why the gl ... Show More

The UK Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling this week about the legal definition of a woman in equality legislation. Judges ruled that a woman is someone who is born biologically female. Host Lucy Fisher is joined by the FT’s Anna Gross and Robert Shrimsley to discuss the polit ... Show More