Mar 20

Lessons from China’s industrial dominance, with Kyle Chan

There’s a trope going around these days: western commentators travel to China, tour its factories and when they return home they say that when it comes to innovation, China has won the global race. But how true is that? Host Soumaya Keynes discusses the successes and shortcomings ... Show More

33m 14s

Mar 18

Introducing Untold: Opus Dei

Introducing Opus Dei, a new season of Untold from the Financial Times. Host Antonia Cundy uncovers the cultural and political influence of a controversial Catholic organisation in America. Opus Dei exists to help people get closer to God, but some members say they found other age ... Show More

1m 9s

Mar 12

Is AI (finally) making us more productive? With John Burn-Murdoch and Sarah O’Connor

Banks, consultancies and LinkedIn posts alike are trumpeting the transformative effects of AI, promising an imminent uptick in productivity. Some of these claims are no doubt exaggerated. But there are unmistakable signs that AI is boosting productivity. How is that showing up in ... Show More

26m 55s

Jun 2025

Coming soon: The Wolf-Krugman Exchange

In a special six-part series of The Economics Show, Martin Wolf, the FT’s chief economics commentator, and Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman discuss the economic events reshaping the world in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s election. Subscribe and listen to this ... Show More

2m 8s

May 2025

You Have Questions About the Economy. We Have Answers.

At a time of enormous economic upheaval and uncertainty prompted by President Trump’s trade war, we asked our listeners what they wanted to understand about this financial moment.Ben Casselman, the chief economics correspondent for The New York Times, tries to answer so ... Show More

32m 43s

Aug 2024

The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes: What’s wrong with economics?

This week, we’re bringing you something from our fellow FT podcast, The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes.  Sir Angus Deaton won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2015. So when he says he is rethinking many of his assumptions about the field, it matters. Today on ... Show More

34m 42s

Aug 2024

The Swing-State Economic Realities, Pagaya CEO

Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Bloomberg News Senior Economics Writer Shawn Donnan and Bloomberg Economics US Economist Stuart Paul on their Big Take story: The Swing-State Economics Realities Shaping the US Election. Bloomberg News US Sem ... Show More

39m 10s

Feb 2025

A Conversation With the Architect of Trump's New Trade War

During less than a month in office, President Trump has pursued more trade actions against adversaries and allies than all the trade measures he took in his entire first four-year term. There is one man guiding it all: his trade adviser Peter Navarro.Ana Swanson, who co ... Show More

30m 24s

Nov 2025

Amazon and Netflix Are Winning: Can Old-School Media Compete?

In this week's episode of WSJ’s Take On the Week, co-host Telis Demos and guest host Miriam Gottfried discuss the Supreme Court case challenging President Trump's reciprocal tariffs and how that’s playing out in the markets. Next, they look at affordability as the winning message ... Show More

33m 10s

Nov 2024

A pause in the post-election party?

US equities stumbled yesterday, in contrast with a more positive day for European markets. The shift comes as investors reassess the likelihood of a Federal Reserve rate cut in December, following a speech by Chairman Jerome Powell that suggested the economy was not sending an ... Show More

13m 38s

Feb 2025

The Trump Whisperer

Inside Economics was fortunate to have Trump whisperer John Carney of Breitbart News join the podcast to provide his insight on the Trump administration’s efforts to rework government and reshape economic policy. Urban Institute scholar Jim Parrott helped guide the conv ... Show More

1h 4m

Nov 2025

Why the Stock Market Hasn’t Crashed Yet - with Paul Krugman

Hasan sits down with Nobel-winning economist, former New York Times columnist and current Substacker Paul Krugman to talk about of the economic chaos Trump is unleashing, why the stock market doesn’t seem to hate it, and to get his thoughts on crypto (he’s not a fan). Try Mill ri ... Show More

41m 49s

Apr 2025

Paul Krugman on the ‘Biggest Trade Shock in History’

The tariffs President Trump unveiled this week were both bigger than most people expected and a lot more confusing. These aren’t the flat tariffs he proposed during the campaign. And they aren’t reciprocal tariffs, as he claimed in his Rose Garden speech. So what is Trump actu ... Show More

50m 45s