Christina Romer was a top White House economist during the Great Recession. As a researcher, she specializes in the Great Depression. She tells us what those disasters can (and can’t) teach us about the Covid crash.
Jun 2020
Covid-19 : 10 Questions sur les conséquences économiques
L’épisode du Coronavirus, que certains qualifient de pire crise depuis 1929, est aussi inattendu qu’inédit. Inédit puisque pour la première fois il ne s’agit pas d’une crise due à l’éclatement au grand jour de fragilités internes du système économique mondial, mais d’une crise pr ... Show More
36m 55s
Jun 2023
What can we learn from previous financial crashes amid recession fears?
<p>The global economy has weathered the most tumultuous century in modern history and most of the previous financial crises have shared similarities from which we can learn.</p>
<p>So writes Dr Linda Yueh, CBE, in her new book, The Great Crashes: Lessons from Global Meltdowns and ... Show More
21m 14s
Jul 2020
Lives Of The Great Depression
The Great Depression was a revolutionary spark for all kinds of things — health insurance, social safety nets, big government — all of which were in response to a national crisis. Through the personal accounts of four people who lived during the Great Depression, we look back at ... Show More
46m 6s
Oct 2013
Britain's economic problems and prospects
At the time of the 2008 global credit crunch, I participated in Oxford's online debate on whether the economic crisis sounded the death knell for laissez faire capitalism. I argued it did, not because I was naive enough to think that laissez faire policies would be abandoned, but ... Show More
46m 3s