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.
Aug 26
“I Trust Almost Anyone More Than Myself” | Better in Person
The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jennifer Egan talks about confidence, luck, and why it takes 35 drafts to get to the finish line. If you'd like to see the video version of Better in Person, you can watch it on YouTube or Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz compan ... Show More
42m 42s
Jun 2023
When is the Next Great Financial Crash Coming?
Since the Wall Street Crash in 1929, financial meltdowns have repeatedly sent shockwaves through our world. From the currency crises of the 1980s and 1990s, to Japan’s housing crash, the dot com boom and bust, the global financial meltdown, the euro crisis and the COVID pandemic. ... Show More
42m 26s
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
Aug 2021
Lives of the Great Depression (2020)
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
47m 28s
Dec 2021
#TBT - WTF Was the 2008 Financial Crisis?
On Money Rehab, Nicole does unpack the headlines that are in the current news cycle, no doubt about it. But today she’s throwing it back to a hot-button topic from our past. It is true that the only way to protect yourself from repeating history is to understand it, so that you c ... Show More
12m 48s
Dec 2019
Buried by the Wall Street Crash
Both of the world’s greatest economists, Irving Fisher and John Maynard Keynes, thought they could see into the future and make a killing on the stock market - and then both were wiped out by the Wall Street Crash. One died a pauper, the other millionaire. What does it take to bo ... Show More
36m 1s
Jan 2021
Winners and losers in the post-pandemic world
Today’s guest says the new depression that has emerged from the COVID pandemic is the worst economic crisis in U.S. history. Author and economist, James Rickards, says “The virus didn’t cause the depression, it was our response to the virus.”
In his latest book, The New Great De ... Show More
39m 19s