A(z) Economics Course csatorna legjobb podcastjai (2024)

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Monopoly Power and EU Competition Policy — with Angela Wigger 59:25

1M ago59:25

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During the pandemic and its aftermath, the world witnessed a revival of new narratives and strategies related to industrial policy in a geopolitically competitive environment. We invite Angela Wigger to reflect on the history of competition policy in the EU and provide a deeper understanding of the latest “come-back” of EU industrial policy. She wi…

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Rentierism and Big Pharma — with Nick Dearden 59:35

2M ago59:35

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In this episode we do a deep dive into the realm of Big Pharma. As with Big Tech, this industry epitomises large-scale rentier income extraction by corporations. Despite the industry's assertions that the costs associated with drug research and development justify high prices, the stark reality of profit margins unveils a different narrative. We wi…

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Asset Managers and the Rise of Rentier Capitalism — with Brett Christophers 1:01:45

2M ago1:01:45

1:01:45

Embark on a journey encompassing Brett Christophers' latest three books in this Crash Course Episode. He provides a comprehensive overview of the ascent of rentier capitalism, observed in diverse forms across political economies, and hones in on the pivotal role of asset managers in value extraction and shaping a rentier economy. Key questions we w…

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Enshittification: The Rise and Fall of Big Tech — with Cory Doctorow 58:57

3M ago58:57

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In this first Crash Course episode of the new series, we invite writer-activist Cory Doctorow to explore the rise of Rentier and Monopoly Capitalism in the tech sector. Is the platform economy in the last phase of what he calls Enshittification? “First, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their busine…

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The future of the EU fiscal framework — with Ludovic Suttor-Sorel 1:03:02

2+ y ago1:03:02

1:03:02

In this special one-off we focus on European fiscal policy, following FiscalMatters' week of debate in which the future of the EU fiscal framework is discussed: “Too often important policy decisions happen behind closed doors. We need an open and accessible debate on Europe’s fiscal future”. Together with Ludovic Suttor-Sorel from Finance Watch we …

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Big Tech vs The Public — with Francesca Bria 51:53

3y ago51:53

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Innovation economist and digital policy expert Francesca Bria joins us to talk about her experiences trying to counter the power of Big Tech and using technology for democratic decision making. Bria is the former CTO of the City of Barcelona and has been leading European Research and Innovation projects related to digital sovereignty, digital democ…

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Big Tech & the Global South — with Nandini Chami 1:00:22

3y ago1:00:22

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In this fourth Crash Course episode of the series on Big Tech, Techno-feudalism and Democracy, we take a closer look at how we could resist the enormous and all-encompassing influence Big Tech and platform economies have on our lives. How can we regain control over our individual and collective data as they are being increasingly commodified and tr…

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Platforms and the limits of Competition Policy — with Farwa Sial 1:00:28

3y ago1:00:28

1:00:28

In this third episode, we discussed the challenges that Big Tech confronts us with in terms of regulation. The platform economy has fundamentally changed our societies and has made more and more citizens dependent on less and less companies. Due to lobbying efforts as well as ignorance and incompetence on many policy levels, this sector has massive…

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Intellectual Property & Monopoly Capitalism — with Cecilia Rikap 1:03:51

3y ago1:03:51

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In this second Crash Course episode of the series on Big Tech, Techno-feudalism and Democracy, we will zoom in on intellectual property. We have invited political economist Cecilia Rikap to explain where intellectual property comes from, what its role is in fabricating monopoly power, and why it is important to understand the rise of Big tech and B…

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The rise of Technoscientific Capitalism with Kean Birch 1:02:03

3y ago1:02:03

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In this first Crash Course episode of our series on Big Tech, Techno-feudalism and Democracy, we take a bird’s-eye view before we dive into more specific issues in the episodes to come. To introduce you to the topic, we have invited York University professor Kean Birch, specialised in Big Tech and emerging forms of digital rentiership. Rodrigo and …

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Arrested development and austerity: Avoiding the debt trap with Daniel Munevar & María José Romero 1:16:36

3y ago1:16:36

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Since March 2020, 80 IMF lending arrangements have been approved. These arrangements arise in an era of historical global debt levels. The world is witnessing an insufficient and inadequate multilateral response to the Covid-19 pandemic, which will lock a large number of countries in a decade-long crisis of debt and austerity. What are the effects …

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Confronting Debt in the Global South with Dominic Brown 1:03:26

3+ y ago1:03:26

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Dominic Brown will discuss the strategies being proposed by popular movements in the Global South to confront their debt. He will reflect on current movements and their demands from a historical perspective with a focus on South Africa – his home country. Brown will demonstrate how debt issuance in the Global South is often used to implement neolib…

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What is Subordinate Financialization? with Ewa Karwowski 1:03:19

3+ y ago1:03:19

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Ewa Karwowski will guide us through ways to quantify and recognize financialization in the global south. Also we will discuss why this particular theoretical frame may be useful to look at contemporary issues that developing countries face and how it is related to structural issues. Ewa Karwowski (University of Hertfordshire) is focused on the oper…

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Dependency Theory and Uneven Development with Ingrid Kvangraven 1:06:45

3+ y ago1:06:45

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In this episode of Crash Course Sara Murawski en Rodrigo Fernandez discuss Dependency Theory with Ingrid Kvangraven. How does dependency theory help us to formulate different answers to the problems developing countries face today. We try to understand what it is and why it has been lost in debates on the global south, after being dominant in the 7…

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Debt, Dependence and Development in Historical Perspective with Andew Fischer 1:06:00

3+ y ago1:06:00

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Sara Murawski en Rodrigo Fernandez speak with Andew Fischer about Debt, Dependence and Development in Historical Perspective. This lecture presents several past and present cases to demonstrate this dynamic and its continuing importance for facing the challenges of contemporary economic development, including the imperative of global redistribution…

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Monetary policy against austerity? with Daniela Gabor 1:13:37

4y ago1:13:37

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Daniela Gabor speaks with Sara Murawski and Rodrigo Fernandez about monetary policy and austerity in the fourth and final webinar of Crash Course series on monetary policy, central banks and ideology. How can monetary policy be used to prevent economies from suffering another decade of austerity? What are the concrete policy options we have? What a…

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Monetary policy: effects on the Global South with Pablo Bortz 1:03:13

4y ago1:03:13

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Pablo Bortz speaks with Sara Murawski and Rodrigo Fernandez about monetary policy and the effects on the Global South in the third webinar of Crash Course series on monetary policy, central banks and ideology. In this interview we will ask what effect the previous round of QE had on the global south? How did it inflate debt levels? What can we expe…

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Central banking, Finance and Power with Benjamin Braun 1:07:01

4y ago1:07:01

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Benjamin Braun speaks with Sara Murawski and Rodrigo Fernandez about central banking, finance and power, in the second webinar of Crash Course series on monetary policy, central banks and ideology. What does the post-2007 web of interdependencies between monetary authorities, systemic banks and other leading financial actors look like? Why is this …

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Crisis, central banks and democratic control: the building blocks for change 1:03:12

4y ago1:03:12

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Sara Murawski en Rodrigo Fernandez speak with Jens van’t Klooster about crisis, central banks and democratic control. What are the historical origins of central bank independence? Why are central banks not fully embedded in a democratic decision-making structure? How can we regain democratic control? Casting the net wide: what would progressive mon…

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Jacob & Christian: Healthcare Weekly: Privatizing Healthcare 14:32

5y ago14:32

14:32

Jacob and Christian speak with Dr. Harris and Dr. Bourgeois about the costs and benefits of privatizing healthcare for all parties. Both experts have spent decades in medicine and understand the ins-and-outs of healthcare.

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Ben & Scott: Economics of Educating Immigrants 11:49

5y ago11:49

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Our podcast explores additional costs associated with educating immigrant students, and how compounding affects could lead to excess strain for certain school systems. The choices of families are explored in this podcast, as well as positive and negative externalities exerted by all parties.

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Alex, Carly & Natalie: Vouchers - A hindrance or a benefit? 12:56

5y ago12:56

12:56

This podcast focuses on educational vouchers. It provides a background of what vouchers are and how they came into place. It explores how vouchers influence curriculum and competition amongst schools. It focuses on whether they benefit student achievement or have no impact at all. In order to help answer these questions, two experts are brought in …

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Michael, Tommy & Ryan: Dude-o-nomics 11:57

5y ago11:57

11:57

Given the current political climate and emergence of presidential candidates touting campaign promises, the policy of free higher education has resurged as a topic of renewed interest. We, as politically involved citizens, want to understand the economic impact of free universal higher education in the United States. Considering that this is a curr…

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Catria & Leanne: Student Loan Debt 17:06

5y ago17:06

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Student debt is a serious issue affecting millions of Americans, this podcast delves into the economics surrounding student loans and the role of the government when it comes to student debt. After discussing how the student loan situation managed to become the crisis seen today, we interview a variety of experts in the field and examine some poten…

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Alessandro, Charlie & Pomelo: The Raise the Wage Act of 2019 13:04

5y ago13:04

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This podcast will place an emphasis on the implications of the Raise the Wage Act of 2019 within the greater context of poverty and inequality. The Economic Policy Institute states that this act is intended to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2024. The current federal minimum wage is $7.25, which implies that this policy will more t…

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2018_Fa Caroline, Maeve & Matt: Pushing Past Poverty 13:48

5+ y ago13:48

13:48

Since its inception, the Earned Income Tax credit, or EITC, has been one of the strongest anti-poverty programs in the United States. A rare welfare program supported by both sides of the aisle, the EITC provides credits to working individuals based on income and family size. While the program was originally targeted at allowing single mothers to e…

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2018_Fa Shannon, Danny & Mackenzie: Unemployment Insurance 13:48

5+ y ago13:48

13:48

In our podcast we explain how unemployment insurance can cause a moral hazard that leads to dependency and how this causes stigmas and can be perpetuated in the media. We start by defining dependency and explaining the moral hazard that comes with unemployment insurance. Next we interview Professor Kunio Tsuyuhara and he explains his study, which f…

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2018_Fa Makayla, Adam & Ben: Healthcare that Cares 15:14

5+ y ago15:14

15:14

In this podcast Makayla, Ben, and Adam discuss drug pricing in the pharmaceutical industry. In recent years, there has been a sharp increase in the cost of pharmaceutical drugs. This has not only become a problem for patients, but for prescribers, payers, and policy makers. The pharmaceutical industry is a unique industry because the end user is no…

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2018_Fa Michael, Allison & John: The Sustainability of Social Security 15:50

5+ y ago15:50

15:50

Social Security benefits now outweigh the program's income from taxes and interest earned. With the aging baby-boom generation and the increasing life-span of Americans, how can we sustain such a vital retirement program? This podcast explores the different outlooks experts have on the program and the potential solutions to Social Security's deplet…

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2018_Fa Divya, Jenna & Nick: No Child Left Behind - Boondoggle or Brilliant 14:21

5+ y ago14:21

14:21

This episode is about No Child Left Behind: how it impacted learning, as well as how it succeeded and how it fell short. In it, we interview with two professionals in the field of education. Both Professor Song and Mrs. Spiess discussed the huge role that standardized testing played in the outcomes of NCLB, and how the act ultimately made learning …

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2018_Sp Zem, Preston, & Zach: Cost Problems With the US Healthcare System 14:40

6y ago14:40

14:40

Our topic will concern the healthcare system of the United States, and more specifically will outline the ways in which the US healthcare system is systematically more expensive than that of other countries. Additionally, we will discuss the healthcare system of the United Kingdom, comparing and contrasting this system of healthcare with that of th…

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2018_Sp Sabrina, Curt & Anders: Bank Bailouts and Moral Hazard 13:19

6y ago13:19

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We discuss how legislation worked to manage the financial crisis, specifically focusing on the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. We then uncover how this safety net works to fuel moral hazard. Professor Thomas Michl and Leslie Picker join our conversation to further discuss the impact this policy had on the way various entities navigate…

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2018_Sp Liam & Enrique: Models for Public Funding 15:16

6y ago15:16

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Our podcast looks at the structure of funding public schools, focusing on the state and local level of funding. We talk to experts about if they believe that the current funding in optimal and ask them to suggest solutions that they believe would bring the United States closer to optimal. We also offer what we believe would be better public funding…

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2018_Sp Carrie, Austin & Sam: Charter School Choice 8:18

6y ago8:18

8:18

If Charter Schools do provide better support, what effect does this have on the public schools? If this is not the case, why? We called on two experts Peter Fritzinger, former CFO of DSST (Denver School of Science and Technology), and Professor Song, an Economics professor at Colgate University, to help us answer this question.…

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2018_Sp Sara, Andre & Amanda: The ACA and Women's Self-Employment 8:42

6y ago8:42

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In this podcast we talk with Professor Blume-Kohout and Professor Bailey about how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) altered the individual insurance market and the effect it had on the affordability and availability of individual health insurance plans. We further the discussion about these changes and look at how these changes affected women and the …

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2018_Sp Aly, Annika & Karli: A Discussion about the Earned Income Tax Credit 14:35

6y ago14:35

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On this episode, we talk to Nicole Simpson, an economics professor from Colgate University, and Cherie LaRou, a financial advisor from Hantz Financial Services to discuss the Earned Income Tax Credit. We look at the large role the EITC has in reducing poverty and also the work incentives, and social and administrative costs of the program. We also …

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2018_Sp Annie, Charlotte & Cullen: The Situation & State of the U.S. Education System 13:18

6y ago13:18

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In our podcast we discuss the problems in the education system with special focus on special education. These problems include the balance between federal and local funding, administrative and mandate restrictions, and the voucher system, regarding private and public education. We then ask our experts for their ideas of possible solutions to the fl…

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2018_Sp Kevin, Q & Sebastian: Health Care in Switzerland and China 12:35

6y ago12:35

12:35

In this podcast, we are going to give you a taste of the swiss and chinese healthcare systems. First,we will talk about how the governments intervene in these two countries. Then we will interview some experts about the pros and cons in these systems. And finally, we will discuss what the US can learn from these systems.…

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2018_Sp Justin, Brett & Dorian: European Union vs. Ireland and Apple - The Sweetheart Deal Case 13:05

6y ago13:05

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The podcast features interviews from Rishi Sharma an Economics Professor at Colgate University who specializes in Trade and Public Finance and Roman Radomyslsky, a Senior Manager at Ernst and Young in the International Tax FSO practice. With their help along with our research, we were able to conduct a dialogue as to why the Sweetheart Deal Case ha…

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2018_Sp Aram, Raj & Rory: Electric Vehicle Market 15:30

6y ago15:30

15:30

On this Podcast, we discuss many aspects of the electric vehicle market, including policies that the government must enact in order to generate more interest in these vehicles. We also talk to a few experts on this topic to see what their thoughts are about current government policies and the potential for the market to expand.…

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2017 B: Dillon, Shameer & Tyler - Winners and Losers of an unequal tax reform strategy-The Talking Heads discuss 14:32

6+ y ago14:32

14:32

Winners and Losers of an unequal tax reform strategy-The Talking Heads discuss

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2017 B: Connor, Felix & Lea - Educational inequality in Upstate NY public school systems 15:22

6+ y ago15:22

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Educational inequality in Upstate NY public school systems

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2017 B: Ellie, Erin & Livia - The public policies toward agriculture 11:29

6+ y ago11:29

11:29

The public policies toward agriculture

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2017 B: Bobby, Daniel & Nick - Medicare: Outdated and Unsustainable? 10:40

6+ y ago10:40

10:40

Medicare in the United States - Is it outdated and unsustainable? If it is not reformed, it has potential big implications on elders’ future access to quality health care and massive burdens on taxpayers. We will further examine these implications and talk about why the current structure of Medicare has become outdated, specifically for taxpayers a…