23 Episodes

  1. A Chat with Timur Kuran on Freedoms Delayed and Political Legacies of Islamic Law in the Middle East

    Published: 8/4/2023

  2. A Chat with Daron Acemoglu on Power and Progress

    Published: 5/5/2023

  3. Chat with Leah Boustan and Ran Abramitzky on America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success

    Published: 8/25/2022

  4. Chat with David Weil on Measuring Economic Growth from Outer Space

    Published: 7/28/2022

  5. A Chat with Johan Fourie on Our Long Walk to Economic Freedom

    Published: 7/19/2022

  6. A Chat with Alessio Terzi on Growth for Good

    Published: 5/19/2022

  7. A Chat with Mark Koyama and Jared Rubin on how the world became rich

    Published: 5/2/2022

  8. A Chat with Oded Galor on the Journey of Humanity

    Published: 3/4/2022

  9. A Chat with Timur Kuran on the Peaceful Explosion of Rights in Ottoman Istanbul

    Published: 12/17/2021

  10. A Chat with Melissa Dell on the Persistent Effect of Peru’s Mining Mita

    Published: 11/15/2021

  11. A Chat with Elias Papaioannou on Pre-Colonial Ethnic Institutions and Contemporary African Development

    Published: 10/22/2021

  12. A chat with Raul Sanchez de la Sierra about the Origins of the State

    Published: 8/17/2021

  13. A chat with Stelios Michalopoulos about the long-run effects of the ‘Scramble for Africa’

    Published: 7/19/2021

  14. A chat with Paola Giuliano on the Origins of Gender Roles

    Published: 6/9/2021

  15. A chat with Gupta Bishnupriya on India’s Transition from a Colonial Economy

    Published: 5/22/2021

  16. A chat with Leonard Wantchekon about the Slave Trade and the Origins of Mistrust in Africa

    Published: 5/22/2021

  17. A chat with Sara Lowes on the Legacy of Colonial Medicine in Central Africa

    Published: 4/27/2021

  18. A chat with Davide Ticchi about the Political Economy of Science, Religion, and Growth

    Published: 4/16/2021

  19. A chat on Maritime Technology and Development in the 20th century with Luigi Pascali

    Published: 4/15/2021

  20. A chat with Melanie Xue about the impact of "Folklore" on culture and economics

    Published: 4/2/2021

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A podcast series where we interview economists and other social scientist asking about their recent research papers and publications. The aim of this podcast is to share the work that economists, sociologist, anthropologist and historians do, making it accessible to students and the general public, independently from their background and preparation.