FT Alphachat
218 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 234 ratingsAlphachat is the conversational podcast about business and economics produced by the Financial Times in New York. Each week, FT hosts and guests delve into a new theme, with more wonkiness, humour and irreverence than you'll find anywhere else
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Episodes
Corporate tax and the trade balance
February 09, 2018 05:01 - 33 minutes - 23.4 MBEconomist Brad Setser and Alphaville's Matt Klein dig into the recent changes to corporate tax policy in the US, and what effect these will have on the global economy. Music by Podington Bear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Thomas Wieser on his career in economic policy
February 02, 2018 05:01 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBThomas Wieser, one of the key figures in Eurozone policymaking since the European sovereign debt crisis, joins the FT's Jim Brunsden and Alex Barker to discuss his career, the crisis and more. Music by Podington Bear. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Thomas Wieser on his career in economic policy
February 02, 2018 05:01 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBThomas Wieser, one of the key figures in Eurozone policymaking since the European sovereign debt crisis, joins the FT's Jim Brunsden and Alex Barker to discuss his career, the crisis and more. Music by Podington Bear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
ENCORE: The life of Alan Greenspan
January 26, 2018 06:00 - 1 hour - 45.8 MBAuthor Sebastian Mallaby produced the definitive account of the former Federal Reserve chairman's life, career, and the context in which he operated in the book "The Man Who Knew". In this encore episode he joins Matt Klein to discuss. Music by Podington Bear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Michele Wucker explains the 'gray rhino'
January 19, 2018 05:01 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MBMost of the things that hurt us are easy to identify and avoid in advance. Yet rather than deal with these problems, we tend to live in terror of inchoate and unpredictable dangers. Journalist and author Michele Wucker talks with Matt Klein about why this is and how to fix it. Music by Podington Bear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
ENCORE: Keynes v Hayek
January 12, 2018 05:01 - 1 hour - 46.5 MBIn this encore episode, writer Nicholas Wapshott talks to Cardiff Garcia about his 2011 book "Keynes Hayek: The Clash that Defined Modern Economics". The two discuss which economist's ideas are ascendant in the post-crisis cycle, and why both will matter during the Trump administration. Music by Podington Bear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
James Heckman on human capital development
January 05, 2018 05:01 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MBHow do societies help people fulfill their potential? And how do you make sure the programs meant to help people grow - like education and job retraining - are actually working? Nobel Prize-winning economist James Heckman joins Alexandra Scaggs to discuss this and more. Music by Podington Bear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Hernando de Soto on the economics of property rights
December 22, 2017 05:01 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MBEconomist Hernando de Soto joins the FT's John Authers to discuss his work documenting property rights in developing countries, the philosophical influences on his thinking and a lofty goal to create a global property rights registry using blockchain technology. Music by Podington Bear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
'The wisdom of finance'
December 15, 2017 05:01 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBWhat happens when you take the principles of finance and use them to answer some big philosophical questions? Author and Harvard business and law professor Mihir Desai joins Matt Klein to talk about this and more. Music by Podington Bear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Unorthodox economics
December 08, 2017 05:01 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBAuthor and crowd-funded economist Steve Keen joins Izzy Kaminska to talk about his criticism of neoclassical economics, and whether the global financial system can avoid another crisis. Music by Podington Bear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Hirschmania, the final chapter
December 01, 2017 05:01 - 1 hour - 46.2 MBHistorian and biographer Jeremy Adelman joins Cardiff Garcia to discuss the life and ideas of economist Albert O. Hirschman one last time. In this episode, the two cover Hirschman's "The Rhetoric of Reaction" and his assessment of argumentative styles that emerge in times of progress. Music by Podington Bear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We're taking a break for Thanksgiving
November 24, 2017 05:01 - 30 seconds - 373 KBAlphachat is taking a break this week for the US Thanksgiving holiday. We will be back next week with a brand new episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Who is Sadie Alexander?
November 17, 2017 05:01 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBWith the help of economist and Bucknell University professor Nina Banks, host Cardiff Garcia tells the story of the first African American economist, Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander. Music by Podington Bear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The fiscal impact of US immigration
November 10, 2017 05:01 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBEconomist Kim Rueben joins Cardiff Garcia to discuss the fiscal effect of immigration in the US, specifically on education, employment and wage outcomes. It’s the third episode in our series on the impact of immigration. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A sit down with Adair Turner
November 03, 2017 04:01 - 1 hour - 46.8 MBThe former chair of the UK's Financial Services Authority and current chair of the Institute for New Economic Thinking talks to Alphaville's Izabella Kaminska at INET's recent festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. The two cover Turner's views on peer-to-peer lending, the role of banks in money creation, the cryptocurrency scene and much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Stephen Kotkin on Stalin's economics
October 27, 2017 04:01 - 1 hour - 53.7 MBHistorian Stephen Kotkin joins Alphaville's Matt Klein to discuss how Joseph Stalin's violent commitment to Marxist-Leninism shaped Soviet society in the 1930s. It's the subject of Kotkin's latest book, Stalin: Waiting for Hitler. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
ENCORE: Why economic populists always disappoint
October 20, 2017 04:01 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBEconomist Sebastian Edwards joins Cardiff Garcia to discuss the modern emergence of populism, and how his research of populist economics can be applied to Donald Trump's economic agenda. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Richard Florida on geographic inequality
October 13, 2017 04:01 - 52 minutes - 35.8 MBUrban studies theorist Richard Florida joins Aimee Keane to discuss his latest book, "The New Urban Crisis". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Hirschmania Part 2
October 06, 2017 04:01 - 1 hour - 45.9 MBHistorian and biographer Jeremy Adelman joins Cardiff Garcia to discuss the life and ideas of economist Albert O. Hirschman once again. In this episode, the two cover Hirschman's most famous treatise, "Exit, Voice, and Loyalty". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dan Drezner on the economics of ideas
September 29, 2017 04:01 - 1 hour - 46.9 MBDan Drezner, writer and professor of international politics, joins Cardiff Garcia to discuss his latest book, "The Ideas Industry: how pessimists, partisans and plutocrats are transforming the marketplace of ideas". They also talk about the global populist wave, identity-based politics, and how to resist the temptation to say yes to everything. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The science behind our addictions to social media and tech
September 22, 2017 04:01 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBRobert Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist and author known for his work on the addictive properties of sugar and its effect on the brain, joins Alphaville's Izabella Kaminska to discuss his latest book, which applies his work on addiction to the technological realm. The book is called The Hacking of the American Mind. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The economics of immigration
September 15, 2017 04:01 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBEconomist Jennifer Hunt joins Cardiff to discuss the findings of a major study on the economic impact of immigration on the US. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Bonus: Life beyond the pit
September 13, 2017 11:01 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBWhen electronic trading was introduced on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange, volumes handled by traders in the open-outcry pits were quickly overshadowed by those done by computers. Many of the floor traders soon found themselves out of work, and without proper training to find other jobs in finance. But one of those traders, Tom Gordon, embarked on a second act in his career, one that, for now, can’t be done by an algorithm or a robot. This podcast was produced as part of an FT H...
The making of the crisis in Venezuela
September 08, 2017 04:01 - 51 minutes - 35.5 MBEconomist Ricardo Hausmann joins Cardiff Garcia to discuss the historical foundation of Venezuela's current macroeconomic and humanitarian crisis, what may happen with its debt and what the future holds for the country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Should Amazon be broken up?
August 31, 2017 16:00 - 43 minutes - 29.5 MBLina Khan, a writer and fellow at New America, joins FT Alphaville's Alex Scaggs to discuss how the tech company's unique organisational structure and business strategy raise possible antitrust issues that current law isn't particularly well designed to address. It's the subject of Khan's paper, "Amazon's antitrust paradox", recently published in the Yale Law Journal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Should Amazon be broken up?
August 31, 2017 16:00 - 43 minutes - 29.5 MBLina Khan, a writer and fellow at New America, joins FT Alphaville's Alex Scaggs to discuss how the tech company's unique organisational structure and business strategy raise possible antitrust issues that current law isn't particularly well designed to address. It's the subject of Khan's paper, "Amazon's antitrust paradox", recently published in the Yale Law Journal. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
How well do immigrants integrate into American society?
August 25, 2017 04:01 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBHarvard sociologist Mary Waters, who chairs the National Academy of Sciences Panel on The Integration of Immigrants into American Society, talks to Cardiff Garcia about the findings of a massive study conducted and published by her panel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Buchheit and Gulati on restructuring Venezuela's debt
August 18, 2017 04:01 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBLee Buchheit and Mitu Gulati, two of the world's foremost experts on sovereign debt restructuring, join the FT's Robin Wigglesworth to explain Venezuela's looming debt crisis and options for solving it, while the country's economic collapse and humanitarian problems continue to worsen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"Don Draper has been drawn and quartered"
August 11, 2017 04:01 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBScott Galloway, professor of marketing and founder of brand think tank L2, joins the FT's Shannon Bond to talk about the death of advertising as we know it, how Amazon is changing the way we consume and why he is betting on voice technology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The cost of dodging the tax man
August 04, 2017 04:01 - 1 hour - 45.9 MBEconomist Gabriel Zucman joins the FT's Matt Klein to talk about the use of tax havens and the effect tax evasion has on inequality and other macroeconomic measurements, which is the subject of his book "The Hidden Wealth of Nations". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Michael Pettis on the Chinese economy
July 31, 2017 04:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBIn the second of a two-part series, economist Michael Pettis joins the FT's Cardiff Garcia and Matt Klein to discuss the state of the Chinese economy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Michael Pettis on the mechanics and politics of trade
July 28, 2017 16:00 - 53 minutes - 36.8 MBEconomist Michael Pettis joins the FT’s Cardiff Garcia and Matt Klein to discuss the macroeconomic framework he introduced in his book The Great Rebalancing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Encore episode: Angus Deaton on his Nobel Prize-winning career
July 21, 2017 04:01 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBAngus Deaton, the 2015 winner of the economics Nobel Prize, tells host Cardiff Garcia about his early influences and the work for which he won the award. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
50 things that shaped the modern economy
July 14, 2017 04:01 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MBTim Harford joins Cardiff Garcia to talk about the way 50 different inventions have shaped the way the economy works today, from video games to the tally stick. It's the subject of his latest book, "Fifty things that made the modern economy", and a BBC audio series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Encore episode: Heidi Williams on the economics of medical innovation
July 07, 2017 13:40 - 59 minutes - 41.2 MBThe 2015 MacArthur Genius Grant recipient and MIT professor joins host Cardiff Garcia to discuss her work on the incentive systems that drive innovation in medical technology, including the effect of patents on the development of early stage cancer drug treatments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sizing up US retail
June 30, 2017 04:01 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBIn light of Amazon's $13.7bn Whole Foods takeover, Cardiff Garcia talks with the FT's Shannon Bond and Anna Nicolaou about the state of the US retail industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On the verge of a productivity boom?
June 23, 2017 04:01 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBEconomist Michael Mandel joins Cardiff Garcia to talk about the research that he and co-author Bret Swanson have published on "the coming productivity boom" -- an optimistic case for productivity growth based on the application of information technology in physical industries such as manufacturing and healthcare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ireland: austerity poster child or "beautiful freak"?
June 16, 2017 04:01 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBEconomist Stephen Kinsella joins Cardiff Garcia to discuss the right lessons from Ireland's experience of crisis, austerity, and recovery -- and a few of the wrong lessons as well. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ireland: austerity poster child or "beautiful freak"?
June 16, 2017 04:01 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBEconomist Stephen Kinsella joins Cardiff Garcia to discuss the right lessons from Ireland's experience of crisis, austerity, and recovery -- and a few of the wrong lessons as well. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
A chat with Geoffrey West
June 09, 2017 04:01 - 52 minutes - 35.8 MBPhysicist Geoffrey West joins FT Alphaville's Izabella Kaminska to discuss his work on a universal theory of growth - or scaling - that extends beyond human lifespans to encompass the sustainability of corporations, cities and more, as detailed in his latest book "Scale". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The new masters of craft
June 02, 2017 12:30 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBSociologist Richard Ocejo joins Cardiff Garcia to talk about the way educated urbanites have upscaled and transformed traditionally low-income manual jobs from bartending to butchery, and what it suggests about the evolution of the labour market in the age of automation. It is the subject of Ocejo's most recent book, Masters of Craft. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
More from our interview with Anne Case
May 29, 2017 04:01 - 14 minutes - 9.98 MBThis is a bonus episode featuring parts of Cardiff Garcia's interview with economist Anne Case that did not make it into the episode published on April 21. In this Alphachat extra the two discuss Anne's experience dealing with bloggers and other commentators who react to her work, how her research in South Africa shaped her approach to health economics and why height turns out to be such a useful variable in her research. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The life of an economic policymaker
May 26, 2017 04:01 - 39 minutes - 26.8 MBEconomist Alice Rivlin joins Cardiff Garcia to discuss her storied Washington career, from her roles in three different presidential administrations, to the first director of the Congressional Budget Office, to Vice-Chair of the Federal Reserve, to her current post at the Brookings Institution. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Encore episode: Maria Konnikova on psychology, work, and why we all get conned
May 19, 2017 04:01 - 1 hour - 49.4 MBMaria Konnikova, a writer and author of “The Confidence Game: Why We Fall For It… Every Time” talks to host Cardiff Garcia about her work and the challenge of judging the quality of social-science research. The two also discuss big data, open-plan offices, sleep and the psychological effects of pornography. Maria also describes the methods and traits of con artists, and explains why everyone is susceptible to being a victim. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The life and ideas of Albert O. Hirschman
May 12, 2017 04:01 - 1 hour - 49.5 MBHistorian and biographer Jeremy Adelman joins Cardiff Garcia to survey the life and philosophy of economist Albert O. Hirschman, from his work on development economics to "The Passions and the Interests", his book about the forgotten intellectual history behind the emergence of capitalism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Inside Obama's economic policy shop
May 05, 2017 04:01 - 57 minutes - 39.4 MBJason Furman, economist and former chair of the Council of Economic Advisors, joins Cardiff Garcia to discuss the way economic policy was made and framed during the Barack Obama administration. Jason also talks about his background and the economists who influenced him, and he gives his thoughts on a few salient economic issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Tyler Cowen's stubborn attachments
April 28, 2017 04:01 - 1 hour - 53.4 MBEconomist and polymathic author Tyler Cowen talks to Cardiff about his essay, "Stubborn Attachments", in which he shares his vision for a free and prosperous society - and the philosophical foundations necessary to build it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Tyler Cowen's stubborn attachments
April 28, 2017 04:01 - 1 hour - 53.4 MBEconomist and polymathic author Tyler Cowen talks to Cardiff about his essay, "Stubborn Attachments", in which he shares his vision for a free and prosperous society - and the philosophical foundations necessary to build it. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Anne Case on mortality and morbidity in the 21st century
April 21, 2017 04:01 - 1 hour - 52.4 MBEconomist Anne Case joins Cardiff Garcia to talk about her trilogy of research papers that revealed the stunning reversal of mortality trends among certain groups of Americans. The two also discuss the methodology used in the papers and her comprehensive theory behind the causes of these trends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Encore episode: Jim Chanos on betting against Wall Street
April 14, 2017 04:01 - 1 hour - 57 MBShort seller Jim Chanos talks to the FT's Matt Klein about his illustrious career in investment management, including his bet against Enron before it went bust in 1999. Mr Chanos also discusses the mechanics of short selling, his research process, and some of the opportunities he said he missed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.