The Beverage Report Podcast
This podcast features a team of students from the LSE Department of Economics who host intellectually-stimulating conversations with leading economists. They explore the economists' research, gain insights, and discuss their academic journeys. The show aims to elevate listeners' understanding of economics through firsthand wisdom from top researchers.
Episodes
Prof. Jan Toporowski | Monetary Theory, Macroeconomics and Finance
In this episode of the Beverage Report Podcast, we interview Prof. Jan Toporowski, former Professor of Economics and Finance at SOAS.How do government debt management, monetary policy, and financial systems shape economic stability and crises in today’s economy? To what extent are macroeconomic outcomes shaped by the interests and influence of dominant economic actors? What long-term impacts do de
Prof. Eric Schneider | Economics, History and Public Health
In this episode of the Beverage Report Podcast, we interview Prof. Eric Schneider, Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics and Political Science.What kinds of resources are most effective in helping children reach their full growth potential? How can researchers analyse data across different countries and time periods when record-keeping practices vary so widely? Why is it
Prof. Isabela Manelici | Policy for Foreign Multinationals , Responsible Sourcing, and Empirical Economic Research
In this episode of the Beverage Report Podcast, we interview Prof. Isabela Manelici, Assistant Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science.Why do governments compete so fiercely to attract multinational firms? Do foreign multinationals actually raise productivity of domestic suppliers and worker welfare, or do the gains fall short of expectations? How Responsible
Prof. Janet Currie | Public Policy, Health, and Child Welfare Economics
In today’s episode of The Beverage Report, we are interviewing Professor Janet Currie, one of the world’s leading economists on child wellbeing and health policy.How do early-life conditions shape long-term health and opportunity? Why aren’t more families able to access social welfare programs designed to support them? What can we learn about inequality by studying children’s health, medication us
Prof. Erik Angner | Philosophy and Economics, Happiness and Behavioural Economics
In this episode of the Beverage Report Podcast, we interview a leading philosopher and economist, Prof. Erik Angner. How does a philosophy and economics background shape perspective? Is it important for everyone to be made aware of basic economics to deal with the world's problems? How can we interpret happiness and the data that comes with it?Throughout the discussion Prof. Erik Angner explor
Dr Gopi Shah Goda I Ageing Populations, Health Economics and COVID-19
In this episode of the Beverage Report Podcast, we interview a leading economic researcher and advisor, Dr Gopi Shah Goda. Are insurance markets are inherently persistently inefficient? How can governments adapt policies to accommodate an ageing population? Are we still experiencing persistent reductions in labour supply due to COVID-19?
Throughout the discussion Dr Goda references her extensive c
Prof. Jon Danielsson | AI and Financial Systems, Cryptocurrencies & Financial Regulation
In this episode of the Beverage Report Podcast, we interview a leading expert on financial risk and the transformative role of artificial intelligence in the financial system and also one of our very own finance professors, Professor Jon Danielsson.
How is AI reshaping the private financial sector, and what are the ethical dilemmas and risks it introduces, such as pro-cyclicality and market instab
Dr. Monica de Bolle | Institutions and Inflation & Latin-American Economics
In this episode of The Beverage Report Podcast, we are joined by Dr. Monica de Bolle, a distinguished economist with a remarkable journey. From her early exposure to economics through her father’s career at the Brazilian Ministry of Finance and then later the IMF to her PHD at LSE and later research in infectious diseases, Dr. De Bolle’s story offers a unique perspective on the interplay of econom
Prof. Christopher Rauh | Education, Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility
In this episode of the Beverage Report Podcast, we interview Professor Christopher Rauh, Professor of Economics and Data Science at the University of Cambridge, Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo and Research Affiliate at the Centre for Economic Policy Research and Institute of Labor Economics.
How do parental beliefs affect the returns to educational and health investment in c
Prof. Pranab Bardhan | Political Economy, Global Development, and an Academic Memoir
In this episode of the Beverage Report Podcast, we interview Professor Pranab Bardhan, Professor Emeritus of Economics at UC Berkeley, former chief editor of the Journal of Development Economics, and the celebrated author of Charaiveti and A World of Insecurity.
What impact does the rise of populism have on global development? How does economic policy shape democracies? And what can we learn from
Dr. Jonathon Hazell | Inflation, Wage Rigidity & Measuring the Natural Rate of Interest
In this episode of the Beverage Report Podcast, we interview Dr Jonathon Hazell, Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the LSE.
How can we overcome estimation issues to evaluate the slope of the Phillips curve? What can previous periods of hyperinflation teach us, when looking to control high levels of inflation post-COVID? How do behavioural factors influence the wage rigidity o
Prof. David Autor | Navigating the Future of Work – AI, Global Trade and Economic Shifts
In this episode of the Beverage Report Podcast, we interview Professor David Autor, Ford Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and co-director of both the MIT Work of the Future Task Force and the National Bureau of Economic Research’s Labor Studies Program.
What happens when automation and AI reshape the labour market? Can the rise of China as an economic powerhouse
Prof. Dani Rodrik | The Economics of Global Change – Jobs, Globalisation and the Green Transition
In this episode of the Beverage Report Podcast, we interview Professor Dani Rodrik, Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government and co-director of the Reimagining the Economy Program at the Kennedy School and of the Economics for Inclusive Prosperity network.
Can a new approach to industrial policy and economic nationalism help nat
Dr. Carl Singleton | Sports Economics & The Labour Market
In this episode of the Beverage Report Podcast, we interview Dr. Carl Singleton, Senior Lecturer of Economics at the University of Stirling and Research Fellow Institute of Labour Economics.
What is Sports Economics and what direction is this field taking? What is the legacy of the Cold War on referee bias in international football today? How can market failures in football prevent the best talent
Prof. Camille Landais | The Child Penalty, Inheritance Tax & Unemployment Insurance
In this episode of the Beverage Report Podcast, we interview Professor Camille Landais, Professor of Economics & Director of STICERD at the LSE.
What is the child penalty and how come even countries at similar levels of development, such as Scandinavian and German-speaking countries, demonstrate large variations? Why is inheritance taxation an unpopular concept, and how could the current syst
Prof. David Luke | Trade in Africa, the AfCFTA & Sustainability
In this episode of the Beverage Report Podcast, we interview Professor David Luke, Professor in Practice and Strategic Director at the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa at the LSE.
How does the AfCFTA change the current trade regimes in place in Africa? Is rapid growth we have seen in sub-Saharan Africa in recent decades indeed not sustainable due to "poor prospects for industrialisation"
Prof. Keyu Jin | 'The New China Playbook', the One-Child Policy & International Finance
In this episode of the Beverage Report Podcast, we interview Professor Keyu Jin, Associate Professor of Economics at the LSE Department of Economics & author of the new book 'The New China Playbook: Beyond Socialism and Capitalism'.
What are the West's biggest misconceptions about China? How has the one-child policy impacted policy regulations and aggregate household savings? What
Baroness Dambisa Moyo | Growth, Inflation, Climate Change & More!
In this episode of the Beverage Report Podcast, we interview Baroness Dambisa Moyo, a member of the House of Lords serving on a number of corporate boards, with a PhD in Economics from the University of Oxford, and a Master's degree from Harvard University!
How might geopolitical instability mould the landscape of investment opportunities? In what ways might AI impact growth and human develop
Prof. Matthias Doepke | Parenting, Inequality, and Family Economics
In this episode of the Beverage Report Podcast, Raza Rasool interviews Professor Matthias Doepke, our very own Professor of Economics at the LSE Department of Economics! Professor Doepke shares his insights on various topics within the field of family economics.
Do parenting decisions influence inequality? What is Scandinavian-style parenting? How is fertility related to income?
Professor Doepke
Prof. Imran Rasul | Inequality, Vocational Training and Advice for Students
In this episode of the Beverage Report Podcast, Raza Rasool interviews Professor Imran Rasul, a professor of economics at University College London and co-director of the Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Professor Rasul shares his insights on various topics in labour, development and public economics, such as inequality, vocational trainin
Asli Demirguc-Kunt (Part 2/2) | Bank Crises, Outlook on Europe and Central Asia and Advice for Women in Economics
In this episode of the Beverage Report podcast, we resume our conversation with Asli Demirguc-Kunt, a Turkish economist and a non-resident Fellow at the Center for Global Development. Asli is a former chief economist of the Europe and Central Asia Region of The World Bank, where she also served as the Director of Research, Director of Development Policy, and the Chief Economist of the Finance and
Asli Demirguc-Kunt (Part 1/2) | Global Findex, Financial Inclusion and SMEs
In this episode of the Beverage Report podcast, we are honored to have a conversation with Asli Demirguc-Kunt, a Turkish economist and a non-resident Fellow at the Center for Global Development. Asli is a former chief economist of the Europe and Central Asia Region of The World Bank, where she also served as the Director of Research, Director of Development Policy, and the Chief Economist of the F
Nobel Laureate Sir Oliver Hart (Part 2/2) | Corporate Social Responsibility, Shareholder Rights and Advice for Students
In this episode of the LSE Beverage Report podcast, we continue our conversation with Sir Oliver Hart, a British-born American economist and Nobel laureate. Sir Oliver is the Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University, and one of the leading experts on contract theory. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2016, together with Bengt Holmström, for his c
Nobel Laureate Sir Oliver Hart (Part 1/2) | Winning the Nobel Prize, Incomplete Contract Theory and Guiding Principles
In this episode of the LSE Beverage Report podcast, we are delighted to have a conversation with Sir Oliver Hart, a British-born American economist and Nobel laureate. Sir Oliver is the Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University, and one of the leading experts on contract theory. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2016, together with Bengt Holmström
Professor Leah Boustan | Immigration, American Dream and the Economics of Race
In this episode of the Beverage Report Podcast, we're joined by Professor Leah Boustan, an economic historian at Princeton University. Professor Boustan is the author of two books, Competition in the Promised Land and Streets of Gold: America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success. In our conversation, we discuss the Great Migration, white flight, and the impact of immigration on the American
Prof. Bryan Caplan (Part 2/2) | Advocating for Having More Kids, Challenging Feminism, and Reassessing Public Education Spending
In the second part of our conversation with Professor Bryan Caplan, he shares his insights on the selfless reasons to have more kids, shedding light on the benefits beyond individual gains. As a strong proponent of open borders, he argues against the criticism regarding the potential strain on welfare systems. Professor Caplan explains why he chose the title for his book, "Don't be a femi
Prof. Bryan Caplan (Part 1/2) | Challenging Status Quo, Debunking the Myth of the Rational Voter, and the Merits of Open Borders
In this episode, we are thrilled to be joined by Professor Bryan Caplan, a renowned American economist and author known for his unorthodox views on various economic and social issues. In the first part of our conversation with Professor Caplan, we explore the importance of challenging the status quo, the myth of the rational voter, and the merits of open borders.
Professor Caplan shares his
Prof. Matthew Gentzkow | Media industry, modern media and digital addiction
In this episode, Rida Samreen explores the economics involved in the media industry with Professor Matthew Gentzkow from Stanford University. They discuss conventional media, the rise of modern media, the rationality of media bias, and the recent phenomenon of digital addiction.
Matthew Gentzkow is the Landau Professor of Technology and the Economy at Stanford University. He studies applied
Prof. Juliet Schor | 4-day workweek, consumerism and the climate crisis
In this episode of the Beverage Report, Raza Rasool discusses the 4-day workweek, consumerism, and sustainability with Prof. Juliet Schor. We explore the success of the 4-day work week pilot in the UK, its implications, and potential barriers to implementation. As well as, exploring the impact of global crises on consumer behavior and transitioning to greater sustainability.
Juliet Schor is an eco
Dr Ng Kok Hoe | Social inclusion project, minimum income standards, and homeless in Singapore
In this episode, Rida Samreen explores Dr Ng Kok Hoe’s research with the National University of Singapore. They discuss his landmark nationwide street count in 2019, its success in bringing homelessness to public discourse in Singapore, and the minimum income standard debate.
Dr Ng Kok-Hoe is a Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Case Study Unit in the School of Public Policy at the National U
Carlota Perez | Technological revolution, government regulation, UBI and the Green Golden Age
In our third episode, Raza Rasool takes a deep dive into the state of the technological revolution and its impact on the environment with Carlota Perez, the author of “Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital”. They discuss the theory of technological revolutions, the current state of the technological cycle, the role of government in technology, Universal Basic Income and the future of a g
Sitao Xu | Chinese economy, zero covid policy, real estate crisis and US-China trade war
In our second episode, Rida Samreen takes a deep dive into the Chinese economy and its global relations with Mr Sitao Xu, the Chief Economist at Deloitte China. They discuss recent protests over the double-edged zero Covid policy, the real estate crisis and its global implications, the future outlook of the Belt and Road Initiative, and the escalating US-China trade war.
Sitao Xu is the Chief Eco
Dr. Bapu Jena | Gender pay gap, physician burnout, US healthcare and abortion rights
In this episode, Raza Rasool explores Dr Jena's unique career path, and the insights it lends him on salient issues such as the gender pay gap in medicine, physician burnout, and the overturning of Roe v Wade.
Dr Bapu Jena, PhD, is the Joseph P. Newhouse Professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School and a physician in the Department of Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. As an
Dr Rachel Ngai - LSE Department of Economics
In this Beverage Report episode, Sarah speaks with Dr Rachel Ngai from the Department of Economics at LSE. She explains Africa’s structural transformation and how African women’s time allocation in home production and market jobs has changed over time. She also talks about the Hukou System in China.
Professor Andrés Velasco - Dean of the LSE School of Public Policy & Former Minister of Finance (Chile)
Andrés Velasco Brañes is a Chilean economist and professor who served as Minister of Finance in the first government of President Michelle Bachelet from March 2006 to March 2010. He is currently the Dean of the School of Public Policy at the London School of Economics.
In this Beverage Report episode, Sarah speaks with Professor Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy at LSE. He talks
Lesetja Kganyago - Governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB)
Lesetja Kganyago is a South African economist and central banker. He is the Governor of the South African Reserve Bank.
In this Beverage Report episode, Sarah speaks with Lesetja Kganyago, Governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB). He explains how his role as a policymaker varies from being in the Treasury to the central bank. They also discuss SARB’s inflation targeting str
Professor Claudia Goldin - Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University
Claudia Goldin is an American economic historian and labor economist who is currently the Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University. She is a co-director of the NBER's Gender in the Economy Study Group and was the director of the NBER’s Development of the American Economy program from 1989 to 2017.
In our seventh episode, Sarah speaks with Professor Claudia Goldin from Harvard Univers
Professor Thomas Sampson - Associate Professor of Economics at LSE
In this Beverage Report episode, Sarah speaks with Professor Thomas Sampson from LSE Economics. He explains the cross-region differences in the impact of Brexit on living standards in the UK. He also discusses which aspects of the performance of the UK economy are expected or surprising.
Hyun Song Shin - Head of Research at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
Hyun Song Shin is a South Korean economic theorist and financial economist who focuses on global games. He has been the Economic Adviser and Head of Research of the Bank for International Settlements since May 1, 2014.
In this Beverage Report episode, Sarah speaks with Hyun Song Shin, Head of Research at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). He explains the role BIS plays in connecting cen
Professor Ben Moll - LSE Department of Economics
Professor Ben Moll is a German macroeconomist who is Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics. He is the recipient of the 2017 Bernacer Prize for his "path-breaking contributions to incorporate consumer and firm heterogeneity into macroeconomic models and use such models to study rich interactions between inequality and the macroeconomy".
In this Beverage Report episode, Sarah spea
Professor Alan Blinder - Former Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve
Alan Stuart Blinder is an American economist and the Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University. He served as the 15th Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve from 1994 to 1996. Blinder is among the most influential economists in the world according to IDEAS/RePEc.
In this Beverage Report episode, Sarah speaks with LSE alumnus Professor Alan Blinder f
Professor Edward Glaesar - Harvard University
Edward Ludwig Glaeser is an American economist and Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard University. He is also Director for the Cities Research Programme at the International Growth Centre.
In this Beverage Report episode, Sarah Wang speaks with Professor Edward Glaeser from Harvard University on urban economics and how the role of cities evolved over time.
Dr Flavio Toxvaerd - Cambridge University
In this Beverage Report episode, Sarah Wang, the new host, speaks with LSE alumnus Dr Flavio Toxvaerd from Cambridge University on economic epidemiology.
Lord Kenneth Clarke - Former Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer
In the podcast’s second Summer Special, Matthew Bradbury sits down with former Home Secretary and former Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Clarke to discuss his life and times at the frontier of politics.
Dr Andrea Coscelli - CEO of the CMA (Competition and Markets Authority)
Matthew Bradbury interviews the CEO of the Competition and Markets Authority, Dr Andrea Coscelli, to discuss the triple challenges he has faced navigating Brexit, COVID-19 and regulation of the digital monopolies.
Professor Justin Yifu Lin - Former World Bank Chief Economist
Matthew Bradbury sits down to discuss with Professor Justin Yifu Lin his work as Chief Economist at the World Bank, the reform and opening up of China and what the objectives should be of development policy going forwards.
Professor Janet Hunter - Saji Professor at the LSE Department of Economic History
Beverage Report speaks to Professor Janet Hunter about economic history as a discipline, Japanese history, and the effects of COVID-19 on Japan.
Dr Swati Dhingra - Associate Professor of Economics at LSE Department of Economics
Beverage Report speaks to Dr Swati Dhingra about COVID-19 in India, the pandemic’s effect on globalisation, and the updated economic effects of Brexit.
Danny Quah - National University of Singapore (NUS)
Beverage Report speaks to Danny Quah about the economic modelling of international relations, COVID-19 in Southeast Asia, and the post-pandemic world.
An interview with Melissa Dell, Professor of Economics, Harvard University
Podcast host Matthew Bradbury speaks to Melissa Dell about the economics of institutions, and what economists can learn from other disciplines.
An interview with Professor Sir Christopher Pissarides, Nobel Prize-winning Economist
Christopher Pissarides was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2010, jointly with Peter Diamond from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Dale Mortensen from Northwestern University for their work on the economics of unemployment, especially job flows and the effects of being out of work.
10 years on, Matthew Bradbury interviews Christopher Pissarides about his Nobel Priz
An interview with Lord Adair Turner, Chairman of the Energy Transitions Commission (Part 2/2)
In part 2 Matthew speaks to Lord Adair Turner about his work as former Chairman of the Committee on Climate Change and his current role as Chairman of the Energy Transitions Commission.
An interview with Lord Adair Turner, Chairman of the Energy Transitions Commission (Part 1/2)
In part 1 of this 2-part episode, Matthew Bradbury speaks to Lord Adair Turner about his work as former Chairman of the Financial Services Authority and his hand in rebuilding the financial sector in the wake of the 2008 Financial Crisis.
An interview with Dr Rachel Glennerster, Chief Economist at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
Dr Rachel Glennerster discusses Development Economics and her experience at the forefront of both the academic and policy worlds.
An interview with Linda Yueh, Economist, Writer and Broadcaster
Podcast host Matthew Bradbury speaks to Professor Linda Yueh about her work as Chair of the LSE Economic Diplomacy Commission.
An interview with Dr Anneliese Dodds, Labour Shadow Chancellor
Matthew Bradbury sits down with Dr Anneliese Dodds, Labour Shadow Chancellor, to discuss COVID-19, the Labour Party and being the first female Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer.
An interview with Martin Wolf CBE, Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times
Podcast host Matthew Bradbury interviews Martin Wolf CBE, to discuss the role of economists and the UK economy - then both in light of COVID-19.
An interview with Lord David Willetts, Minister of State for Universities and Science (2010-2014) and President of Resolution Foundation
Lord David Willetts discusses his work on Intergenerational Fairness and the impact of his policies as Universities Minister, and how both of those are affected by COVID-19.
An interview with Kevin Watkins, Chief Executive of Save the Children UK
In this summer special edition of The Beverage Report, Tommy Sharpe interviews Kevin Watkins on how COVID-19 is impacting the world's poorest children, the need for educational reform, and whether charities are paternalistic.
Kevin Watkins is Chief Executive of Save the Children UK. He was previously Head of Research at Oxfam and has directed three Human Development Reports for the United Nat
Policy Design for a post-lockdown world, with Professor Sir Tim Besley
Matthew Bradbury speaks to Professor Sir Tim Besley about COVID-19 in the developing world.
Professor Sir Tim Besley is School Professor of Economics of Political Science and W. Arthur Lewis Professor of Development Economics in the Department of Economics at LSE.
The Treasury, with Lord Nick Macpherson
Matthew Bradbury speaks to Lord Nick Macpherson - former Permanent Secretary to the Treasury - about his time under successive governments, what he has learnt from it and advice that he would pass on to his successors today.
Monetary Policy, with Professor the Lord Mervyn King
Matthew Bradbury discusses all things monetary policy with Professor the Lord Mervyn King.
Mervyn King was Governor of the Bank of England from 2003 to 2013 and is currently Professor of Economics and Law at New York University and School Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
In Conversation with Professor Silvana Tenreyro
In an episode we recorded before COVID-19 escalated, we sat down to record an episode with Professor Silvana Tenreyro about how the Financial Crisis has changed the operation of Central Banks, followed by a discussion on women in economics. Silvana is the Professor of Economics at LSE and an external member of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).
In Conversation with Professor Ricardo Reis
An interview with Professor Ricardo Reis - one of the most eminent macroeconomists working in the UK - where we pick up from the previous discussion with Professor Wouter den Haan by discussing the role of macroeconomists, then launching into a discussion of the Eurozone Crisis, and what the Eurozone needs to become if it is to continue into its third decade. Ricardo Reis is A W Phillips Professor
In Conversation with Professor Wouter Den Haan
During a visit to the London School of Economics, the Queen famously asked why no one saw the 2008 financial crisis coming. Here, Professor Wouter Den Haan, a prestigious macroeconomist - co-director of the Centre for Macroeconomics and key figure within the LSE Department of Economics (Deputy Head of Department [Education])- discusses how macroeconomics has changed as a response to the crisis, an
In Conversation with Professor Sir Charles Bean
In the second episode, Matthew speaks to Professor Sir Charles Bean - former Chief Economist and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England - about the response from inside the Bank. Charles Bean is the Professor of Economics at the LSE.
In Conversation with Lord Alistair Darling
In this episode, Matthew speaks to Lord Alistair Darling about the response to the financial crisis from his perspective at the heart of government. Alistair Darling was a Member of Parliament from 1987 to 2015 (most recently for Edinburgh South West) and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2007 to 2010. Lord Darling served continuously in the Labour government’s cabinet from 1997 to 2010.
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