Cambridge Judge Business School Discussions on Economics & Policy Podcast
1) Economists should think like biologists
Students at business schools should think like biologists, according to acknowledged advertising authority Rory Sutherland of Ogilvy & Mather UK. Conventional economic theory is extraordinarily nar...Show More
2) Time is running out for the euro
As pressure again mounts in the Eurozone leading Cambridge economist Michael Kitson says the euro might 'stagger on' for a few more years but eventually it will collapse. Policy makers have been paper...Show More
3) Cambridge climate change adviser argues the EU Emission Trading System is working as designed
As the European Parliament sets about reforming the EU Emission Trading System that is at the centre of Europe's climate policy, Dr David Reiner says it does work but has suffered in the recession and...Show More
4) Growing momentum for prison reform in Africa
Alexander McLean, Founder and Director General of the UK-based charity The African Prisons Project (APP), talks about the work it is carrying out and the part played by Cambridge Judge Business School...Show More
5) Draconian austerity measures do not work
When austerity policies are linked positively to structured measures and discipline at a macro-economic level, the strategy works. However, just rapid and deep austerity cuts do not. Dr Christos Pi...Show More
6) 2010-2020: a lost decade for the world economy?
Michael Kitson calls 2010-2020 a lost decade for the world economy. What is needed now, he argues, is a high level of aggregate demand and continued investment in new technology and innovation coupled...Show More
7) Rethinking economics
Michael Kitson compares the current global recession to the Great Depression of the 1930s, and feels that austerity is here for a long time unless there is a change in economic policy globally as we w...Show More
8) Maonomics
Dr Loretta Napoleoni discusses the themes from her latest book Maonomics - Why Chinese Communists Make Better Capitalists Than We Do. China, she says, has reaped the benefits of Western-invented globa...Show More
9) Coalition warned on immigration plans
As the government prepares to announce an overhaul of the UK's immigration policies, Michael Kitson says raising controls now may negatively affect the country's innovation and long-term future growth...Show More
10) Greece default - not if but when!
Acclaimed economist and commentator Professor Paul Krugman expects the Greek government to default on its enormous debts and would not be surprised, in the aftermath, if the country withdraws from the...Show More