The Beverage Report Podcast

Mar 18 2024 4
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This year Szilvia Rosental and Aditi Vittal (3rd-year BSc Economics) are leading a team of seven students who share the same goal and passion - bringing forward intellectually-stimulating conversations with economists from the top of their fields, from within LSE and beyond. What sets The Beverage Report apart? Dive into discussions with economists at the frontier of research worldwide, exploring their research, gaining insights, and walking alongside them on their unique academic journeys. Tune in now to elevate your understanding of economics with firsthand wisdom from the best in the game!

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Prof. Camille Landais | The Child Penalty, Inheritance Tax & Unemployment Insurance

Mar 18 2024 36 mins  
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

Prof. David Luke | Trade in Africa, the AfCFTA & Sustainability

Mar 11 2024 26 mins  
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 industr

Prof. Keyu Jin | 'The New China Playbook', the One-Child Policy & International Finance

Mar 04 2024 33 mins  
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 househo

Baroness Dambisa Moyo | Growth, Inflation, Climate Change & More!

Feb 26 2024 42 mins  
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 a

Prof. Matthias Doepke | Parenting, Inequality, and Family Economics

Feb 20 2024 35 mins  
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?

Prof. Imran Rasul | Inequality, Vocational Training and Advice for Students

Aug 31 2023 29 mins  
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, vo

Asli Demirguc-Kunt (Part 2/2) | Bank Crises, Outlook on Europe and Central Asia and Advice for Women in Economics

Aug 30 2023 16 mins  
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

Asli Demirguc-Kunt (Part 1/2) | Global Findex, Financial Inclusion and SMEs

Aug 30 2023 25 mins  
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 Ec

Nobel Laureate Sir Oliver Hart (Part 2/2) | Corporate Social Responsibility, Shareholder Rights and Advice for Students

Aug 27 2023 26 mins  
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 Holm

Nobel Laureate Sir Oliver Hart (Part 1/2) | Winning the Nobel Prize, Incomplete Contract Theory and Guiding Principles

Aug 27 2023 34 mins  
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