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The Economics Show
134 episodes · Economics · by Financial Times
About The Economics Show
The Economics Show is a Economics podcast with 134 episodes in the PodLexicon database, each accompanied by a full searchable transcript and AI-generated summary. The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes is a new weekly podcast from the Financial Times packed full of smart, digestible analysis and incisive conversation. Soumaya Keynes digs deep into the hottest topics in economics along with a cast of FT colleagues and special guests. Come for the big ideas, stay for the nerdery.Soumaya Keynes is an economics columnist for the Financial Times. Prior to joining the FT she worked at The Economist for eight years as a staff writer, where as well as covering trade, the US economy and the UK economy she co-hosted the Money Talks podcast. She also co-founded the Trade Talks podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. PodLexicon indexes every episode of The Economics Show and turns each one into a searchable AI summary — find the episode that covers a topic, track how that topic evolved over time, or compare what different guests said about it.
Topics Covered on The Economics Show
US Debt vs. Deficit Drivers of Rising Borrowing Fiscal Sustainability Metrics Interest Rate and Borrowing Risks Crowdout and Investment Effects MMT and Credit Ratings Path to Deficit Reduction Origins of the inflation surge
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From "The Story of Money": How a stock market crash gave birth to modern antisemitism — August 21, 2026From "Trumponomics": Can the US Actually Tax Billionaires? — August 14, 2026How to break China’s chokehold on rare earths — August 07, 2026Will AI solve the productivity puzzle? With Nick Bloom — July 31, 2026Is China catching up with the US in AI? With Kyle Chan — July 24, 2026The US-Iran war has not triggered a food crisis — yet. With Adam Hanieh and Susannah Savage — July 17, 2026The economics of weight loss, with Rebecca Diamond and Claer Barrett — July 10, 2026Why didn’t the Iran war cause a recession? With Tyler Goodspeed — July 03, 2026How to win at AI (if you’re not the US or China), with AI minister Kanishka Narayan — June 26, 2026China wanted western tech. Now, the tables have turned. With John Minnich — June 19, 2026Brexit at 10: What comes next? With Anand Menon — June 12, 2026The US-China decoupling fantasy, with Jessica Chen Weiss — June 05, 2026How to win a trade war, with Paul Krugman and Chad Bown — May 29, 2026Can African countries mimic Asia’s economic success? With Joe Studwell — May 22, 2026Should economics have fewer taboos? With Alvin Roth — May 15, 2026Will AI help the Fed conquer inflation? With Austan Goolsbee — May 08, 2026How will falling fertility rates hurt the economy? With Melissa Kearney — May 01, 2026Will energy security fears change the global energy market? With Daniel Yergin — April 23, 2026Introducing: The Story of Money — April 21, 2026Will the energy shock change global trade imbalances? With Brad Setser — April 17, 2026How long will the Iran energy shock last? With Chris Giles — April 09, 2026Economic warfare: lessons from history, with Mark Harrison — April 02, 2026The global economy is Iran’s hostage. Can it be released? With Edward Fishman — March 27, 2026Lessons from China’s industrial dominance, with Kyle Chan — March 20, 2026Introducing Untold: Opus Dei — March 18, 2026Is AI (finally) making us more productive? With John Burn-Murdoch and Sarah O’Connor — March 12, 2026Are investors getting the Iran conflict wrong? With Robin Brooks — March 05, 2026Could common debt make the EU stronger? With Carlos Cuerpo — February 27, 2026Trump’s tariffs are not dead yet, with Michael Froman — February 23, 2026What did ‘Nudge’ get wrong? With Nick Chater — February 20, 2026How China is fighting ‘involution’, with Yanmei Xie — February 13, 2026What an economist eats for lunch (in 2026), with Tyler Cowen — February 06, 2026How big a deal is the EU-India trade agreement? With Nicolas Köhler-Suzuki and Ajay Srivastava — January 30, 2026The economy in 2026: What risks lie ahead? With Gita Gopinath — January 23, 2026How the Fed fights back, with Don Kohn — January 14, 2026How bad is America’s affordability crisis? With Mechele Dickerson — January 09, 2026Behind The Money: How First Brands Group collapsed — January 02, 2026Martin Wolf speaks to Christine Lagarde: Europe’s ‘existential crisis’ — December 24, 2025The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: Power, plutocracy and political economy — December 17, 2025The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: America vs the world — December 10, 2025The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: Maga man and Mamdani — December 03, 2025The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: Trump’s ‘vibecession’ — November 26, 2025Coming soon: The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: One year of Trump — November 24, 2025Did globalisation kill neoliberalism? With Branko Milanović — November 21, 2025Coming soon from Tech Tonic: Defying death — November 19, 2025The limits of monetary policy, with Agustín Carstens — November 14, 2025What economics gets wrong about human behaviour, with Richard Thaler — November 07, 2025Are Trump’s tariffs legal? With Jennifer Hillman — October 30, 2025How to kickstart the UK economy. With Tim Leunig — October 23, 2025Introducing Untold: Toxic Legacy — October 20, 2025
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