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The National Institute of Economic and Social Research is Britain's longest established independent research institute, founded in 1938. The vision of our founders was to carry out research to improve understanding of the economic and social forces that affect people’s lives, and the ways in which policy can bring about change. Over eighty years later, this remains central to NIESR’s ethos. We continue to apply our expertise in both quantitative and qualitative methods and our understanding of economic and social issues to current debates and to influence policy.

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Economic Measurement and Analysis - Podcast of the Conference in Honour of Martin Weale 13.01.2017 13:01

Behind the scenes at NIESR's Conference in honour of Martin Weale Paola Buonadonna talks to a veritable 'assumption of economists', including Jagjit Chadha, David Vines, Andrew Harvey, Mary O'Mahoney and Martin Weale. Between them, they tackle the challenges facing economic modelling, understanding financial markets and the influence of extreme events, the productivity puzzle and the problems faci...

Look Ahead 2017 - Episode 4: Does forecasting have a future? 21.12.2016 13:39

NIESR's Director, Prof Jagjit Chadha discusses economic forecasting with Paola Buonadonna. "Behind the numbers is a story. Our job is to understand which story did happen amongst all the alternatives"

Look Ahead 2017 - Episode 3: What will happen with the Brexit negotiations? 16.12.2016 12:30

Dr Angus Armstrong, NIESR's Director of Macroeconomics and Senior Fellow at the ESRC's 'UK in a changing Europe' Programme talks to Paola Buonadonna about the challenges and opportunities raised by the UK exit negotiations with the EU in 2017.

Look Ahead 2017- Episode 2: How will employers cope with reductions in EU migration? 09.12.2016 14:16

Heather Rolfe, NIESR's Associate Research Director talks to Paola Buonadonna about the role EU migrants play in the British economy and how British employers would cope with a reduction in their number.

Doyne Farmer: can computing technology help macroeconomics? 08.12.2016 2:33

Doyne Farmer, Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University, moderated a session on computing technology and macroeconomics at NIESR's recent "Rethinking Macroeconomics Conference". Here is a taster of what emerged in the session.

David Tuckett on how psychology, sociology and anthropology feed into macroeconomics 08.12.2016 2:29

David Tuckett, Director of the Centre for Decision-Making Uncertainty at UCL, discusses the themes explored in the session covering perspectives from psychology, sociology and anthropology at NIESR's recent "Rethinking Macroeconomics Conference".

Roger Farmer : we need a better way forward for macroeconomic policy 08.12.2016 1:33

Roger Farmer, Distinguished Economics Professor at UCLA and NIESR Research Director, discusses why macroeconomics is no longer fit for purpose at the recent NIESR's "Rethinking Macroeconomic Conference".

Angus Armstrong on the Rethinking Macroeconomics Conference 08.12.2016 1:16

Angus Armstrong, NIESR's Director of Macroeconomics, looks back at the issues raised by NIESR's recent Rethinking Macroeconomics Conference.

Soumaya Keynes on the three big questions facing macroeconomics 08.12.2016 2:30

The Economist's Soumaya Keynes talks to Paola Buonadonna about the three big questions facing the world of macroeconomics, after moderating a session at our "Rethinking Macroecnomics Conference" on 29th November 2016

Paul Mason on the Big Questions in Macroeconomics 08.12.2016 2:43

Journalist and author Paul Mason, was one of the keynote speakers at NIESR's recent Rethinking Macroeconomics Conference. Here he sums up what the "big questions" are.

Look Ahead 2017 - Episode one : Globalisation 05.12.2016 13:11

Look Ahead 2017 is a new series of podcasts by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, discussing the events, trends and processes to watch out for in the coming year. In episode one Paola Buonadonna talks to Roger Farmer, Distinguished Professor of Macroeconomics at UCLA, recently appointed Research Director NIESR, about what is going to happen to globalisation.

Rethinking Macroeconomics: Conference podcast 30.11.2016 13:05

On 29/11/16 the National Institute held a conference entitled: "Rethinking Macroeconomics" to start a discussion about what needs to be done to transform macroeconomics back into a useful policy science. Twelve panellists, divided in four sessions, explored the big questions on the horizons with the help of a very engaged audience. For this podcast NIESR's Paola Buonadonna spoke to journalist and...

The Scott Sumner Seminar - The Great Recession and Nominal GDP Targeting 29.11.2016 1:15:13

Scott Sumner is the Ralph G. Hawtrey Chair of Monetary Policy at the Mercatus Center and a prominent blogger (TheMoneyIllusion.com, Econlog). His research is in the field of monetary economics, particularly the role of the gold standard in the Great Depression, which he explored in a book entitled “The Midas Paradox” published in 2015. He has also published in the Journal of Political Economy, the...