The Beverage Report Podcast

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 Un...

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...

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 Econ...

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...

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.

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 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...

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...

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 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 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...

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...

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.

In this Beverage Report episode, Sarah Wang, the new host, speaks with LSE alumnus Dr Flavio Toxvaerd from Cambridge University on economic epidemiology.

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.

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.

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.

Beverage Report speaks to Professor Janet Hunter about economic history as a discipline, Japanese history, and the effects of COVID-19 on Japan.

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.

Beverage Report speaks to Danny Quah about the economic modelling of international relations, COVID-19 in Southeast Asia, and the post-pandemic world.

Podcast host Matthew Bradbury speaks to Melissa Dell about the economics of institutions, and what economists can learn from other disciplines.