The economist and University College London professor joins Alphaville's Jemima Kelly to discuss the question of value: who creates it and who makes use of it. She also lays out her argument for a rethinking of the relationship between markets and governments. It's the subject of her recent book, The value of everything: making and taking in the global economy.
Peter Norton on the history of paying for big projects
Climate change is not a business cycle
Adam Tooze on Davos, econ 101 and the unexpected importance of China in the global economy
The history of what we now call opportunity zones
Olivier Blanchard on debt: “Relax. Don’t relax too much, but relax”
Adam Posen on central banks, China and the enduring power of the dollar
Robert Shiller: market narratives are 'like diseases'
What exactly is 'slack'?
The math wizard who became a customer loyalty scheme guru
Bill Janeway revisits the 'three-player game'
David Autor on what we now know about trade
Introducing Behind The Money
Sir Paul Tucker on the legitimacy of the central bank
Dan Drezner on the economics of ideas
Jim Millstein on lessons from the financial crisis
An encore chat with Geoffrey West
Encore: Alice Rivlin on a career as an economic policymaker
Benn Steil on The Marshall Plan
ENCORE: Andrew Lo on adaptive markets
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