Maria Konnikova, a writer and author of "The Confidence Game: Why We Fall For It... Every Time" talks to host Cardiff Garcia about her work and the challenge of judging the quality of social-science research. The two also discuss big data, open

The life and times of Paul Volcker: Part 2

May 22nd, 2016 52m 36s

In the second half of the extended interview, former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker discusses his appointment as president of the New York Federal Reserve Bank of New York, his famous tenure as Fed chair in the 1980s, and some of his tho

The life and times of Paul Volcker: Part 1

May 22nd, 2016 50m 24s

The former chairman of the Federal Reserve talks to host Cardiff Garcia about the years prior to his inflation-fighting days of the 1980s, including his economics education, early career at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and US treasury,

Brad DeLong on Hamiltonian economics

May 9th, 2016 1h 11m

In a comprehensive overview of US economic history, UC Berkeley professor Brad DeLong explains how the Hamiltonian economic principles of pragmatism and experimentation have repeatedly worked, which is also the subject of the book he co-authore

Jim Chanos on betting against Wall Street

Apr 25th, 2016 1h 21m

Short seller Jim Chanos tells host Matt Klein about his illustrious career in investment management, including his bet against Enron before it went bust in 1999. Mr Chanos also discusses the mechanics of short selling, his research process, and

Emily Oster on conventional wisdom

Apr 11th, 2016 46m 42s

Brown University economics professor Emily Oster tells Shannon Bond the truth behind so-called conventional wisdom, especially in the realm of pregnancy and prenatal health, the topic of her book Expecting Better. They also discuss Oster's care

Charles Kenny on the upside of the west's decline

Mar 21st, 2016 1h 2m

Economist Charles Kenny tells host Cardiff Garcia why he believes the rise of the rest is good for the western world, the topic of his book The Upside of Down. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Inside the Washington Post

Mar 2nd, 2016 45m 3s

Less than three years after Amazon founder Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post, the newspaper publisher is as much a technology company as it is a digital news operation. Executive editor Marty Baron and chief information officer Shailesh Pra

Emily Parker and Clay Shirky on China's accelerating technological development

Feb 17th, 2016 1h 8m

Writers Emily Parker and Clay Shirky join host Cardiff Garcia to discuss how accelerating technological development in China both complements and often clashes with issues of state control, censorship, and information flows. They tell the stori

Special episode: The cultural forces of football

Feb 12th, 2016 1h 3m

FT columnist Simon Kuper is joined by author-journalists Amy Raphael, Jimmy Burns and David Winner for an in-depth discussion on how culture and soccer shape one another across the world. This podcast is a recording of a live event that took pl

The life and times of a dissident Cuban economist

Dec 21st, 2015 30m 35s

Cuban dissident Miriam Leiva speaks with Cardiff Garcia in Havana about the life of her late husband, Oscar Espinosa Chepe, an economist with an irrepressible instinct to tell the truth to a government that did not want to hear it – for which h

Claudia Goldin on women in the workforce

Dec 11th, 2015 55m 21s

Host Cardiff Garcia travelled to Harvard University to sit down with economic historian and professor Claudia Goldin. In this extended conversation, Ms Goldin discusses her work on the history of women in the workplace since the start of the 20

Reihan Salam on a modern conservative economic agenda

Nov 26th, 2015 1h 15m

The conservative commentator and National Review executive editor sits down with host Cardiff Garcia in the FT's New York studio to discuss Mr Salam's data-driven take on modern conservative economic policy, his latest work and a host of other

Esther Duflo on poverty economics

Nov 13th, 2015 1h 1m

Development economist and 2010 John Bates Clark Medal award winner Esther Duflo sits down with host Cardiff Garcia at MIT to discuss the latest findings in poverty economics, the importance of political institutions, the debates over the useful

Angus Deaton on his Nobel Prize-winning career, Part 2

Oct 29th, 2015 42m 54s

In part two of a discussion, Angus Deaton explains his work on the poverty trap, the controversial debate over the effectiveness of foreign aid, the usefulness of 'randomised control trials', the best ways to help the poor in developing countri

Angus Deaton on his Nobel Prize-winning career, Part 1

Oct 29th, 2015 48m 15s

Angus Deaton, this year's winner of the economics Nobel Prize, tells host Cardiff Garcia about his early influences and how he stumbled into economics. He then walks through the methodological work for which he won the Nobel.Music: "Rollin at

Joseph Stiglitz on rewriting the rules of the American economy

Oct 23rd, 2015 52m 58s

Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel Prize-winning economist and professor at Columbia University, sat down to discuss a report from the Roosevelt Institute titled "Rewriting the rules of the American economy: An agenda for growth and shared prosperity"

Greg Ip on 'Foolproofing' the economy

Oct 15th, 2015 48m 39s

Cardiff Garcia speaks to economics commentator Greg Ip about his new book, Foolproof: Why safety can be dangerous and how danger makes us safe, and how his theory can be applied to financial systems. Music: "Punch It" by Uncle Bibby. For in

Martin Wolf Part 2

Oct 8th, 2015 36m 56s

In the second half of Cardiff Garcia's interview with Martin Wolf, the two discuss secular stagnation, the problem with macro-prudential policy and what the future might hold for monetary policy. Martin also answers a few listener questions. A

Martin Wolf Part 1

Oct 8th, 2015 54m 8s

In the first of a two part, long-form interview with the FT's chief economics commentator Martin Wolf, host Cardiff Garcia asks about his personal background, how it has informed his writing, the importance of macroeconomic imbalances for finan

Anne-Marie Slaughter on gender equality at work and home

Oct 1st, 2015 51m 14s

Anne-Marie Slaughter, author of the newly-published UnfinishedBusiness and head of New America think tank, sits down with Cardiff Garcia and Emiliya Mychasuk. In this extended conversation, Ms Slaughter discusses her ideas for achieving equali

Welcome to Alphachatterbox

Oct 1st, 2015 29s

Host Cardiff Garcia introduces the new long-form conversational podcast from the Financial Times. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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