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Economics Explained
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On Economics Explained, we take a look at interesting countries, policies, and decisions from the point of view of an economist. The world is an interesting place and we hope to uncover some of this intrigue in our short, informative podcasts.
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Have Europe's Great Powers Given Up?
Jul 7 • 48m
China’s Debt Problem Is 300% Bigger Than America’s
Jul 3 • 25m
Denmark Should Not be Rich
Jun 23 • 21m
Why Foreign Aid Fails
Jun 13 • 22m
Is Gen Z Actually As Poor As They Claim To Be?
Jun 4 • 16m
How Malaysia Did Economics Differently
Jun 2 • 18m
Is This the Recession the US Needs to Have?
May 26 • 16m
Why Everyone Thinks California Is Collapsing
Apr 30 • 16m
Is the Australian Economy Doomed?
Apr 15 • 17m
How Poland Is Quietly Winning the Economic Game
Apr 8 • 16m
Introducing: Tools & Weapons Podcast
Apr 3 • 3m
How The Finance Industry Destroys Economies
Apr 1 • 17m
In Defence of DOGE
Mar 26 • 16m
Could a US Sovereign Wealth Fund Actually Work?
Mar 19 • 15m
Revenge of the BRICS
Mar 13 • 15m
How Has Canada Been Going?
Mar 3 • 15m
The Anatomy of a Failed State
Feb 24 • 15m
The Teeny Tiny Economy of Greenland
Feb 17 • 14m
Has Japan Mastered Economic Stagnation?
Feb 10 • 17m
Can Tariffs Actually Work?
Feb 3 • 17m
How Massachussets Became the Richest State in the USA
Jan 20 • 16m
How has Sri Lanka Been Going?
Jan 18 • 14m
How Europe Sabotaged It's Own Economy
Jan 6 • 19m
The End of South Korea's Economic Miracle
Dec 24, 2024 • 16m
How Iceland Lost 50% of It's GDP, And Recovered
Dec 16, 2024 • 15m
Why Does The US Import Oil When They Produce So Much?
Dec 2, 2024 • 16m
How Africa’s Biggest Economy Lost 50% of Its GDP
Nov 22, 2024 • 20m
How Chile's Economy Was Sold to The Highest Bidder
Nov 11, 2024 • 18m
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics: Explained
Nov 4, 2024 • 16m
Why Paying People to Have Babies is a Billion-Dollar Mistake
Oct 28, 2024 • 16m
The Broken Economy of Washington DC
Oct 14, 2024 • 17m
How Elections Damage the Economy
Oct 7, 2024 • 15m
Egypt's Wasted Potential
Sep 30, 2024 • 17m
Does Switzerland Deserve to Be the Richest Economy in the World?
Sep 23, 2024 • 16m
How Chinese Industry Got Too Good Too Fast
Sep 13, 2024 • 15m
Has The Gulf Mega Finance Experiment Failed?
Sep 6, 2024 • 16m
Could Thailand Reshape Asia Despite Its Chronic Instability?
Aug 26, 2024 • 17m
The Most Mismanaged Economy in the World
Aug 23, 2024 • 17m
Spain Was a Warning
Aug 9, 2024 • 17m
Brazil Should Be a Superpower, but It Isn’t...
Jul 29, 2024 • 17m
Do The Olympics Predict Economic Disaster?
Jul 22, 2024 • 16m
How Hawaii Became a Poor State Made For the Rich
Jul 15, 2024 • 18m
How a new type of immigration is radically changing Portugal's economy.
Jul 8, 2024 • 11m
Is Ireland's Economy a Scam?
Jul 5, 2024 • 17m
Why Mississippi Is the Worst State in the USA
Jun 25, 2024 • 15m
Could The Philippines Predict Our Next Decade?
Jun 21, 2024 • 18m
How Has Turkey Been Going?
Jun 17, 2024 • 15m
What Makes The Netherlands So Special?
Jun 14, 2024 • 14m
The Ranks of Global Billionaires: Not All Billionaires Are Made Equal
Jun 2, 2024 • 18m
The Economics of Disasters
May 30, 2024 • 13m
The Economy of Sweden
May 26, 2024 • 16m
The Economy of the Philippines
May 23, 2024 • 17m
The Economy of the Soviet Union
May 18, 2024 • 17m
The Economy of South Africa
May 12, 2024 • 16m
The Tragic Reality of Brain Drain on Poor Countries
May 8, 2024 • 15m
The World's Poorest Country is Sitting on $24 Trillion
May 5, 2024 • 16m
Why Canada Is Banning Foreigners From Buying Homes
May 1, 2024 • 14m
Why India Is Stuck Between Poverty and Superpower
Apr 29, 2024 • 15m
The Failing Economy of Pakistan
Apr 16, 2024 • 19m
Why Bangladesh Won't Be The Next China
Apr 8, 2024 • 14m
Do Bank Failures Always Cause Recessions? (SVB)
Apr 5, 2024 • 18m
Has The EU Actually Been Good For Europe?
Apr 3, 2024 • 14m
How Zimbabwe's Lithium Export Ban Could Transform it into Africa's Next Superpower
Mar 30, 2024 • 18m
Why We Can’t Just Stop Oil
Mar 25, 2024 • 15m
Somalia is a Surprisingly Functional Anarchy
Mar 21, 2024 • 16m
Why Greece Is Suddenly Doing Really Well
Mar 18, 2024 • 16m
USA Outgrows China… Because of Florida?
Mar 15, 2024 • 16m
The City That Built America
Mar 11, 2024 • 16m
Will All Cities End Up Like Detroit?
Mar 8, 2024 • 14m
Germany's Unexpected Economic Crisis
Mar 4, 2024 • 14m
MIT Study Reveals Why Africa Is Still Poor
Mar 2, 2024 • 20m
Why Africa Is Still Poor - Exclusive Interview with Daron Acemoglu
Feb 27, 2024 • 54m
Why Canada Can't Solve It's Population Problem with Immigration
Feb 26, 2024 • 14m
Lebanon Lost Half Its Economy In 2 Years
Feb 23, 2024 • 16m
Eritrea Is the Worst Economy on Earth
Feb 15, 2024 • 17m
Is Capitalism Inevitable?
Feb 10, 2024 • 16m
What Does the World Economic Forum Really Do?
Feb 7, 2024 • 12m
The Rather Pathetic Economy of the Roman Empire
Feb 3, 2024 • 16m
The Real Problem with the WEF
Feb 1, 2024 • 12m
France Could Be Heading for Economic Collapse
Jan 29, 2024 • 19m
What Would Happen if North and South Korea Reunite
Jan 26, 2024 • 20m
Japan's Rise and Fall... And Rise Again?
Jan 12, 2024 • 19m
Australia Should Be Poor. Why Isn’t It?
Jan 9, 2024 • 19m
Texas Will Not Be the Next California
Dec 30, 2023 • 13m
Will The EU Fail?
Dec 28, 2023 • 16m
The Economy of the UK Is in Serious Trouble
Dec 26, 2023 • 16m
Did the “Perfect Economy” Just Get Better?
Dec 23, 2023 • 24m
Why Economists Should Avoid Politics
Dec 20, 2023 • 7m
Something Terrible Is Happening in Italy
Dec 18, 2023 • 19m
Can Corruption Be Good for the Economy?
Dec 8, 2023 • 8m
Bhutan: The Country That Doesn’t Want to Be Rich
Dec 5, 2023 • 15m
Economics Is the Deadliest Science
Dec 4, 2023 • 16m
Is South Korea’s Economic Bubble About to Burst?
Nov 30, 2023 • 16m
The Controversial 2023 Nobel Prize Explained (Gender Pay Gap)
Nov 27, 2023 • 13m
Why Argentina Is Doomed to Fail Over and Over Again
Nov 23, 2023 • 17m
China’s Crumbling Economic Story
Nov 20, 2023 • 17m
The $6.5 Trillion Dollar Problem Nobody Notices
Nov 14, 2023 • 15m
Is Poland the New Economic Powerhouse of Europe?
Nov 8, 2023 • 19m
The $6.5 Trillion Dollar Problem Nobody Notices
Nov 1, 2023 • 16m
Why Saudi Arabia Pours Billions Into Sports (And It Makes Sense)
Oct 25, 2023 • 16m
The Failing Economy of Niger
Oct 18, 2023 • 17m
Skills Wars Are the New Trade Wars
Oct 12, 2023 • 22m
How Brunei Built the Laziest Economy in the World
Oct 11, 2023 • 13m
Why Nations Fail
Oct 6, 2023 • 15m
Do We Need More Children, or Fewer Children?
Oct 4, 2023 • 14m
Capitalism Doesn't Need Consumers Anymore
Oct 2, 2023 • 12m
Iran's Economy Could Be Huge, But They Don't Care
Sep 29, 2023 • 15m
Should We Be Worried About The BRICS?
Sep 27, 2023 • 16m
There Will Never Be Another Singapore
Sep 25, 2023 • 13m
Why Top Investors Are Betting Against The USA
Sep 19, 2023 • 15m
Could An Economy On Mars Ever Be Viable?
Sep 13, 2023 • 19m
The Game Theory Of Military Spending
Sep 8, 2023 • 13m
Should The US Default On Its Debt To Save Its Economy?
Sep 7, 2023 • 14m
When Economic Policies Go Wrong | Economics Explained
Sep 5, 2023 • 19m
Something Weird is Happening in California
Sep 1, 2023 • 18m
The Biggest Economics Experiments in History
Aug 29, 2023 • 18m
Indonesia: The Fastest Growing Major Economy In The World
Aug 25, 2023 • 15m
Global Inequality - Interview with Francisco Ferreira (London School of Economics)
Aug 10, 2023 • 58m
Indonesia: The Fastest Growing Major Economy In The World
Aug 8, 2023 • 16m
Mexico, The Economic Miracle That Never Happened
Aug 2, 2023 • 17m
Taiwan is More Than Microchips and Tensions With China
Jul 26, 2023 • 15m
Why Inequality Starts Becoming A Problem Now
Jul 20, 2023 • 15m
Global Wealth and Global Debt - Interview with Jason Furman (Harvard University)
Jul 14, 2023 • 40m
What Everyone Gets Wrong About Global Debt | Economics Explained
Jul 9, 2023 • 18m
Are We Overeducated? Economics Explained Interview with Prof. Billari (Bocconi University)
Jul 4, 2023 • 45m
Why More Education Is Not Always Better For The Economy
Jul 2, 2023 • 16m
Why Is Europe's Economy Always Lagging Behind The United States?
Jun 27, 2023 • 17m
The World's Smallest National Economy Will Soon Disappear
Jun 20, 2023 • 13m
The Pathetic Economy Of North Korea
Jun 15, 2023 • 13m
The Bitter Economics of MLM
Jun 7, 2023 • 14m
Japan: The Fading Economy
May 31, 2023 • 12m
How This Man Profited $1 Billion Betting on Hong Kong Horse Races
May 24, 2023 • 25m
The Economics of Poverty
May 18, 2023 • 12m
India: The Next Economic Superpower
May 11, 2023 • 16m
The Crazy Economy of Monaco
May 6, 2023 • 10m
The World's Top Economies in 9 Minutes
Apr 30, 2023 • 10m
The Economics of Automation: What Does Our Machine Future Look Like?
Apr 22, 2023 • 16m
The Unlikely Success Story of Israel's Economy
Apr 20, 2023 • 16m
The Two Big Economics Lies You Still Believe
Apr 17, 2023 • 15m
Why Australians Are The Richest People In The World
Apr 15, 2023 • 12m
Why France's Pension Protests Are So Important Interview with Dr. Tomasz Michalski
Apr 13, 2023 • 38m
Norway: Is It The Perfect Economy?
Apr 12, 2023 • 13m
The Economy of Cuba
Apr 9, 2023 • 17m
The Economy of Ancient Rome
Apr 6, 2023 • 23m
The Economics of Saudi Aramco: The Most Valuable Company in History?
Apr 4, 2023 • 16m
What Is The Most Equal Country on Earth?
Apr 3, 2023 • 19m
The Economics of Real Estate
Mar 31, 2023 • 19m
The Economics of Brexit
Mar 28, 2023 • 20m
Why do Banks Fail? Economics Explained Interview with Professor Colliard
Mar 26, 2023 • 1h 0m
The Age Of Trillion Dollar Mega-Corporations
Mar 25, 2023 • 19m
Money Laundering: A How To Guide For The Modern Global Billionaire
Mar 22, 2023 • 21m
Modern Monetary Theory Explained
Mar 19, 2023 • 20m
Is war good for the economy?
Mar 14, 2023 • 15m
How to make space travel economically viable
Mar 13, 2023 • 21m
Exclusive Interview with Dr. Nouriel Roubini on Economic Megathreats
Mar 11, 2023 • 40m
Is There a Better Economic System than Capitalism?
Mar 10, 2023 • 12m
Do We Actually Need Debt?
Mar 7, 2023 • 18m
Did Washing Machines Change The Global Economy More Than The Internet?
Mar 4, 2023 • 15m
Can an Economy Grow Forever?
Mar 1, 2023 • 18m
Can a New Leader Save North Korea's Economy?
Feb 26, 2023 • 19m
The Unstoppable Economy Of Hong Kong: The Land Of Billionaires
Feb 23, 2023 • 21m
The Economy Of France: How The French Set Global Economic Trends
Feb 20, 2023 • 20m
Do We Actually Need Taxes?
Feb 17, 2023 • 20m
The Economics Of The Art Market: Why This Painting Isn't Worth $450 Million
Feb 14, 2023 • 19m
The Wild Economy of Brazil
Feb 11, 2023 • 18m
The Economics of China’s Enormous Belt & Road Initiative
Feb 9, 2023 • 19m
The Mighty Economy of Liechtenstein
Feb 8, 2023 • 15m
Hedge Funds Explained: Why Hedge Funds Aren’t Really Hedged
Feb 4, 2023 • 17m
Do We Actually Need Recessions?
Feb 1, 2023 • 17m
Why Game Theory is Not About Competition
Jan 31, 2023 • 13m
The Brutal Economics of Migrant Labour
Jan 23, 2023 • 13m
The Failing Economy of Sri Lanka
Jan 19, 2023 • 20m
What Would Happen if China's Economy Collapses?
Jan 10, 2023 • 13m
Is There a Better Economic System than Capitalism?
Jan 5, 2023 • 14m
How the World's Richest Country Lost 90% of its GDP
Dec 24, 2022 • 16m
Is inflation finally coming to an end?
Dec 20, 2022 • 13m
How Much Does China Lie About Its Economic Statistics?
Dec 7, 2022 • 20m
Why People are so Angry about the 2022 Economics Nobel Prize
Nov 28, 2022 • 16m
The Economy of Switzerland
Nov 21, 2022 • 14m
What Would The American Economy Look Like If COVID Never Happened?
Nov 3, 2022 • 16m
Could the UK start the next Eurozone crisis?
Oct 27, 2022 • 21m
Why The Gulf States Need To Keep Building Big Dumb Mega Projects
Oct 13, 2022 • 23m
India Will Not Be The Next China... It Will Be Bigger
Oct 6, 2022 • 27m
No. China Is Not Going To Collapse... Yet
Sep 29, 2022 • 30m
An Honest Discussion About A Universal Basic Income | Economics Explained
Sep 23, 2022 • 16m
Limitless Growth Is Possible If We Run Our Economies Correctly
Sep 8, 2022 • 15m
Could China's Currency Be The New World Reserve? | Economics Explained
Aug 16, 2022 • 15m
The Stagnating Economy of Canada
Aug 8, 2022 • 12m
Are We Stuck Between Hyperinflation And A Recession?
Jul 22, 2022 • 15m
China's Major Tax Problem
Jun 28, 2022 • 16m
Young Generations Are Now Poorer Than Their Parents And It's Changing Our Economies
Jun 16, 2022 • 17m
The Economy of Ukraine: Before and After
Jun 16, 2022 • 17m
Was Dropping The Gold Standard A Mistake?
Jun 16, 2022 • 18m
The Recession We Need To Have
May 16, 2022 • 16m
Do Sanctions Work?
Apr 5, 2022 • 17m
The Rather Pathetic Economy of Russia
Mar 18, 2022 • 20m
How The Economy Of Japan Could Predict The Next Decade
Mar 4, 2022 • 17m
Was Last Weeks Stock Market Crash an Overdue Reality Check?
Feb 14, 2022 • 15m
Why Turkey Is Not Fixing It's Hyperinflation Problem
Jan 15, 2022 • 22m
How is "Transitory" Inflation Going?
Dec 25, 2021 • 23m
Are Economists Too Pessimistic?
Dec 19, 2021 • 12m
China Has A Debt Problem Three Times Larger Than Evergrande
Dec 8, 2021 • 15m
MIT Has Predicted that Society Will Collapse in 2040
Nov 26, 2021 • 19m
How Has Brexit Been Going?
Nov 12, 2021 • 15m
This Year’s Nobel Prize Is Going To Change Everything...
Oct 31, 2021 • 18m
Chinese Blackouts Are Revealing Something Much More Important About The Global Economy
Oct 26, 2021 • 18m
Inflation Is Driving Secondhand Markets Out Of Control. Here’s Why.
Oct 13, 2021 • 17m
The "Dirty" Economy Of Australia
Oct 1, 2021 • 19m
Why You Should Be Worried About China's Debt Crisis
Aug 21, 2021 • 16m
8 Months of Stimulus Just Unraveled
Jul 19, 2021 • 15m
The Troubled Economy of El Salvador
Jun 19, 2021 • 12m
The Economy Of Spain
Jun 7, 2021 • 16m
The Labor Shortage Crisis
May 23, 2021 • 15m
The Housing Affordability Crisis We Don't Want To Solve
May 6, 2021 • 22m
Why Silicon Valley and Shenzhen Have Exactly The Opposite Problem
Apr 30, 2021 • 15m
Hyperinflation is Already Here – We Just Haven't Realised It Yet.
Apr 11, 2021 • 18m
How The Suez Crisis Might Give Rise To A New Industry
Apr 1, 2021 • 13m
Why The NFT Market Is Not As Crazy As You Think
Mar 25, 2021 • 18m
Why Are Modern Supply Chains So Needlessly Complex?
Mar 17, 2021 • 15m
The Turbulent Economics of the Airline Industry
Mar 6, 2021 • 14m
The Overleveraged Economy of Iceland
Mar 6, 2021 • 13m
The Economics of Hollywood
Mar 6, 2021 • 18m
The "Perfect" Little Economy of New Zealand
Jan 18, 2021 • 15m
Why Can't You Buy Anything Anymore? Well It's not all the Virus' Fault.
Jan 7, 2021 • 16m
How China is Fighting Poverty With... Cows?
Jan 3, 2021 • 12m
The Faltering Economy of Argentina
Jan 3, 2021 • 17m
Why This Billionaire Wants To Give Every Baby $6,750 to Solve The Retirement Crisis?
Dec 13, 2020 • 18m
The Fourth Industrial Revolution & What Were Those Other Two?
Dec 10, 2020 • 13m
What is "The Great Reset" & Why are People So Worried About It?
Dec 6, 2020 • 18m
Why are Billions of Dollars Worth of Ships Being Intentionally Destroyed?
Dec 4, 2020 • 14m
Could Trump Take the Economy Down With Him? & Can Presidents "Make or Break" a Market?
Nov 29, 2020 • 16m
How The Dutch Economy Shows We Can't Reduce Wealth Inequality With Taxes
Nov 26, 2020 • 17m
How to Invest In Chinese Stock Markets - And Why You Absolutely Should Not!
Nov 22, 2020 • 15m
Can Texas Escape Oil Dependance?
Nov 19, 2020 • 20m
Why the Stock Market is at an All Time High... Again?!
Nov 15, 2020 • 16m
Can America Win the War On Drugs... With Economics?
Nov 12, 2020 • 17m
Does Tesla Deserve to be The World's Most Valuable Automaker?
Nov 8, 2020 • 17m
The "Evolving" Economy of Kazakhstan
Nov 5, 2020 • 18m
The Economic Policies of the 2020 Election - Trump vs Biden
Nov 1, 2020 • 22m
The Pokémon Card Price Boom
Oct 29, 2020 • 13m
The 2020 Nobel Prize in Economics
Oct 25, 2020 • 22m
Here's Why Supply and Demand Is Overrated!
Oct 22, 2020 • 18m
The Growing Generational Wealth Gap
Oct 21, 2020 • 17m
The Shifting Economics of California
Oct 21, 2020 • 17m
Are the "Extreme" Economic Systems Totally Pointless?
Oct 21, 2020 • 23m
Why Unprofitable Companies Are Winning in 2020
Oct 21, 2020 • 16m
The Economics of Prisons
Oct 21, 2020 • 14m
Is Hyperinflation Coming?
Oct 21, 2020 • 23m
The Economy of Taiwan
Oct 21, 2020 • 17m
Why GDP Is Overrated & Nobody Should Care About It!
Oct 21, 2020 • 15m
What is the FIRE Movement? Could it be Hurting Our Economy?
Oct 21, 2020 • 17m
Why is Working Harder Making Us Poorer?
Oct 21, 2020 • 21m
Why You Should Be Very Afraid Of A K-shaped Recovery
Oct 20, 2020 • 17m
Why Economists Never Agree on Anything?
Oct 20, 2020 • 25m
The Multi-Billion Dollar Industry You've Never Heard Of
Oct 19, 2020 • 13m
Vietnam: The Economy of the Next Decade?
Sep 8, 2020 • 18m
Why Does China Manipulate its own Currency?
Sep 8, 2020 • 16m
The Student Debt Crisis
Sep 8, 2020 • 16m
Why Becoming A Cashless Society Is A Terrible Idea
Sep 8, 2020 • 17m
Do We Need to Work 40 Hours a Week?
Sep 8, 2020 • 20m
The Biggest Wealth Transfer in History is Upon Us - Here is What it Means
Sep 8, 2020 • 15m
How the U.S. Economy Just Lost 33% of its Value
Sep 8, 2020 • 20m
The Economy of Ancient Egypt
Sep 8, 2020 • 15m
Why 40,000 People Die for Every 1% Increase in Unemployment - The Big Short
Sep 8, 2020 • 13m
Black Market Economics - What Drives the Underground Economy?
Sep 7, 2020 • 18m
The Weird and Wonderful Economy of Vatican City
Sep 5, 2020 • 18m
Why Are Cold Countries Richer Than Hot Countries?
Jul 18, 2020 • 14m
Is Wealth Inequality Actually a Problem?
Jul 18, 2020 • 18m
What Would a Thanos Snap do to the Economy?
Jul 18, 2020 • 16m
Could The Whole World Use Just One Currency?
Jul 18, 2020 • 19m
Can Saving Too Much Money Cause a Recession?
Jul 18, 2020 • 15m
The History of Global Banking: A Broken System?
Jul 18, 2020 • 21m
Why Australia is Actually an American Company
Jul 18, 2020 • 10m
Why Amazon is Begging For Regulations: The Twisted Economics of Amazon
Jul 18, 2020 • 18m
Adam Smith: The Grandfather Of Economics
Jul 18, 2020 • 18m
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