What are you going to be when you grow up? A doctor, an astronaut, an engineer, a footballer? Very few people have ever dreamt that one day they would be an economist. It’s a profession on few young people’s radars, is barely understood and, let’s face it, has an image problem. Most people picture economists, if they think about them at all, as “men in suits who are crunching numbers, talking about interest rates and making money”.This series of podcasts aim to challenge – and change – your ...
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Special: Rupal Patel + Jack Meaning
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Can’t We Just Print More Money? was written by Bank of England economists Rupal Patel and Jack Meaning and offers an accessible introduction to economics themed around ten questions including ‘Why are so many of my clothes made in Asia?’ ‘Why aren’t Freddos 10p any more?’ and ‘What even is money?’. Every state secondary school in the UK has been se…
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Research Officer at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) since August 2019 and before that, Economist at Reserve Bank of Australia for five years. Helen Hughson has contributed to research on tax policy (including the work of the UK Wealth Tax Commission), inequality, and migration, in her role as a Researcher at the London Sc…
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Ep 16: Rohin Aggarwal
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Rohin is an independent strategy consultant (specialising in education and learning) and founder of an education technology start-up. The majority of Rohin's professional work experience has been as a strategy consultant first at Monitor Deloitte and then working independently for a variety of firms. His experience has focussed upon public services…
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Osama Rahman was appointed as the Department for Education’s Director of Analysis and Chief Scientific Adviser in April 2018. He: is a member of the Government Economic Service Board is a member of the Chief Scientific Advisers Network co-chairs the Departmental Directors of Analysis Network represents the government’s directors of analysis at the …
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Lizzy Burden is a reporter at Bloomberg. She covers the UK economy, including trade, the Bank of England and the Treasury, for Bloomberg.com and The Terminal. She also writes the weekly Beyond Brexit newsletter and contributes to Bloomberg TV, radio, podcasts and Quicktake, the social media channel. Lizzy is a regular guest on the BBC, Sky News and…
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Ep 13: Anuoluwapo Sharon Adenuga
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Anuoluwapo Sharon Adenuga Communication Strategist (Discover Economics) at The Royal Economic Society Royal Economic Society Established by the Royal Economic Society, Discover Economics aims to broaden the appeal of economics as a subject and career for 15–17-year-olds from under-represented groups. Founder, MSc candidate at LSE, First Class BSc E…
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Mairi Spowage is a Principal Knowledge Exchange Fellow and the Deputy Director of the Fraser of Allander Institute. Her areas of expertise include economic policy, economic statistics, national accounting, public sector finances, and economic and fiscal forecasting. Mairi leads on the Institute's work with various partners, including those in busin…
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Ep 11: Nida Broughton
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Nida Broughton is the Director of Economic Policy at the Behavioural Insights Team. Previously, she was Chief Economist at the Social Market Foundation, leading policy research on economic growth, public spending and employment. She has also worked at the House of Commons, where she provided economic advice to MPs and select committees, and at Ofco…
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Vincent Tang is an Economist in the Fiscal Affairs Department at the IMF, working on Public Financial Management, Gender Budgeting and macro-fiscal policy. He was previously Head of Fiscal Economics and Growth Economics at Her Majesty’s Treasury in the UK. He has also worked at the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) and Department…
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Tanya joined the Adam Smith Business School in August 2018. Previously she was an Early Career Fellow at the University of Stirling working on the Healthy Ageing in Scotland (HAGIS) project. Tanya was awarded her PhD in 2015 from Royal Holloway University of London. Tanya’s main research area is Family Economics, where she has investigated topics s…
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Ep 8: Dame Sharon White
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Welcome to episode 8 of "How did I get here? Discover Economics" with Dame Sharon White. Dame Sharon Michele White DBE is a British businesswoman. She is currently Chair of the John Lewis Partnership, having previously held a variety of roles in the Civil Service. She was the Chief Executive of the British media regulator Ofcom from March 2015 to N…
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Ep 7: Lotanna E. Emediegwu
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Lotanna is a Doctoral researcher affiliated with the Environmental and Resource Economics (ERE) Research Group at The University of Manchester, Lotanna uses econometric tools to investigate how climate change affects our world and Sub-Saharan Africa in particular. He is also a teaching associate in the Department of Economics, University of Manches…
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Ian is an Associate Professor at the University of Liverpool and received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California-Irvine in 2017. Ian's research focuses primarily on the economics of discrimination and its impact on labor market outcomes and health. He has focused on discrimination against women, older workers, and the LGBT communi…
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Ep 5: Will Page
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Welcome to episode 5 of "How did I get here? Discover Economics" In this episode, we have Will Page. Will is the former Chief Economist of Spotify and PRS for Music where he pioneered Rockonomics, publishing work on Radiohead's In Rainbows, saving BBC 6Music and articulating the global value of music copyright. His book ‘Tarzan Economics: Eight Pri…
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Welcome to episode 4 of "How did I get here? Discover Economics" In this episode, we talk to Ben Chu, Economics Editor of The Independent, the UK's largest quality digital news brand. Ben was previously economics editor of BBC Newsnight, the BBCs flagship current affairs programme. He is co-presenter of Coronanomics and is on the International Advi…
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Welcome to episode 3 of "How did I get here? Discover Economics" with Andy Haldane. At the time of this interview, Andy was the Chief Economist at the Bank of England. Andy is becoming Chief Executive of the RSA, an institution which for 260 years has been connecting people and ideas to tackle the world’s most pressing problems. He is a member of t…
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Ep 2: Dr Rachel Glennerster
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Welcome to episode 2 of "How did I get here? Discover Economics" In this episode, we have Dr Rachel Glennerster. Rachel is the Chief Economist at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). Before that, she was the Chief Economist at the Department for International Development (DFID). From 2004 to 2017 she was Executive Director of the …
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Ep 1: Rachel Griffith
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Welcome to episode 1 of "How did I get here? Discover Economics" In this episode, we have Dame Rachel Griffith. Rachel is a Professor of Economics at Manchester University, Research Director of the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Past President of the Royal Economics Society. What are you going to be when you grow up? A doctor, an astronaut, an eng…
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