The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes

By: Financial Times
  • Summary

  • The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes is a new weekly podcast from the Financial Times packed full of smart, digestible analysis and incisive conversation. Soumaya Keynes digs deep into the hottest topics in economics along with a cast of FT colleagues and special guests. Come for the big ideas, stay for the nerdery.


    Soumaya Keynes is an economics columnist for the Financial Times. Prior to joining the FT she worked at The Economist for eight years as a staff writer, where as well as covering trade, the US economy and the UK economy she co-hosted the Money Talks podcast. She also co-founded the Trade Talks podcast.


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Episodes
  • The economics of research and development. With Heidi Williams
    Oct 28 2024

    Intuitively, research and development is a building block of a productive future. But exactly how important is it, and can we put a number on it? Heidi Williams is a professor of economics at Dartmouth College, and an expert on innovation policy. She is also a visiting fellow at the Congressional Budget Office. Today on the show, she joins Soumaya Keynes to discuss public and private funding for R&D, how the two sources interact, and what we can know about how much it’s all worth to the economic future of a country.


    Soumaya Keynes writes a column each week for the Financial Times. You can find it here


    Subscribe to Soumaya's show on Apple, Spotify, Pocket Casts or wherever you listen.


    Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com


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    24 mins
  • What is Kamalanomics? With James Politi
    Oct 21 2024

    With the US election in a matter of weeks, today Soumaya Keynes is joined by the FT’s Washington bureau chief, James Politi. They discuss the Kamala Harris platform – from industrial policy to tax reform to housing – and what it might all cost. They also talk about how Kamala Harris might differ from Joe Biden, and which staff members might stay and which might go.


    Soumaya Keynes writes a column each week for the Financial Times. You can find it here


    Subscribe to Soumaya's show on Apple, Spotify, Pocket Casts or wherever you listen.


    Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    31 mins
  • What’s wrong with effective altruism? With Martin Sandbu
    Oct 14 2024

    The effective altruism movement has been on a wild ride over the past decade. EA started – in the popular consciousness, at least – as a forum for mindful questions about where best to put charitable dollars. Think bed nets and de-worming pills. But, since then, EA seems to have devolved into rationalisations for making tons of money, freak-outs about AI and the end of humanity. Today, on the show, Soumaya and guest Martin Sandbu, the FT economics editorial writer, discuss EA’s evolution, its future and whether it even makes any sense.


    Soumaya Keynes writes a column each week for the Financial Times. You can find it here


    Subscribe to Soumaya's show on Apple, Spotify, Pocket Casts or wherever you listen.


    Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    31 mins

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