Link: https://www.imf.org/en/News/Podcasts/All-Podcasts/2017/11/11/the-long-life-of-keynesian-economics
Keynesian economics was particularly popular after the Great Depression. Keynes revolutionized how government involvement in the economy was seen. Keynesian theories are still applied in financial crises today.
Original Air Date: October 16, 2014
Length: 7 minutes
Link: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/07/24/426017148/episode-641-why-we-work-so-much
Summary: John Maynard Keynes believed that in the future people would work less, he was wrong. The Planet Money team explain the reasons why this has yet to change.
Original Air Date: July 24, 2015
Length: 13 mins 11 sec
Link: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2011/10/wapshott_on_key.html
Summary: Nicholas Wapshott, author of Keynes Hayek: The clash that defined modern economics discusses the relationship between John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich A. Hayek and their individual ideals which shaped the field of economics.
Original air date: October 17, 2011
Length: 1:08
Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/08/28/160195703/episode-398-obama-ryan-and-two-dead-economists
Summary: Consideration of the economic philosophies in which the Obama and Ryan political platforms have their roots. An interview with Nicholas Wapshott regarding his book Keynes Hayek: The Clash That Defined Modern Economics presents an overview of Keynes and Hayek.
Original air date: August 28, 2012
Length: 29:34
Summary: An illustration of Keynes’ explanation of the origin of asset bubbles using videos of cute animals.
Original air date: January 11, 2011
Length: 21:43
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