Archive for the ‘International economics’ Category
Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/06/11/190746413/episode-465-myanmar-opens-up
Summary: In the context of its t-shirt project (see tags) Planet Money considers whether or not producing t-shirts in Bangladesh is helpful to the country’s economy and people. This debate follows the tragedies in the garment industry in Bangladesh in 2012-2013. Features an interview with a woman who was worker in a garment factory in Bangladesh in the late 90s, and is now a labor activist, and a discussion of the role of garment manufacturing in the economic development of many countries.
Length: 16:48
Original air date: May 14, 2013
Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/06/11/190746413/episode-465-myanmar-opens-up
Summary: Planet Money explores the challenges of businesses entering a newly open economy. An entrepreneur faces first-mover challenges common to developing countries, including lacking financial and telecommunications infrastructure. An executive from Coca-Cola revisits the company’s history as the company introduces Coke to a new audience and challenges its reputation as a luxury good.
Length: 18:39
Original air date June 11, 2013
Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/04/26/179295426/episode-454-the-lollipop-war
Summary: Planet money explores the struggle between two iconic American industries—the lollipop makers and the sugar growers— over “fair” regulations set forth by Congress in the farm bill.
Length: 19:19 min
Original air date: April 26, 2013
Discussion Prompt: What are the economic impacts of the subsidy on sugar for: farmers, candy producers, U.S. citizens, U.S. consumers? Why do you think sugar subsidies persist, and why do you think this fight about sugar has been ongoing in the U.S. government for so many years?
Link: http://www.freakonomics.com/2010/03/24/freakonomics-radio-what-would-the-world-look-like-if-economists-were-in-charge/
Summary: To what extent would the world change if economists ran the world? The podcast interviews Estonian prime minister, Mart Laar, who revamped his economy based on the teachings of Milton Friedman; and Friedman’s grandson, Patri Friedman, who want to build cities in the middle of the ocean.
Original Air Date: March 24, 2010
Length: 20 min
Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/09/11/160959685/episode-401-four-in-one
Summary: NPR visit Manhattan New York, Brooklyn New York, Germany and the moon in this four-story podcast to consider: the effect of taxis on the infrastructure of a city; the craftsmanship of a bespoke tailor; the complicated aspects of the employment sector in the European Union; and the clever life insurance strategies of the Apollo 11 crew before their launch to the moon.
Original air date: September 11, 2012
Length: 22:21 min
Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/07/03/156222428/episode-384-the-little-lie-that-rocked-the-banks
Summary: The Planet Money team analyzes the externalities of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) scandal and its effects on the international financial sphere.
Original air date: July 03, 2012
Length: 20:42 min
Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/03/02/147826043/the-friday-podcast-chinas-giant-pool-of-money
Summary: NPR visits China to shed light to the economic trade surplus which the country is experience in relation to the U.S. To understand how 8 percent of the U.S. debt is held by China and how this giant pool of money has been gradually growing, NPR takes a tour around a fake-wood flooring export factory.
Original air date: March 2, 2012
Length: 15:10 min
Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/09/25/161749564/episode-405-cheating-stealing-and-quantitative-easing
Summary: The podcast outlines the black market of stolen bikes, cheating between countries (USA and China) in trade agreements and the changes of quantitative easing announcements between past and current years.
Original air date: September 25, 2012
Length: 14:21 min
Link: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/_featuring/dani_rodrik/
Summary: Dani Rodrik of Harvard University discusses how globalization factors do not necessarily produce negative implications. He argues that work displacement due to technological advancements and productivity increase can be managed by different political and social policies varying from country to country.
Original air date: April 11, 2011
Length: 1:00
Link: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/355/the-giant-pool-of-money
Summary: Discusses how the roots of the 2008 Wall Street meltdown lay in the housing crisis. Also highlights links to international finance.
Original air date: May 9, 2008
Length: 60:00
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