Tim Besley of the LSE-Oxford Commission on State Fragility, Growth and Development talks about the Commission's recent report on escaping the fragility trap.

Tiago Mata, Lecturer in Science and Technology Studies at UCL, looks at the disparity of economic journalism in different countries.

Adrian Buss, Assistant Professor of Finance at INSEAD, discusses how and when new investors should allocate money to new asset classes when they become available. The video was recorded at CEPR's Third Annual Spring Symposiumin April 2018.

Martin Melecky, Lead Economist at the Chief Economist Office for South Asia of the World Bank, presents a new World Bank report which discusses how transport corridors offer enormous potential to boost South Asia’s economic growth, reduce poverty, and spur job creation, provided the new trade routes spread their benefits broadly and limit negative environmental impacts.

Dr Marina Della Giusta, Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Reading, discusses how economists can use social media to get the public more involved in economics.

Some research suggests violence towards minority groups is exacerbated during times of economic stress. Mark Koyama discusses his work on when the tendency to target minority groups becomes manifest. Using 1000 years' date on pogroms across Europe, he shows that the likelihood of scapegoating minority groups increased by 50% in seasons when harvests were likely to be poor.