From technological innovation to climate change, economic policymakers face multiple challenges at the global level. In this video, eight Nobel Laureates discuss what they think are the priorities for economic research and policy in the coming years. This video was recorded for the Lindau Meeting on Economic Sciences in 2017.
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12 April 2018
Thomas Piketty 10 April 2018
Wealth inequality is a growing problem across advanced and developing countries alike. Though research on inequality is growing, much of it remains reliant on theoretical models. Thomas Piketty discusses the importance of data collection in the study of inequality, on both the academic and policy fronts.
Barry Eichengreen 06 April 2018
Problems that have recently been faced by Europe's financial system - from highly variable exchange rates to disrupted trade flows - also plagued advanced economies a century ago. Barry Eichengreen compares the problems of the Gold Standard to the European Monetary System, and the euro area.
Diego Comin 04 April 2018
Europe currently faces multiple challenges on economic, demographic, and environmental fronts. All of these can be addressed by innovations in technology and process. This video discusses some of the outcomes of the EU-FRAME mid-term conference, outlining ways in which innovation policy can be designed so as to best serve welfare and productivity across all actors. This conference took place in March 2018 at ZEW, Mannheim.
CEPR is a partner of the FRAME Project, which is coordinated by ZEW. The CEPR team is led by Diego Comin, a Research Fellow in its Macroeconomics and Growth Programme. The FRAME project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the grant agreement No #727073.
Anat Admati 29 March 2018
Nearly a year on from the Global Crisis, many argue that the international banking system remains broken. Anat Admati discusses how the structure of banks makes them fragile, and why they should be regulated in order to withstand shocks.
Philippe Aghion 27 March 2018
Many economists argue that fixing inequality should not come at the expense of innovation. Philippe Aghion discusses the role innovation has to play in fostering growth and social mobility. This video was recorded at the RES annual conference in Spring 2015.
John Van Reenen 23 March 2018
Competition can foster productivity by eliminating unproductive firms out of the market. John Van Reenen discusses the impact of management quality on productivity - and how this is influenced by market forces. This video was published by the CORE Project.
Jean Tirole, John Vickers, Eric Maskin 21 March 2018
Jean Tirole's work on industrial organisation led to him being awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics. In this video, Eric Maskin and John Vickers discuss the significance of Tirole's work in understanding market regulation. This video was originally published by the European Economic Association.
Jon Danielsson, Jean-Pierre Zigrand 19 March 2018
Nearly ten years on from the Global Crisis, systemic risk continues to threaten global economic stability. Using the analogy of London's Millennium Bridge, in this video Jon Danielsson and Jean-Pierre Zigrand explain systemic risk as the result of agents behaving rationally at the individual level to protect their own interests. This video was originally published by the LSE's Systemic Risk Centre.
Charles Bean 15 March 2018
Interest rates are near zero and inflation is even lower. Professor Sir Charles Bean, former Deputy Governor at the Bank of England and President of the Royal Economic Society, talks to Mark Thoma about the importance of clear communication in such uncertain times. The interview was recorded at the Royal Economic Society annual conference at The University of Manchester in Spring 2015 and produced by Econ Films.