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Money & Macro Talks

Money & Macro Talks
Immigration
United States
Inequality
China
Wealth Tax
Demographics
Government Debt
Profit Paradox
South Korea
Stock Market
Economics
Gun Violence
Europe
Neo-Royalism
Populism
Venture Capital In Europe
European Union
Norway
Sanaenomics
Rent Regulation

Interviews with leading (macro) economists, social scientists and financial professionals to uncover the nuanced facts shaping our global economy.

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In Sweden, Norway and Finland, women have more freedom and opportunity than almost anywhere else on Earth. Yet these are also the places where fewer women choose to study engineering or computer science. Economists and psychologists call this the gen... more

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Interview with Ilyaz Nasrullah (computer scientist & columnist) about his new book.

The book in Dutch can be found here: www.nieuwezijds.nl/boek/dit-is-ai/

Research mentioned in the conversation: fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf

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In just a couple of years, South Korea turned from one of the world's largest defense importers to exports. In this interview, Korean expert HG Hong (Platoon Magazine) explains why.

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Big Tech has never been bigger. Google, Amazon and Metaserve more customers and earn bigger profits every year, and AI companies are claiming a growing share of the stock market. For many, that's a warning sign: the bigger these firms get, the harder... more

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Recent Guests

Ilyaz Nasrullah
Computer scientist, former software developer and manager, Dutch newspaper columnist, speaker and AI advisor.
Episode: The false promises of the AI industry | Ilyaz Nasrullah
HB Hong
Editor-in-chief of Platoon Magazine
Platoon Magazine
Episode: What's really behind Korea's massive defense export boom | HB Hong
Brian Albrecht
Chief economist at the International Center for Law & Economics
International Center for Law & Economics
Episode: Are monopolies really taking over the economy? | Brian Albrecht
Lyman Stone
Director of Research of the consulting firm Demographic Intelligence and Director of Pro-Natalism Initiative at the Institute of Family Studies
Demographic Intelligence; Institute of Family Studies
Episode: How governments can increase fertility rates | Lyman Stone
Frank Braconi
Professor of Economics, NYU; urban issues and real estate
New York University
Episode: Economist defends rent controls | prof. Frank Braconi
Dave Kang
Expert in international politics, East Asia, tribute system
Episode: What Chinese rule will actually look like | Dr. Dave Kang
Lars Doucet
Co-founder of the Center for Land Economics; writer for Progress and Poverty Substance; former game developer
Center for Land Economics; Progress and Poverty Substance
Episode: Can a land value tax fix housing? | Lars Doucet
Konstantin Kholodilin
Researcher at the German Institute for Economic Research
German Institute for Economic Research
Episode: What over 100 studies reveal about rent controls? | Prof. Konstantin Kholodilin
John Burn-Murdoch
Columnist and chief data reporter for the Financial Times
Financial Times
Episode: Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once | John Burn-Murdoch

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The false promises of the AI industry | Ilyaz Nasrullah
Q: Can you explain that disconnect?
Nasrullah says AI benchmarks often measure computational performance rather than human-like understanding. Systems may produce impressive results through brute-force computation, while still making errors and failing to explain or validate their outputs.
The false promises of the AI industry | Ilyaz Nasrullah
Q: What are these false promises of AI?
Nasrullah outlines seven myths in his book: paradise, productivity increases, intelligence, human likeness, objectivity, self-learning and autonomy. He says the grand promises lack a sound basis.
How governments can increase fertility rates | Lyman Stone
Q: How do smartphone usage and the digital revolution affect social skills and partner formation relevant to fertility?
Digital life reduces in-person social opportunities and can erode face-to-face social skills, which in turn affects dating and partnership formation; there may be a case for policies that preserve meaningful in-person interactions to support family formation.
How governments can increase fertility rates | Lyman Stone
Q: What policies beyond cash incentives show promise for lifting fertility, and why is housing such a critical lever?
Policies that improve housing access and affordability can directly influence marriage and childbearing, because people often coordinate moving in with a partner and starting a family around home ownership; while cash incentives work, they face scalability and fiscal constraints, so housing and broader family-friendly infrastructure are seen as more sustainable levers.
How governments can increase fertility rates | Lyman Stone
Q: What are the main forces driving the more recent fertility decline, beyond child mortality and traditional demand-side factors?
Recent declines are driven by reduced desire to have many children in the context of partnership dynamics, the rise of modern life priorities, and a notable shift in how people form families; supply-side factors such as increased obesity and reduced in-person social interaction also play a role, while the strongest effect comes from changing partnerships and marriage markets.

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A thoughtful program that features in-depth conversations with leading economists, macro researchers, and policy-focused thinkers. Episodes span topics from whether economics is a science, to macro strategy in the Gulf, Japan's Sanaenomics, inequality, public debt, taxation, and energy shocks in Europe. Guests typically bring academic rigor, policy experience, or critical perspectives on conventional frameworks, often challenging prevailing economic narratives with data-driven analysis. The show often blends theoretical debates (debt dynamics, monetary theory, tax design) with real-world implications for policy, markets, and geopolitical risk, making it valuable for listeners who want to understand complex macro forces beyond surface-level ... more

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