Opinion Has It

About Opinion Has It

Opinion Has It by Project Syndicate features conversations with leading economists, policymakers, authors, and researchers on the world’s most pressing issues. Tune in for biweekly analyses and insights with our host Elmira Bayrasli, Foreign Policy Interrupted co-founder and Project Syndicate contributor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Project Syndicate

Category

news · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Jan 2017

Latest episode

23 Nov 2021

Latest episodes

1 of 144 episodes have a transcript.

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   23 Nov 2021

   Trouble over Taiwan | Bonnie Glaser

   In the Sino-American great-power drama, Taiwan has taken center stage, as China has ramped up pressure on the island. How much danger is Taiwan in – and how far will the US go to defend it? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

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   9 Nov 2021

   Debt Wars | Barry Eichengreen

   The unprecedented fiscal spending that many governments unleashed in response to the COVID-19 crisis has fueled an increasingly heated debate over the risks posed by public debt. But the debate is far from new, and history holds important lessons that should inform it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

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   26 Oct 2021

   America’s Afghan Debacle | Annie Pforzheimer

   The Taliban has announced its interim government, and its all-male, often-hardline makeup seems to have confirmed many observers’ worst fears. Why did the US mission in Afghanistan fail, and what is in store for the country under Taliban rule? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Inside a recent episode

What Do Mainstream Economists Get Wrong About Poverty And Growth? | Abhijit Banerjee

Published 18 Feb 2020 · Transcript excerpt

[…] All economics should be development economics, but of course, people have different obsessions and development economics has its own set of obsessions which have to do with you know, the kinds of problems that maybe you think are a little bit less serious in countries like the US. […]

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