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Harvard Kennedy School economist Dani Rodrik talks to Rob about the importance of putting debt payments by developing countries on hold in the face of the pandemic. They also discuss the state of globalization and the US-China relationship.

Rob talks to Nobel laureate economist George Akerlof about economics鈥� bias against the 鈥渟oft鈥� social scientific perspectives of anthropology, sociology, and psychology in favor of 鈥渉ard鈥� economic models that attempt to replicate iron-clad scientific laws. They also discuss how to reform the economics profession and the needs of a new generation of economists.

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Rob talks to Adair Turner—member of the House of Lords, former Chairman of the British Financial Services Authority, and member of INET鈥檚 Commission on Global Economic Transformation—about how the COVID-19 economic crash compares to the post-2008 recession: namely, how to deal with a crisis of supply in addition to aggregate demand.