Rethinking Podcast

Hello and welcome to the podcast of Rethinking Economics NL. Here we talk with fellow rethinkers about topics in economics and education. Do you want a more diverse and plural economics? Come rethink economics with us!

For the ninth interview we are joined by Jigar Bhatt (independent scholar), Gabriela Dutrénit (Metropolitan Autonomous University), Beatriz Fialho (Bio-Manguinhos), and Gillian Marcelle (Resilience Capital Ventures) to talk about disruptive technology, especially Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) policies in the context of Latin America. What are STI policies, and how do they relate to different schools of thought on development and innovation? Why should we reimagine innovation beyond only disruptive, high-tech innovation in labs, such as innovation in the informal economy? How does this relate to local knowledge, innovation management, infrastructure development, and bottlenecks in finance?

Joe Earle is the Chief Executive of Economy, which is a UK charity that works together with communities and individuals to make them aware that they are part of the economy. Together they work on the local issues and come up with solutions. We talk about what it takes to be and train a trainer, how they reach local communities and the skills you need to have a good company culture. Of course, we discuss a whole range of other things, but for that, we welcome you into the conversation! Happy to have you rethink with us, enjoy.

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In the seventh interview of the series we are joined by five amazing experts from the Mechanism Design for Social Good (MD4SG) community: Jessie Finocchiaro (CU Boulder), Sera Linardi (University of Pittsburgh), Faidra Monachou (Stanford University), Ana-Andreea Stoica (Columbia University),   and Lily Xu (Harvard). Together we explore how you can apply mechanism design and machine-learning in economics and other disciplines to create markets that optimize social welfare. We’ll also explore some difficulties which economists and computer-scientists working on this topic have in-common, such as how to use assumptions as perfect rationality. Similar to almost all interviews, we also discuss the importance of interdisciplinary working. This interview gives you a good overview of how to get started as an economist to apply mechanism design and machine-learning to make a difference in the world!

This week we are joined by John Halamka (Mayo Clinic), Jennifer Joe (Vanguard.Health), Luba Greenwood (Harvard), and Umbereen Nehal (MIT) to discuss how disruptive technologies as AI and platforms are transforming healthcare right now. How does the future of healthcare look like from the perspective of those using the technologies everyday as practitioners, company-builders and executives? What current and future developments are they most excited about? How does this relate to ethics, inclusion, and bias? What should economists know about how disruptive technologies are transforming healthcare?

In this episode we talk with Anne Kervers. Anne is a PhD candidate who focuses her research on A New Normative Framework for Corporate Debt. Anne in fascinated by money and money creation. She explains how money is created and how her perspective on money has changed over time. We talk about growth, economic growth and other ways to measure growth. Next to that, we talk about protesting and how to protest in times of a pandemic. We discuss Extinction Rebellion NL, of which she is a rebel. Thank you for Rethinking with us. Enjoy the episode!

In the fourth interview of the series we are joined by Kay Firth-Butterfield (World Economic Forum), Wendell Wallach (Yale), Renée Cummings (Urban AI), and Celeste Kidd (University of California, Berkeley). This interview we’ll be focusing on something that we brought-up in the other panels but haven’t got a chance to go in-depth into: governance, bias, and ethics of AI. What do these terms mean in the context of AI and other disruptive technologies, and how do they relate to criminology (juridical system), psychology (belief formation), and economics (assumptions)? How does all this relate to social media and how is AI affecting inequality? Why is diversity and inclusivity so important in data-science and society more generally?

For this third interview in this series we are joined by Diane Coyle (University of Cambridge), Andrea Renda (CEPS and College of Europe) and Charlotte Stix (TU Eindhoven and University of Cambridge). We will discuss what makes the digital economy unique and how technologies are shaped by their social environment. We will also focus on how disruptive technologies as AI are affected by and interact with policies and regulation, especially in the context of the European Union. Lastly we will zoom-in on how all this relates to the way we teach economics, especially in relation to the assumptions in economic theory and the need for interdisciplinary approaches.

In this second interview for the series we will be speaking with Andrew McAfee (Co-Director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy) and César A. Hidalgo (ANITI Chair at the University of Toulouse). How are disruptive technologies as AI transforming not only our economy, but also our society? We discuss topics as increasing and decreasing inequalities, if there are and will be enough jobs and whether we need an universal basic income (UBI). We also focus on how economics relates to other disciplines and the importance of learning advanced econometric methods, which often relate closely to machine learning.

In this episode, we are talking with the host of the new Rethinking series: the socioeconomics of disruptive tech. Koen Smeets put many of the most knowledgeable people together regarding economics and technology. In this episode, we get to hear the behind the scenes! A little more about Koen before we start:

Koen Smeets is an Honours Student Economics and Business Economics at Radboud University, doing next year an exchange with Peking University in Beijing. As part of Honour Programmes he's also researching the history of economics and economic thought, FinTech and the socioeconomics of disruptive tech, especially AI. Besides this he's also been a Winner, Mentor and Organiser of various Hackathons at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

For this very first interview in this interview series we are joined by Daron Acemoğlu (Institute professor at MIT) and Martin Wolf (Chief Economics Commentator of the Financial Times). We explore how disruptive technologies are affecting our economy and society from the perspective of political economy, history, and economic theory. Topics are discussed as the history of and how currently disruptive technologies are affecting the economy and the importance of politics in the shaping of our society and economy. We also discuss some of the current issues in economics education, such as that many students take from their economic classes a vulgar market fundamentalism and the need for more interdisciplinarity.

Paloma Fernández Pérez is a historian who studies the healthcare system. Her findings throughout history on systems all over the world started with Michael Porter, but went so much further. In this episode we talk about pandemics and why we should treat the Covid-19 pandemic like a war. We discuss the differences between healthcare systems from all over the world. What we also discuss is patents and the working together of governments and pharmaceutical companies. Paloma has written a book that was recently published called ‘The Emergence of Modern Hospital Management and Organisation in the World 1880s-1930s’ and has worked out countless articles. Enjoy this episode of the Rethinking Podcast, with Paloma Fernández Pérez.

Hello fellow Rethinker,

Patrick Stephens is a student of PPE at Durham University and chats with us on his philosophical perspective on economics, the importance of self-criticism as a discipline, what teachers miss and so much more! Thank you for being here, we are happy to have you REthink with us!

Hey everybody! Today we’re joined by Beatriz Rodriguez-Satizabal. She teaches in the UK and right now is doing that from Colombia. We discuss teaching from a different timezone and educating a diverse classroom. Next to that, her research is in the history of business groups. She links economic theory to the history of entrepreneurship and business. Why are business groups important? And why are they common in Latin-America? We dive deep into her research and welcome you to the conversation too!

Pablo Dragún is a director at the Centro de Estudios in Buenos Aires, where he leads a team of economists. He also is a member of the International Labour Organization, where he represents the Argentine Industrial Union. We discuss questions like: What is it like to lead a group of economists? How do you work in multidisciplinary teams? What is the ILO? And the UIA? Time to see a different perspective! Are you joining us?

Hello everybody. This week we talk with Kareesha Mohamed. She talks with us about circular economy, how is that different from the linear economy we live in, and what do these terms actually mean? Next to that, we also talk about living in different countries and cultures and Caribbean One TV (C-ONE TV). So enjoy this weeks episode where we talk about circular and linear economy and all the cultural contexts!

Hello everybody, have you ever heard of epistemic humility? Well I hadn’t before this conversation. In this episode we are joined by Merve Burnazoglu and with her we talk about economic education in multiple countries. We discuss teaching economics and doing a PhD which includes topics such as migration and the European Union. We also focus on working in finance and being a part of multiple organizations in the economic field. Enjoy this weeks episode! I know I did.

Hello everybody! This week, we’re joined by Radhika Trivedi. We talk about educational policy, differences in education between India and the UK and discuss the curriculum review of the Durham society for economic pluralism. Next to that we discuss the caste system of India and its effects on politics and language. We’re glad to have you and hope you enjoy this week’s episode!

Hello everybody! Today we discuss sustainable finance, economic views on the environment, ecological economics, the pros and cons of working in academia and what sustainability can mean, as not everyone agrees on one meaning. All this and more in conversation with Merle Schulken! Let us know what’s your favourite part of this week’s episode!

Today’s guest discusses his ideas on Marxism, capitalism and psychoanalyses. We talk about philosophy, political theory and what makes a philosopher a radical philosopher. How do you understand society? What are underlying assumptions you have behind what you say? Why is neoclassical economics the majority if not all of the economics in university? Is there an alternative economic system to capitalism? Why is the economy and the economic system in Uruguay so different from that in the Netherlands?

Cecilia Lanata-Briones lived through hyperinflation in Argentina, studied in Argentina and in the UK and now teaches at Warwick. We talk about the history of economics, about the Indo-American Refugee & Migrant Organisation and her research on comparing countries and their Gini’s. Next to that we discuss D-ECON, Diversifying and Decolonising Economics.

Peter Tkatchenko, the co-founder of decommercializing Durham joins us to talk about his views on the Marxian-structuralist perspective, and on the different educational systems of the US and the UK.  We discuss questions such as: Does being an extravert help with activism? How would you change economic education? How should higher education be structured? On top of that we talk about the ethical ideas in economics that have underlying value judgements that you never learnt were there. We hope you enjoy this episode and see a new perspective. 

Henrika Meyer, working on the video lectures series that is out now on all platforms of Rethinking Economics Rotterdam, joins us in conversation about economic schools of thought on climate change and the many lessons she learnt during this project. Moreover we discuss possible changes in teaching economics and what value means when it comes to economics. To share a great quote beforehand, "Economics is about the society we want to build". 

Alan Chen, former Treasurer of Rethinking Economics NL joins us to talk about his journey from engineering into economics, the views sociology can give economists on labour, how he jumped into the position of being Treasurer and is an example of start before you're ready. Enjoy this episode! A conversation between Alan Chen and Julika Frome. To start off with a quote 'I understood what he said, yet I didn't understand what he meant. What was labour? Labour was L. 

Clara Etchenique, founder and former Chair of Rethinking Rotterdam. We talk about differences in education between the Netherlands and France, how to get funding as a new organization, and what it takes to build a local group. To name a few topics. So thank you for being here, and enjoy the episode!

Marc Beckmann, former Chair of Rethinking Economics NL joins us in this week's episode of the REthinking Podcast. We talk about Rethinking Economics NL, about becoming part of the board. He shares his wisdom gained as Chair and makes us aware of the link between economics and climate change. His passion for climate change shines through his drive and his work with Econ4future. Enjoy the episode! 

Today we're Rethinking with... Rosa de Koning! Former Secretary of Rethinking Economics NL. We talk about her journey through economics, how different education can be between institutions within a country, how philosophy and economics work together and so much more! Enjoy this weeks episode of the Rethinking Podcast, we're glad you're here. 

Hey everyone! With this episode we are kicking off the Rethinking Podcast! In this episode, we talk with all the Chairs of Rethinking Economics NL, past, present and future. This means you'll be listening to a conversation with (in order of being Chair) Joris Tieleman, Sam de Muijnck, Elisa Terragno Bogliaccini, Marc Beckmann and Aleksandra Twardowska.  Welcome to the conversation and thank you for REthinking with us.