The Financial Times has announced the launch of The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes, a new podcast that will dig deep into big global economic topics.
Each week FT columnist Soumaya Keynes will be joined by a high-profile guest or FT expert to provide analysis and insights, giving audiences a deeper understanding of the most complex economics subjects, in an easy-to-digest format, added the publisher.
Episodes will dissect questions in both macro and microeconomics, combining smart nerdery with real-world relevance. Examples include “where is the global economy headed?” with the FT’s chief economics commentator Martin Wolf, “is pay transparency good?” with FT columnist and associate editor Pilita Clark, and “where are interest rates headed?” with FT economics commentator Chris Giles.
The FT says planned high-profile guests include Emily Oster talking about the economics of parenting, Neel Kashkari of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis speaking about US monetary policy, and Nobel laureate Angus Deaton on what is wrong with economics.
“There’s nothing I love more than diving deep into the toughest economics questions of the day” said Soumaya Keynes. “I think this will be the perfect format to complement and elevate the FT’s economics coverage.”
In 2020 Keynes won an award for comment from the Society for American Business Editors and Writers. She previously co-founded the Trade Talks podcast and co-hosted The Economist’s Money Talks podcast.
The first episode of The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes will feature former director of the National Economic Council Jason Furman on US government debt, asking whether the country has finally borrowed too much.
The show drops weekly every Monday, starting today (20 May), and is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, on ft.comand the FT app, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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