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The Economics Show

The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes is a new weekly podcast from the Financial Times packed full of smart, digestible analysis and incisive conversation. Soumaya Keynes digs deep into the hottest topics in economics along with a cast of FT colleagues and special guests. Come for the big ideas, stay for the nerdery. Soumaya Keynes is an economics columnist for the Financial Times. Prior to joining the FT she worked at The Economist for eight years as a staff writer, where as well as covering trade, the US economy and the UK economy she co-hosted the Money Talks podcast. She also co-founded the Trade Talks podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

From "The Story of Money": How a stock market crash gave birth to modern antisemitism

21 Aug 2026

50m

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The 1873 financial crash in Germany and Austria, known as the Gründerkrach, transformed from a speculative bubble into a catalyst for modern, virulent antisemitism. Following a period of rapid economic expansion fueled by French war reparations, the collapse of fraudulent companies left the middle class devastated and ...

From "Trumponomics": Can the US Actually Tax Billionaires?

14 Aug 2026

24m

How to break China’s chokehold on rare earths

07 Aug 2026

31m

Will AI solve the productivity puzzle? With Nick Bloom

31 Jul 2026

29m

Is China catching up with the US in AI? With Kyle Chan

24 Jul 2026

30m

The US-Iran war has not triggered a food crisis — yet. With Adam Hanieh and Susannah Savage

17 Jul 2026

27m

The economics of weight loss, with Rebecca Diamond and Claer Barrett

10 Jul 2026

29m

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The gendered obesity gap in the Western world, where lower-income women face significantly higher obesity rates than their wealthier counterparts, is being reshaped by the rise of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs. Harvard economist Rebecca Diamond’s research reveals that women using these medications experience a 29-percentage-...