Welcome to Project Syndicate Podcasts – a hub for conversation on the world’s most pressing issues. On Opinion Has It, host Elmira Bayrasli sits down with leading economists, policymakers, Nobel laureates, academics, and more. Listen and subscribe to all episodes from your favorite podcast app. Find Opinion Has It on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud, or via RSS Feed.
Opinion Has ItNov 5, 2019John Lewis Gaddis & Elmira Bayrasli
discuss the legacy of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and whether, as many declared 30 years ago, democracy really has won.
Opinion Has ItOct 22, 2019Matthew Goodwin & Elmira Bayrasli
discuss how populist nationalism is upending mainstream parties on both sides of the Atlantic.
Opinion Has ItOct 8, 2019Shamina Singh & Elmira Bayrasli
consider why women still lag behind men in opening bank accounts, and how to improve financial inclusion worldwide.
Opinion Has ItSep 24, 2019Michael Green & Elmira Bayrasli
discuss the results of this year’s Social Progress Index, a report tracking progress toward the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Opinion Has ItSep 10, 2019Stephanie Kelton & Elmira Bayrasli
discuss the potential benefits and dangers of financing public spending with unlimited debt.
Opinion Has ItAug 13, 2019Asha George & Elmira Bayrasli
discuss how social and cultural biases generate disparities in health outcomes between men and women, hindering progress towards gender equality.
Opinion Has ItJul 30, 2019Bill Emmott & Elmira Bayrasli
discuss the making of Boris Johnson, and how his rise to prime minister will shape the outcome of the United Kingdom’s looming withdrawal from the European Union.
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To combat racism, wherever it occurs, is a laudable aim. But singling out anti-Semitism in an executive order, especially when the concept is so intimately linked to views on the state of Israel, is a mistake.
Three recent books demonstrate that there are as many differences between crony-capitalist systems as there are similarities. And while deep-seated corruption is usually associated with autocracies like modern-day Russia, democracies have no reason to assume that they are immune.
