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.
Asha 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 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.
Opinion Has ItMay 7, 2019Elmira Bayrasli & William J. Burns
discuss the diplomatic back channels that helped drive the negotiations leading to the Iran nuclear deal, and how they help serve US interests abroad.
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Europe works best, as the old quip has it, with the Russians out, the Germans down, and the Americans in. Today’s new European order has the Russians up, the Germans on the way down, the Americans potentially bowing out, Britons struggling toward Brexit – and France rising.
The debate over government job-guarantee programs is partly one of economic theory. But the main issue is politics: the size of the state, its proper economic role, and the resources the state needs.
