Forward Thinking

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Forward Thinking on the rollercoaster of central banking with Hans-Helmut Kotz May 17, 2023

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Co-host Michael Chui talks with economist Hans-Helmut Kotz who is a visiting professor of economics at Harvard University, a senior policy fellow at the Leibniz Institute for financial research at Goethe University, Frankfurt, and on the economics faculty of Freiburg University. Kotz covers topics including the following:

Parallels between the 2007–09 global financial crisis and today’s financial turbulence.
The balance that banking regulators need to strike to protect the economy but encourage innovation.
Being prepared by taking eclectic perspectives.

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Forward Thinking on people on the move and the technological progress and productivity they bring with Dany Bahar Apr 19, 2023

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Co-host Janet Bush talks with economist Dany Bahar. He is an associate professor of practice of international and public affairs at Brown University’s Watson Institute and a senior fellow of the Growth Lab at the Harvard Center for International Development. He’s also a nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution and the Center for Global Development. Two themes stand out in his work: the diffusion of technology and knowledge, and migration. In this podcast, Bahar covers topics including the following:

Why some countries are rich and some are poor
The role of people on the move in spreading knowledge and raising productivity
The opportunity of Ukraine’s refugee diaspora
How companies can reap rewards by integrating migrants

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Forward Thinking on ‘megathreats,’ ‘polycrises,’ and ‘doom loops’ with Nouriel Roubini Mar 22, 2023

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Co-host Michael Chui talks with Nouriel Roubini. Roubini is professor emeritus of economics at the Stern School of Business at New York University, and CEO of Roubini Macro Associates, a global macroeconomics consultancy. He covers topics including the following:

The “mother of all” debt crises and what to do about it
Likely future trends in the global balance sheet—the world’s economic health and wealth
The trajectory of globalization
Which “megathreat” worries him most

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Forward Thinking on working at the interface of the environment and business with Justin Adams Mar 01, 2023

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Co-host Michael Chui talks with Justin Adams. Adams is the head of partnerships at Just Climate, a climate-led investment business. he answers questions, including:

How does nature or the ecosystem provide services to the economy?
How much needs to be invested in nature?
What role can capitalism play in addressing issues around sustainability?
What kind of innovations have real potential to mitigate carbon emissions?

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Forward Thinking on what deep history might tell us about today’s turbulent times with Alan Taylor Feb 15, 2023

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In this podcast, economist Alan Taylor covers how history can provide a lens into trends in globalization and wealth and the long-term impact of pandemics.

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Forward Thinking on how to get remote working right with Nicholas Bloom Feb 01, 2023

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In this episode, co-host Michael Chui talks with Nicholas Bloom. Bloom is the William Eberle Professor of Economics at Stanford University and a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. He covers topics including the following:

The history of remote work
How remote work can enhance productivity
What practices make hybrid work most effective
How the views of employers and employees compare on working remotely

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Forward Thinking on the complicated and contentious state of global trade with Chad P. Bown Jan 19, 2023

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Janet Bush talks with Chad P. Bown. Bown is Reginald Jones Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. They cover topics including:

How contentious current trading relationships are in the context of history
Is the world deglobalizing or not?
The economic and human cost of decoupling

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Forward Thinking on the meeting point of science and humanity with Jayshree Seth Nov 30, 2022

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In this episode of the McKinsey Global Institute’s Forward Thinking podcast, co-host Michael Chui talks with Jayshree Seth, a corporate scientist and the chief science advocate at the 3M company. She covers topics including:

How the human context can be brought into the practice of science and engineering

Expanding talent pipelines into STEM fields

The role of leadership in technical fields

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Forward Thinking on the fragility of the world’s food systems and how to fix them with Jessica Fanzo Nov 16, 2022

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In this episode of the McKinsey Global Institute’s Forward Thinking podcast, Janet Bush talks with Jessica Fanzo. Fanzo is the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Global Food Policy and Ethics at the Berman Institute of Bioethics, the Bloomberg
School of Public Health, and the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University in the United States. From 2017 to 2019, Fanzo served as the co-chair of the Global Nutrition Report and the UN High Level Panel of Experts
on Food Security and Nutrition. She was the first laureate of the Carasso Foundation’s Premio Daniel Carasso prize in 2012 for her research on sustainable
food and diets for long-term human health.

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Forward Thinking on talent, state capacity, and being hopeful with Tyler Cowen Sep 28, 2022

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In this episode of the McKinsey Global Institute’s Forward Thinking podcast, Michael Chui talks to Tyler Cowen, Holbert L. Harris Chair of Economics at George Mason University, who serves as chairman and general director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. With colleague Alex Tabarrok, Cowen is coauthor of the popular economics blog Marginal Revolution and cofounder of the online educational platform Marginal Revolution University.

This conversation was recorded in September 2022. To read a transcript of this episode, visit:
https://mck.co/TylerCowen

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