Macroeconomics podcasts

Ola Innset discusses money, taxation and the allocation of labour and resources between private and public activity. Conversation in Norwegian.

Robert Barro and Jon Hartley discuss empirical macroeconomics and the development of Barro’s research. Topics include Ricardian equivalence, the fiscal theory of the price level, government-spending multipliers, business cycles and New Keynesian modelling. The conversation also considers economic growth, political economy and the relationship between religion and economic outcomes. Barro reflects on his training, his research career and the economists he has taught, connecting personal intellectual history with debates about fiscal policy and macroeconomic evidence.

Svein Harald Øygard discusses interest rates, central-bank decisions and their influence on households and the wider economy. Conversation in Norwegian.

Per Espen Stoknes discusses whether economic growth can be reconciled with lower resource consumption and environmental damage. Conversation in Norwegian.

Svein Harald Øygard recounts his work at Iceland's central bank during the financial crisis and discusses the forces behind the country's collapse. Conversation in Norwegian.