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S2 Ep52: Has the randomista revolution gone too far?
S2 Ep52: Has the randomista revolution gone too far?
This year's Nobel prize celebrated the work of the economists who popularised randomised controlled trials, “for their e... Read more
23 Dec 2019
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S2 Ep36: The economic history of World War 2
S2 Ep36: The economic history of World War 2
Starting on the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the second world war, VoxEU is publishing a series of articles about... Read more
6 Sep 2019
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S2 Ep49: Wealth taxes
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S2 Ep30: France's broken social elevator
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S2 Ep28: The benefits of starting school early
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S2 Ep19: The end of the WTO?
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S3 Ep7: The history of immigration quotas
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S2 Ep6: Legal cannabis and the black economy
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S2 Ep43: The cost of dying
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S2 Ep48: How the mobile internet changed politics
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S2 Ep27: Italy is a very sick patient
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