Soumaya Keynes

Friday, 1 May, 2026

Thursday, 30 April, 2026

Global trade

Does trade cause peace? Ask an economist

Researchers have been trawling history to measure the pacifying effects of moving goods around

Soumaya Keynes

Thursday, 23 April, 2026

Global trade

The secret diary of a middle power

So much economic conflict, so many feelings

Soumaya Keynes

Thursday, 23 April, 2026

The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes podcast28 min listen

Will energy security fears change the global energy market? With Daniel Yergin

What the Iran conflict means for oil stockpiles, gas and renewables

Friday, 17 April, 2026

The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes podcast34 min listen

Will the energy shock change global trade imbalances? With Brad Setser

Higher oil prices may not be enough to dent the world’s biggest trade surplus

Thursday, 16 April, 2026

The China shock 2.0

What’s really shocking about the second China shock?

While the Chinese export surge continues unabated, import volumes have been anaemic

Soumaya Keynes

Thursday, 9 April, 2026

The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes podcast31 min listen

How long will the Iran energy shock last? With Chris Giles

The effects of the war are still feeding through the global economy

Thursday, 2 April, 2026

The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes podcast26 min listen

Economic warfare: lessons from history, with Mark Harrison

What four centuries of conflict can tell us about today

Friday, 27 March, 2026

The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes podcast28 min listen

The global economy is Iran’s hostage. Can it be released? With Edward Fishman

The ongoing conflict is weakening America

Thursday, 26 March, 2026

Oil & Gas industry

How to survive an energy crunch

Have you considered simply doing less?

Soumaya Keynes

Friday, 20 March, 2026

The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes podcast33 min listen

Lessons from China’s industrial dominance, with Kyle Chan

How China’s economic model developed an industrial juggernaut

Thursday, 19 March, 2026

Artificial intelligence

Economists have caught the AI bug

It’s expanding the scope of research but challenging the profession’s process of weeding out mistakes

Soumaya Keynes

Wednesday, 18 March, 2026

Non-Fiction

Recession by Tyler Goodspeed — a myth-busting guide to economic contractions

A former head of the Council of Economic Advisers explores how and why downturns happen

Thursday, 12 March, 2026

Global Economy

Which chokepoint wins in a game of geoeconomic Top Trumps?

It depends on its damage to the target, potential for blowback and durability

Soumaya Keynes

Thursday, 12 March, 2026

The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes podcast27 min listen

Is AI (finally) making us more productive? With John Burn-Murdoch and Sarah O’Connor

Will artificial intelligence mean more jobs, fewer jobs, or different jobs?

Thursday, 5 March, 2026

The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes podcast27 min listen

Are investors getting the Iran conflict wrong? With Robin Brooks

The chances of an economic disaster are higher than they think.

Thursday, 5 March, 2026

Employment

The economics of night-time work

How the hours we spend at our job have changed over the years

Soumaya Keynes

Friday, 27 February, 2026

The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes podcast31 min listen

Could common debt make the EU stronger? With Carlos Cuerpo

Spain’s economy, trade and business minister on how to make the bloc work better

Thursday, 26 February, 2026

Working from home

Working from home has changed the way we shop

Guess which group of remote workers pays more?

Soumaya Keynes

Monday, 23 February, 2026

The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes podcast21 min listen

Trump’s tariffs are not dead yet, with Michael Froman

The former US trade representative unpacks Trump’s latest measures

Friday, 20 February, 2026

The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes podcast30 min listen

What did ‘Nudge’ get wrong? With Nick Chater

Small interventions only have a small effect

Thursday, 19 February, 2026

Global trade

Who’s afraid of the big bad trade deficit?

The divergence between the British and American attitudes isn’t entirely justified

Soumaya Keynes

Friday, 13 February, 2026

The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes podcast30 min listen

How China is fighting ‘involution’, with Yanmei Xie

And how the rest of the world should react

Thursday, 12 February, 2026

Health

Does the weight-loss revolution show up in the data?

Slimming the world is a slow business

Soumaya Keynes

Friday, 6 February, 2026

The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes podcast33 min listen

What an economist eats for lunch (in 2026), with Tyler Cowen

Rules for dining from the world’s foremost foodie economist