# Economics Explained

A podcast by Economics Explained. On Economics Explained, we take a look at interesting countries, policies, and decisions from the point of view of an economist. The world is an interesting place and we hope to uncover some of this intrigue in our short, informative podcasts.

Feed: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ARML8374689970

## Latest episodes

- [Cuba Was Barely Holding On… And Then The Oil Ran Out](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/cb3d98b9821b) (2026-10-12, 22 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML2881400135.mp3
- [How Kim Jong Un "Accidentally" Fixed North Korea's Economy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/ad46399888b7) (2026-10-05, 19 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML2589304693.mp3
- [The Economy Gave Up On Young People ... It's Starting To Show](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/1a9cbadf481b) (2026-09-28, 22 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML4430374699.mp3
- [Does Taiwan Have Dutch Disease?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/9920256b7051) (2026-09-23, 19 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML7538517543.mp3
- [Why Are Countries Abandoning OPEC?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/0924d4812d23) (2026-09-21, 15 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3917606600.mp3
- [Uruguay Has No Resources, But They're Rich](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/a8d23f409c5a) (2026-09-16, 23 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML2698540604.mp3
- [The Iran War Looks Very Different from Europe](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/6c0af1fee3bd) (2026-09-14, 20 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML6270599180.mp3
- [Did Pensions Destroy France?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/66511274aee9) (2026-09-09, 25 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML4180784298.mp3
- [What Is The Net Worth Of The World](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/1654fe87c099) (2026-09-02, 31 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML4682370098.mp3
- [Iran's Economy Was Collapsing … And Then The War Started](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/1adc31ee32af) (2026-08-31, 17 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML1405000556.mp3
- [Where Has Venezuela's Oil Gone?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/d31861e47729) (2026-08-26, 17 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML9979830055.mp3
- [Dubai Was An Economic Miracle, Then They Got Bombed](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/a5dabff426d9) (2026-08-24, 22 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3970057885.mp3
- [The End Game of U.K Economics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/03581467626f) (2026-08-19, 22 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML4237063867.mp3
- [How AI Will Play Out, Explained](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/53a87d5fab38) (2026-08-17, 52 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML7348706461.mp3
- [Get Rich Or Die Tryin' ... Literally](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/e1238075db00) (2026-08-11, 21 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML2087210763.mp3
- [How Has Nepal Been Going?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/6b256a95e456) (2026-07-13, 25 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML8825262959.mp3
- [Why Essential Workers Are Going Extinct](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/bccd2bebf0bd) (2026-06-01, 17 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3789153002.mp3
- [MIT Just Found The Cause Of The AI Bubble](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/3e58cb67441c) (2026-05-29, 18 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML1289651337.mp3
- [Has the World Become Uninsurable?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/268799f7ec10) (2026-05-25, 17 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML4556744451.mp3
- [Finland's Happy Little Economic Crisis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/171b5f7bd0a5) (2026-05-22, 17 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML8825024806.mp3
- [How Much Does Clickbait Cost the Global Economy?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/6d076d88fd6a) (2026-05-20, 15 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML5517423949.mp3
- [How Economics Has Changed Dating](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/c4b013ed1d84) (2026-04-09, 15 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML8572194103.mp3?updated=1775487010
- [What’s Really Behind Africa’s “Economic Miracle”](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/02b9b47060b1) (2026-04-06, 22 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML4633230765.mp3?updated=1775482205
- [Is Degrowth the Only Answer?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/826f18f69c17) (2026-03-31, 19 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML9307612529.mp3?updated=1774966090
- [Why $129,000 Is the New Poor](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/7af984e5a298) (2026-03-23, 15 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML8348397427.mp3?updated=1774283657
- [The Rise Of The Middle Powers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/34a60c619497) (2026-03-17, 34 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML1904989952.mp3?updated=1773762517
- [Did China Just Drop The Ball On Global Dominance?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/64a9d5baf83a) (2025-12-22, 17 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML4553790361.mp3?updated=1766409103
- [A Short Story About Why You Cannot Buy A House](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/2528b4cd50dd) (2025-12-02, 13 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3445851536.mp3?updated=1764675149
- [The $400 Trillion Problem No One Wants to Talk About](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/d9cb6bec7688) (2025-11-17, 18 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML9854391807.mp3?updated=1763377782
- [The 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics: Explained](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/f0ce235c9eeb) (2025-11-12, 19 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3422641889.mp3?updated=1762859567
- [Why Everyone is leaving New Zealand](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/2b6f1efae5cf) (2025-10-11, 15 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML6805720834.mp3?updated=1760101917
- [Stagflation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/64d47575f75e) (2025-09-30, 16 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML6954355569.mp3?updated=1759207208
- [What Happens When Capitalism Doesn't Need Workers Anymore?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/66c2ba0cb99a) (2025-09-05, 16 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML9726379711.mp3?updated=1757057584
- [Is the survival of humanity economically viable?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/e6f0b648d4ef) (2025-08-27, 18 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML5572245958.mp3?updated=1756287545
- [Why do We Still Need to Work?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/ad5dc80a9a8c) (2025-08-11, 16 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML2730216095.mp3?updated=1754909879
- [Do We Still Need Central Banks?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/17a51217f9f5) (2025-08-05, 19 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML9847983231.mp3?updated=1754368033
- [Iran's Economic Dilemma](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/358ef1c5f60b) (2025-07-21, 16 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML4705632291.mp3?updated=1753931474
- [Have Europe's Great Powers Given Up?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/1996d88412d7) (2025-07-07, 50 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3756733151.mp3?updated=1751950880
- [China’s Debt Problem Is 300% Bigger Than America’s](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/ac236031bc8e) (2025-07-03, 25 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML1644903594.mp3?updated=1751525089
- [Denmark Should Not be Rich](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/2babb8743d4a) (2025-06-23, 21 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML1186961694.mp3?updated=1750681518
- [Why Foreign Aid Fails](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/15b62bc50734) (2025-06-13, 22 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML1022679657.mp3?updated=1749886797
- [Is Gen Z Actually As Poor As They Claim To Be?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/bced28e960ee) (2025-06-04, 16 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML1118614467.mp3?updated=1748838164
- [How Malaysia Did Economics Differently](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/573a11c93660) (2025-06-02, 18 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML4684406080.mp3?updated=1748840107
- [Is This the Recession the US Needs to Have?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/885ab8195066) (2025-05-26, 16 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3866121558.mp3?updated=1748263700
- [Why Everyone Thinks California Is Collapsing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/9c0d54e912e4) (2025-04-30, 16 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML4596565617.mp3?updated=1745913673
- [Is the Australian Economy Doomed?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/583566453e1c) (2025-04-15, 17 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML1212634994.mp3?updated=1744557969
- [How Poland Is Quietly Winning the Economic Game](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/fbe186630021) (2025-04-08, 16 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML5508137003.mp3?updated=1744007197
- [Introducing: Tools & Weapons Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/77ddf7edb803) (2025-04-03, 4 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3939768791.mp3?updated=1743666544
- [How The Finance Industry Destroys Economies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/814f32ec71a8) (2025-04-01, 17 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML5928867149.mp3?updated=1743503916
- [In Defence of DOGE](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1524223574/20d357e233c2) (2025-03-26, 16 min): audio https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML7653056773.mp3?updated=1742961875

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