Best Soumaya Keynes Chad P Bown Podcasts (2024)

How the European Union’s controversial “posting” policy impacted the movement of workers as well as local communities across the continent.By Chad P. Bown

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196. How multinationals avoid taxes through technology licensing 28:40

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Companies can avoid taxes by moving profits from IP royalties offshore. What would happen if that changed?By Chad P. Bown

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195. How did Canadian workers adjust so well to US trade? 24:07

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Canadian workers faced new competition after the sudden free trade agreement with the US in 1989. Why were they able to adjust so successfully?By Chad P. Bown

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194. Industrial policy detectives: China’s subsidies for shipbuilding 40:59

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A new way to measure China’s subsidies for shipbuilding reveals how much they transformed the industry for the country and world.By Chad P. Bown

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193. Did multinationals enforce Bangladesh’s new labor law? 42:14

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Following the Rana Plaza factory collapse, foreign companies promised to enforce Bangladesh’s new labor law. What happened next?By Chad P. Bown

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192. Will more farm trade cause more deforestation? 27:35

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As trade with farm exporting countries expands, governments must also consider how to prevent deforestation.By Chad P. Bown

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191. Brazil’s trade opening and its toll on workers and crime 33:29

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How Brazil’s trade liberalization of the 1990s led to unexpected and lasting impacts on workers and a temporary rise in violence.By Chad P. Bown

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190. Climate change, floods, and the future of auto supply chains 32:51

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What consumers can expect from auto companies investing in supply chain resilience as weather disasters loom.By Chad P. Bown

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189. South Korea’s controversial industrial policy 34:56

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How South Korea’s Heavy and Chemical Industry Drive policy of 1973-79 worked and may have contributed to its economic rise.By Chad P. Bown

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188. Did responsible sourcing by multinationals help workers in poor countries? 39:29

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What happened to workers and others in Costa Rica when global companies imposed new responsible sourcing codes of conduct on their suppliers.By Chad P. Bown

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187. Industrial policy and the rise of Romania’s Silicon Valley 51:22

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How a 2001 income tax break for Romanian software programmers helped transform the country’s information technology sector.By Chad P. Bown

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186. How US lead regulations hurt Mexican babies 31:55

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Higher US lead standards in 2009 resulted in more production and pollution from Mexican plants. Nearby infants and kids suffered.By Chad P. Bown

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185. The historic collapse of Switzerland’s watch industry 28:36

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New quartz technology and competition from Japan devastated the dominant Swiss watch industry of the 1970s. What happened next?By Chad P. Bown

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184. The US-EU fights over electric vehicles and the Inflation Reduction Act 46:28

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EVs headlined the transatlantic dispute over the Inflation Reduction Act. That feud may be over, but other conflicts remain.By Chad P. Bown

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183. How the United States cleaned up container ship pollution 24:36

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In 2012, the EPA started regulating maritime emissions of air pollutants. The shipping industry’s response offers lessons for other countries.By Chad P. Bown

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182. Is China’s industrial policy working? 44:08

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The “Made in China 2025” subsidies both provoked a trade war and inspired similar moves by the US and other economies. But have they worked?By Chad P. Bown

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181. US-China trade war fallout: This is what decoupling looks like 45:43

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How do we reconcile “record-level” US-China imports and exports when tariffs remain on more than half of trade between the two economies?By Chad P. Bown

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180. The WTO is in trouble. Econ 101 to the rescue? 1:10:41

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How understanding the WTO’s past can help foster its revival – including for policy challenges like climate and China’s non-market economy.By Chad P. Bown

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179. Why Taiwan restricts high-tech investment into China 35:40

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For decades, Taiwan has limited how and how much its tech firms like TSMC could invest in mainland China. Are there lessons for the United States?By Chad P. Bown