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December 6, 2022

China
The U.S.-China Economic Cold War, With Sebastian Mallaby

Sebastian Mallaby, the Paul A. Volcker senior fellow for international economics at the Council and a columnist at the Washington Post, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the likely consequen…

Podcast Employees work on the production line of semiconductor wafer at a factory of Jiangsu Azure Corporation Cuoda Group Co., Ltd. on September 27, 2022 in Huai'an, Jiangsu Province of China

September 6, 2022

China
U.S. Economic Relations with China, With Evan Greenberg

Evan Greenberg, chairman and CEO of Chubb, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss growing tensions in U.S.-China economic relations, the importance of trade to the U.S. economy, and the steps nee…

Podcast U.S. President Biden speaks virtually with Chinese leader Xi from the White House in Washington

April 8, 2020

COVID-19
Bonus Episode: “A Medically Induced Economic Coma”

Is the coronavirus a zero-sum game in which we must choose between saving lives and saving the economy? In this episode, we sit down with two experts to find out.

Podcast A woman in a mask is seen through the window in a subway car door

December 10, 2019

China
Podcast: Ian Shepherdson on the U.S.-China Trade War and China's Mounting Economic Challenges

China’s ruling Communist Party has long based its political legitimacy on successfully guiding the country’s extraordinary economic development. Over the past decade, however, China’s economic growth…

Podcast A worker polishes a bicycle steel rim at a factory manufacturing sports equipment in Hangzhou, China on September 2, 2019.

April 2, 2024

Economics
Local Leaders in the Global Economy

Many Americans are losing faith in the benefits of internationalism. On this episode of Why It Matters, experts discuss the important role state and local leaders play in global affairs.

Podcast California Governor Newsom and Australian Ambassador Rudd meet to sign climate pact.

February 27, 2024

Development
Combating Global Poverty, With Kate Schecter

Kate Schecter, president and CEO of World Neighbors, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss progress and setbacks in promoting economic development in some of the world’s poorest countries.

Podcast Bangladeshi women count money for repayment to a microcredit bank at Dowtia village near Dhaka on January 20, 2004.

January 30, 2024

United States
Henry Wallace and the Origins of the Cold War, With Benn Steil

Benn Steil, a senior fellow and director of international economics at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how Henry Wallace might have changed history had he and not Harry Truman succeed…

Podcast Delegates at the Progressive Party’s 1948 national convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, show their support for the party’s presidential candidate, Henry Wallace.