PIIE Insider LIVE
Episodes
Warwick McKibbin on building economic projections for better policy (Episode 17)
23 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Warwick J. McKibbin is one of the world's top experts on global economic modeling. He has projected the outcomes of various US policy changes, includ...
Olivier Blanchard on Eurobonds and optimism for Europe's future (Episode 16)
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Europe faces a range of internal and external issues, including rising populism, slowing economic growth, increasing defense costs, and being caught b...
Can global cooperation survive a fragmenting world? (Episode 15)
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It is becoming clear that the United States will not lead in global cooperation, but far-reaching issues like climate change, tax competition, and a f...
Douglas Irwin on tariffs in America and the Supreme Court case (Episode 14)
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Since President Donald Trump took office for his second term, he has imposed a flurry of tariffs that have reached historic levels. These include blan...
Monica de Bolle on Latin America's changing role in the global economy (Episode 13)
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With US swap lines for Argentina, US tariffs on Brazil, a trade agreement between the European Union and four Latin American countries (Mercosur), lo...
The US-China AI race
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The US-China race for artificial intelligence (AI) dominance is heating up, raising new issues with semiconductors and computing power, export con...
Adam Posen on the economy one year after the US election (Episode 11)
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's been one year since the 2024 US presidential election—and since the launch of PIIE Insider LIVE. Anjali V. Bhatt, PIIE communications manager a...
Maurice Obstfeld on trade and the international financial system (Episode 10)
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Maurice Obstfeld, PIIE C. Fred Bergsten senior fellow, joins Anjali V. Bhatt, PIIE communications manager and research fellow, for a live, virtual con...
Cullen Hendrix on climate change, security, and the race for critical minerals (Episode 9)
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cullen Hendrix, PIIE senior fellow, joins Anjali V. Bhatt, PIIE communications manager and research fellow, for a live, virtual conversation about how...
Adnan Mazarei on the latest on Middle East economies: Syria, oil markets, and more (Episode 8)
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anjali V. Bhatt, PIIE communications manager and research fellow, and Adnan Mazarei, PIIE nonresident senior fellow and a former deputy director at th...
Michael Clemens on immigration and the US economy (Episode 7)
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of PIIE Insider LIVE, Anjali V. Bhatt, PIIE communications manager and research fellow, joins PIIE nonresident senior fellow Mich...
Chad Bown on tariffs, tracking trade wars, and the future of global trade (Episode 6)
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chad P. Bown, Reginald Jones senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE), host of the popular Trade Talks podcast and f...
Economic statecraft and the Russia-Ukraine war (Episode 5)
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elina Ribakova, PIIE nonresident senior fellow and director of the International Affairs Program and vice president for foreign policy at the Kyiv Sc...
The EU's new era of trade and geopolitical challenges (Episode 4)
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
PIIE nonresident senior fellow, host of Trade Winds, and former European commissioner for trade Cecilia Malmström discusses tariffs, trade tensions, ...
South Korea's economy amid political turmoil (Episode 3)
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
PIIE senior fellow and former South Korean trade minister Yeo Han-koo discusses the looming challenges South Korea faces amid months of domestic polit...
Olivier Blanchard on Trumponomics (Episode 2)
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Olivier Blanchard breaks down some of President-elect Trump's economic policies. He explains why he thinks they may have disappointing results but won...
What's next after the 2024 US election with Adam Posen (Episode 1)
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
PIIE president Adam S. Posen dives into what's next for the global economy after the US election, what he has been hearing from people around the worl...
Introducing PIIE Insider LIVE: Chats with the Peterson Institute's economic policy experts
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It turns out that people at think tanks really do think a lot. On PIIE Insider Live, host Anjali V. Bhatt, Communications Manager and Research Fellow...