Society of Professional Economists - Econ Thoughts
Episodes
Interview with Abby Hall
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at Alvarez & Marsal, SPE Councillor and host of the Econ Thoughts SPE Podcast, spoke with Abby Hall, Associate Pr...
Interview with Felix Salmon
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at Alvarez & Marsal, SPE Councillor and host of the Econ Thoughts SPE Podcast, spoke with Felix Salmon, senior wr...
Interview with Eric Leeper
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at Alvarez & Marsal, SPE Councillor and host of the Econ Thoughts SPE Podcast, spoke with Eric Leeper, Paul Goodl...
Interview with Brad Stetser
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at Alvarez & Marsal, SPE Councillor and host of the EconThoughts SPE Podcast, spoke with Brad Setser, the Whitney...
Interview with Eamonn Butler
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at Alvarez & Marsal, SPE Councillor and host of the Econ Thoughts SPE Podcast, spoke with Eamonn Butler, co-found...
Mark Blyth Interview - Jan 26
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at Alvarez and Marsal, SPE Councillor and host of the Econ Thoughts SPE Podcast, spoke with Mark Blyth, William R. Rh...
Interview with Chris Giles and Joel Suss
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of EconThoughts, A&M Managing Director and host Filippo Gaddo speaks with Financial Times economists Chris Giles and Joel Suss, wi...
Interview with Anne Bradley
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at Alvarez and Marsal, SPE Councillor and host of the Econ Thoughts SPE Podcast, spoke with Dr Anne Bradley, who is G...
Interview with Joe Mayes
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Filippo Gaddo speaks with Joe Mayes, Bloomberg journalist and author of Can You Run the Economy?, as he discusses his innovative new ...
Interview with Cesar Hidalgo
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Econ Thought, Filippo Gaddo speaks with César Hidalgo, Professor at the Toulouse School of Economics and Director of the Center fo...
Interview with Tyler Cowen
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at Alvarez and Marsal, SPE Councillor and host of the Econ Thoughts SPE Podcast, spoke with Tyler Cowen, Holbert L. H...
Interview with Federico Sturzenegger
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at Alvarez and Marsal, SPE Councillor and host of the Econ Thoughts SPE Podcast, spoke with Federico Sturzenegger, Mi...
Interview with Ricardo Hausmann
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at Alvarez and Marsal, SPE Councillor and host of the Econ Thoughts SPE Podcast, spoke with Ricardo Hausmann, founder...
Interview with David McWilliams
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at Alvarez and Marsal, SPE Councillor and host of the Econ Thoughts SPE Podcast, interviewed David McWilliams, econom...
Interview with Johan Norberg
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at Alvarez and Marsal, SPE Councillor and host of the Econ Thoughts SPE Podcast, interviewed Johan Norberg , Senior F...
Interview with Scott Lincicome
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at A&M and SPE Councillor, interviewed Scott Lincicome, vice president of general economics and Cato’s Herbert ...
Book Review: The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Leath Al Obaidi, SPE member and economist, interviewed Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times and author of The Crisis of Dem...
Interview with Jon Moynihan
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at A&M and SPE Councillor, interviewed Jon Moynihan, business and venture capitalist and author of a two-volume b...
Interview with Philippe Aghion
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at A&M and SPE Councillor, interviewed Philippe Aghion, Professor at the College de France, INSEAD and at the Lon...
Book Review: Material World
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Material World: A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future By Ed Conway, 2024, Penguin Books, 512 pages, ISBN 9780753559178 Reviewer: Arno Hantzsche I...
Interview with Russell Napier
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at A&M and SPE Councillor, interviewed Russel Napier, author of The Solid Ground investment report for institutio...
Interview with Edward Chancellor
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at A&M and SPE Councillor, interviewed Edward Chancellor a financial historian, journalist and author most recent...
Interview with Samuel Gregg
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at A&M and SPE Councillor, interviewed Samuel Gregg, the Friedrich Hayek Chair in Economics and Economic History...
Interview with Greg Mankiw
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at A&M and SPE Councillor, interviewed Greg Mankiw, Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University ...
Interview with Amity Shlaes
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at A&M and SPE Councillor, discussed with Amity Shlaes, Chair of the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation and...
Interview with Lyman Stone and Clara Piano
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, SPE Councillor, discussed demographic trends and changes in population structure with Lyman Stone, Director of the Pronatalism Initiati...
Interview with Agathe Demarais
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, SPE Councillor, held a discussion with Agathe Demarais, senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. Demarais is ...
Interview with Gauti Eggertsson
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, SPE Councillor, held a discussion with Gauti Eggertsson, Professor of Economics at Brown University Economics Department and a recognis...
Interview with Adam Posen
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, SPE Councillor, held a discussion with Adam Posen, President of the Peterson Institute for International Economics and former Bank of E...
Interview with Tera Allas
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, SPE Councillor, held a discussion with Tera Allas, Director of Research and Economics at McKinsey where she leads research on the macr...
Interview with John Cochrane
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at MAP and SPE member, held a discussion with John Cochrane, the Rose-Marie and Jack Anderson Senior Fellow at the Ho...
Interview with Dimitri Zenghelis
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at MAP and SPE member, held a discussion with Dimitri Zenghelis, Senior Visiting Fellow at the London School of Econo...
Interview with Spencer Dale
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at MAP and SPE member, held a discussion with Spencer Dale, Chief Economist at BP and former Bank of England MPC Memb...
Interview with Sam Bowman
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at MAP and SPE member, held a discussion with Sam Bowman, founding editor of Works in Progress. He writes extensively...
Interview with Nick Eberstadt
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at MAP and SPE member, held a discussion with Nicholas Eberstadt who holds the Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy...
Interview with David Beckworth
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at MAP and SPE member, held a discussion with David Beckworth, senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at Geor...
Interview with Stephen Millard
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at MAP and SPE member, held a discussion with Stephen Millard, Deputy Director at the National Institute of Economic ...
Interview with Shannon O'Neil
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at MAP and SPE member, held a discussion with Shannon O’Neil, Vice President, Deputy Director of Studies, and Senio...
Interview with Vicky Pryce
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at MAP and SPE member, held a discussion with Vicky Pryce, Chief Economic Adviser and a board member at the Centre f...
Interview with Mike Strain
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at MAP and SPE member, held a discussion with Michael Strain, director of Economic Policy Studies at the American Ent...
Interview with Marian Tupy
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at MAP and SPE member, held a discussion with Marian Tupy, senior fellow at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global...
Interview with Jared Rubin
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at MAP and SPE member, held a discussion with Jared Rubin, Professor of Economics at Chapman University and co-author...
Interview with Jonathan Haskel
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at MAP and SPE member, held a discussion with Jonathan Haskel, Professor of Economics at Imperial College Business Sc...
Interview with Diane Coyle
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at MAP and SPE member, held a discussion with Diane Coyle, Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Ca...
Interview with Ricardo Reis
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Filippo Gaddo, Managing Director at MAP and SPE member, held a discussion with Ricardo Reis, from the London School of Economics, on the causes of the...
Interview with Jonathan Cribb
04 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Cribb is an Associate Director at the IFS and Head of the Retirement, Savings, and Ageing sector. Jonathan firstly examines how there was a b...
Interview with Mark Cliffe
29 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Cliffe is currently a Senior Adviser to KPMG on environment, social and corporate governance and climate risk matters, having spent years prior a...
Interview with Jon Anderson on Emerging Markets
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Anderson is an international economist with considerable experience of emerging markets. He began the discussion by explaining his life-long inter...