The Octavian 2021 Book List
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Our picks for the books you need to read in 2022, featuring Fareed Zakaria, Dara Horn, BHL, Mario Vargas Llosa, and many others.
November 26, 2021
What's Next in the India COVID Tragedy
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We spoke with the Wilson Institute's Michael Kugelman to find out how India got here and what it can do to beat back its tragic current wave.
May 5, 2021
Do COVID Lockdowns Work?
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We asked a leading scholar and co-author of a study of pandemic data how effective lockdowns actually are.
April 26, 2021
Full of Passionate Intensity
An Interview with Sir Mervyn King
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The former Governor of the Bank of England talks about why our obsession with modeling and quantifying brings with it systemic risks.
Vol 6, Fall / September 7, 2020
The New New Economy
An Interview with Adam Tooze
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A leading historian lays out the economic transformation COVID has wrought, and why it carries global risks.
Vol 6, Fall / September 7, 2020
COVID, Debt, and the Global Economy
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We spoke to Douglas Rediker on the economic and fiscal effects of COVID globally and the massive uncertainties there.
July 22, 2020
Adam Tooze on the COVID Economy
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We spoke with Adam Tooze, professor at Columbia University and the author of Crashed, about the COVID economy and if it's permanent.
May 27, 2020
China Uses the Pandemic to Squeeze BRI Borrowers
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China is using the pandemic as an excuse to squeeze its BRI borrowers. Here's what the world can do about it.
May 20, 2020
Mervyn King's Radical Uncertainty
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Our latest episode features former BoE governor Mervyn King talking about his new book, Radical Uncertainty -- and how rejecting certainties can save us.
April 13, 2020
Ian Bremmer on the global fallout from coronavirus
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The latest episode of our podcast features Ian Bremmer. We spoke with Ian about what we don't know and why that makes things so, so volatile.
March 25, 2020
