About this episode
Michael Ben-Gad discusses student campaigns, intolerance among modern students, and his research on public debt and immigration.
Michael Ben-Gad is Professor of Economics at City St. George's University in London. He talks to James about a student campaign against him, the roots of some modern students' intolerance, and his recent research paper linking public debt and immigration. Michael's paper 'On the Political Economy of Deficit Bias and Immigration': https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecoj.12502
People in this episode
Host: James
Guest: Michael Ben-Gad
Topics covered
- economics
- student campaigns
- intolerance
- public debt
- immigration
- research
Keywords
- economics
- student campaigns
- intolerance
- public debt
- immigration
- research paper
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: City St. George's University
Books & works: On the Political Economy of Deficit Bias and Immigration
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