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

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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