More MPE Podcast

More MPE With the Political Economists
In the final episode of the season, host Professor Ray Horton speaks at a live event with Professors Glenn Hubbard and Tano Santos, the faculty who teach the popular course Modern Political Economy at Columbia Business School.

How Social Entrepreneurs Are Building a Better Economy
Host Professor Ray Horton speaks with Sandra Navalli OAM ’03, managing director of the Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change, on the increasing importance of social entrepreneurship and the unique role the center plays in supporting social entrepreneurship in the United States and around the world.

Can We Engineer Our Way Out of Global Warming?
In another session devoted to climate change, host Professor Ray Horton talks about an unconventional way of halting global warming — known as solar geo-engineering — with Gernot Wagner, faculty director of the Climate Knowledge Initiative at the Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change and senior lecturer at Columbia Business School.

Talking Europe
Host Professor Ray Horton speaks with Professor Tano Santos about the major problems facing Europe today (including the war between Russia and Ukraine, and China), and in the future (including the long-run economy). 

How “Woke” Should Business Leaders Be? 
In this session, we focus on an issue that bedevils many business leaders: Should they speak out on socio-political issues? Host Professor Ray Horton speaks with Professor Vanessa Burbano on how her award-winning research addresses the question.

Will We Avoid Catastrophic Climate Change?
Professor Ray Horton speaks with Professor Bruce Usher on how we have the technological ability to solve the problem of climate change, but that the political will is lacking in the United States and internationally. Usher says that business, then, is going to have to take the lead.

The Redistributive Effects of AI on Profits and Politics
AI is an innovation unlike any other in the history of humankind for its potential to remake society — for good or bad. In this episode, host Professor Ray Horton speaks with Professor Sandra Matz about how AI might affect the distribution of power and leadership in politics, business, and academia.

Dispelling the Myths of Global Migration
Professor Ray Horton speaks with Professor Dan Wang and postdoctoral research scholar Sandra Portocarrero about the wide-ranging effects of migration internationally, in the United States, and in NYC.

Climate Change: Its Economic Impact and How We Should Respond
Professor Ray Horton speaks with Professor Geoffrey Heal, an economist and conservationist whose teaching and research on climate change have left an indelible mark on the School. 

Talking Politics
In this first episode, host Professor Ray Horton talks politics American-style with Glenn Hubbard, director of the Jerome A. Chazen Institute for Global Business; Dean Emeritus; and Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia Business School.

Introducing More MPE Season One
In the first season of More MPE, Professor Ray Horton will speak with Columbia Business School faculty to casually discuss some of the most current and controversial issues that affect business, government, and society both at home and abroad.