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• Irish Housing Crisis - Theo McDonald - Ryan Research Podcast Ep. 19

  This was a free portion of the full episode. Click here to subscribe and access the full episode:https://ryanresearch.substack.com/Theo McDonald is a journalist for the Irish Independent and his work has appeared in other publications like the Business Post, UnHerd, The Currency, and more. He recently released a comprehensive report on the Irish Housing Crisis. Irish politicians have since leveraged it as an essential piece of research to understand and solve the crisis.  In our episode we discuss his report, the history of Irish housing market, the forces at work corrupting it (like vulture funds), and some ideas of how to solve it.You can follow Theo at the below links:His Twitter:https://x.com/tbald101His Substack:https://theomcdonald.substack.com/---Make sure to subscribe to Ryan Research on YouTube and Substack. You can follow Ryan Research on Twitter at:https://twitter.com/Ryan_ResearchAnd Ryan Research's host Peter Ryan on Twitter at:https://twitter.com/_PeterRyan

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• East Asian Economic Development - Oliver Kim - Ryan Research Podcast Ep. 18

  This was a free portion of the full episode. Click here to subscribe and access the full episode:https://ryanresearch.substack.com/p/east-asian-economic-development-oliverOliver Kim is a PhD candidate in Economics at UC Berkeley. His advisors are Edward Miguel, Benjamin Faber, Jón Steinsson, and Barry Eichengreen. His research interests are in development and economic history. One example of his work was a focus on rural roots of China’s miracle—in particular, the end of collective agriculture in the early 1980s—by applying machine learning to historical satellite imagery. His other research includes both historical work on the rise of East Asia and contemporary fieldwork in Kenya.In our episode we discuss the historical economic development of East Asia in the 20th century. Notable cases include South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and China. You can follow Oliver at the below links:His Twitter:https://x.com/oliverwkimHis Substack:https://www.global-developments.org/His website:https://oliverwkim.com/---Make sure to subscribe to Ryan Research on YouTube and Substack. You can follow Ryan Research on Twitter at:https://twitter.com/Ryan_ResearchAnd Ryan Research's host Peter Ryan on Twitter at:https://twitter.com/_PeterRyan

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• Business of Power - Miquel Vila - Ryan Research Podcast Ep. 17

  Miquel Vila is a consultant and analyst of international politics. Miquel holds a master's degree in Chinese Studies from Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) and Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) and a master's degree in International Security from the University of Groningen (UOG). His field of specialization is geoeconomics, industrial policy, and nationalism. His region of expertise is the Indo-Pacifc with a focus on China. He writes at his Substack "The Business of Power" and has recently published a book "The End of the Chinese Alternative" (soon to be translated to English). In our discussion, we chatted about the Great Financial Crisis and its role in opening up the era of multipolarity. We go over trends in the post-industrial western world, especially Europe, and compare it to the rapidly industrialized China. Other aspects include nationalism, populism, EU federalism, geopolitics, industrial policy, and more.Listen the audio version of this podcast here and on all major podcast apps.You can follow him on Twitter:   @miquelvilam  You can find all his work here: https://www.businessofpower.com/If you enjoyed this podcast make sure to subscribe and follow @_peterryan on Twitter too.

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• Battle for Europe - Thomas Fazi - Ryan Research Podcast #16

  Thomas Fazi is a journalist from Rome, Italy. He's the author of The Battle for Europe: How an Elite Hijacked a Continent – and How We Can Take It Back (Pluto Press, 2014), Reclaiming the State: A Progressive Vision of Sovereignty for a Post-Neoliberal World (co-authored with Bill Mitchell; Pluto Press, 2017) and The Covid Consensus: The Global Assault on Democracy and the Poor—A Critique from the Left (co-authored with Toby Green; 2023). His articles have been published in UnHerd, Compact, and more.In our discussion, we talked about the state of Europe. The economic structure and consequences of the European Union (EU), European Central Bank (ECB), and eurozone currency union (euro). The history of post-war Europe and had it shifted into the neoliberal federalist consensus and how the left rather than oppositional went along with it. Finally, we discuss Fazi's recommendations for bringing politics and finance back to the national level for optimal democratic control. You can follow him on Twitter: @battleforeurope.You can find all his books here: https://thomasfazi.net/my-book-the-battle-for-europe/If you enjoyed this podcast make sure to subscribe and follow @_peterryan on Twitter too.

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• LatAm Economics - Juan D. Rojas - Ryan Research Podcast #15

  Juan David Rojas is a Miami-based Compact columnist, covering the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America. He is also a contributor to American Affairs. He was an intelligence fellow at Florida International University’s Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy.In our chat, we discuss the economic history of Latin America. We provide an in-depth and nuanced description of events and ideologies that shaped it. Topics include imperialism, capitalism, Marxism, protectionism, neoliberal financialization, and more. Countries in focus included Brazil and Argentina.You can follow Juan at these links below:https://twitter.com/@rojasrjuandhttps://compactmag.com/columnist/juan-david-rojashttps://americanaffairsjournal.org/author/juan-david-rojas/Make sure to subscribe to Ryan Research here and on substack:https://ryanresearch.substack.com/

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