Behind the News: Climate Politics w/ Ajay Singh Chaudhary
Plus: Matt Notowidigdo on recessions and life expectancy.
February 9, 2024
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February 9, 2024
Behind the News: Climate Politics w/ Ajay Singh Chaudhary
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<p><a href="https://thebrooklyninstitute.com/people/ajay-singh-chaudhary/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Ajay Singh Chaudhary</a> talks about his new book, <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/736324/the-exhausted-of-the-earth-by-ajay-singh-chaudhary/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><em>The Exhausted of the Earth: Politics in a Burning World</em></a>. <a href="https://www.chicagobooth.edu/faculty/directory/n/matthew-notowidigdo" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Matt Notowidigdo</a>, co-author of a recent <a href="https://users.nber.org/~notom/research/FNSZ_Great_Recession_july2023.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">NBER paper</a>, examines how recessions <em>increase</em> life expectancy.</p><br /><p><em>Behind the News</em>, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive online: <a href="https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/radio.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/radio.html</a>.</p>
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