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The Economics Show

The Economics Show

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The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes is a new weekly podcast from the Financial Times packed full of smart, digestible analysis and incisive conversation. Soumaya Keynes digs deep into the hottest topics in economics along with a cast of FT colleagues and special guests. Come for the big ideas, stay for the nerdery.


Soumaya Keynes is an economics columnist for the Financial Times. Prior to joining the FT she worked at The Economist for eight years as a staff writer, where as well as covering trade, the US economy and the UK economy she co-hosted the Money Talks podcast. She also co-founded the Trade Talks podcast.

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Episodes
  • Lessons from China’s industrial dominance, with Kyle Chan

    Lessons from China’s industrial dominance, with Kyle Chan
    Mar 20 2026

    There’s a trope going around these days: western commentators travel to China, tour its factories and when they return home they say that when it comes to innovation, China has won the global race. But how true is that? Host Soumaya Keynes discusses the successes and shortcomings of China's evolving industrial policy with Kyle Chan, author of the High Capacity newsletter and a fellow in the John L Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution.


    Subscribe to Soumaya's show on Apple, Spotify, Pocket Casts or wherever you listen.


    Further reading:

    How China pulled off a great tech reversal

    Which chokepoint wins in a game of geoeconomic Top Trumps?

    China’s growth target is a global problem


    Presented by Soumaya Keynes. Produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval and Michela Tindera. Manuela Saragosa is the executive producer. Original music by Breen Turner and sound design by Sam Giovinco. The FT head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.


    Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com

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    33 mins
  • Introducing Untold: Opus Dei

    Introducing Untold: Opus Dei
    Mar 18 2026

    Introducing Opus Dei, a new season of Untold from the Financial Times. Host Antonia Cundy uncovers the cultural and political influence of a controversial Catholic organisation in America. Opus Dei exists to help people get closer to God, but some members say they found other agendas – and unexpected harm – entangled in that spiritual mission. The first episode of Untold: Opus Dei launches March 25.


    Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts or wherever you get your podcasts.

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    1 min
  • Is AI (finally) making us more productive? With John Burn-Murdoch and Sarah O’Connor

    Is AI (finally) making us more productive? With John Burn-Murdoch and Sarah O’Connor
    Mar 12 2026

    Banks, consultancies and LinkedIn posts alike are trumpeting the transformative effects of AI, promising an imminent uptick in productivity. Some of these claims are no doubt exaggerated. But there are unmistakable signs that AI is boosting productivity. How is that showing up in economic data? And what does that information tell us about the future of the economy? Soumaya is joined by John Burn-Murdoch and Sarah O’Connor, authors of the FT’s ‘AI Shift’ newsletter, to discuss.


    You can sign up to the AI shift newsletter here.


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    Presented by Soumaya Keynes. Produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval. Manuela Saragosa is the executive producer. Sound design by Sean McGarrity. Original music by Breen Turner. The FT head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.


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    27 mins
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