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What exactly is 'slack'?

What exactly is 'slack'?

FromFT Alphachat


What exactly is 'slack'?

FromFT Alphachat

ratings:
Length:
36 minutes
Released:
Jan 5, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Economists like to talk about the "slack" in the labour market. But how can we measure it, and what does it mean? The FT's Brendan Greeley hosts with guests Megan Greene, chief economist at Manulife Asset Management, Ioana Marinescu, economist and professor at the University of Pennsylvania and Mark Blyth, director of the William Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance at the Watson Institute at Brown University.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Jan 5, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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Alphachat is the conversational podcast about business and economics produced by the Financial Times in New York. Each week, FT hosts and guests delve into a new theme, with more wonkiness, humour and irreverence than you'll find anywhere else