The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes

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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Recent Episodes
  • The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: how the old economic order fell out of favour
    Jun 11, 2025 – 46:34
  • The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: the crisis of trust
    Jun 6, 2025 – 43:42
  • Coming soon: The Wolf-Krugman Exchange
    Jun 4, 2025 – 2:08
  • How economics wins wars, with Duncan Weldon
    Jun 2, 2025 – 25:38
  • What does China want from the US? With Jay Shambaugh
    May 26, 2025 – 30:28
  • How should central banks respond to US tariffs?
    May 19, 2025 – 26:58
  • Bonus: Globalisation can be slowed, but not stopped
    May 15, 2025 – 31:57
  • Bill Gates: how international development can survive the Trump presidency
    May 12, 2025 – 27:42
  • Martin Wolf talks to Kenneth Rogoff: Trump is accelerating the dollar’s decline
    May 5, 2025 – 30:18
  • Should we be optimistic about the US economy? With Michael Strain
    Apr 28, 2025 – 31:02
  • Martin Wolf talks to David Autor: could AI be a bigger threat to US jobs than China?
    Apr 21, 2025 – 31:37
  • Martin Wolf talks to Mervyn King: why central banks got inflation wrong
    Apr 14, 2025 – 30:35
  • Are US tariffs just the beginning? With Abraham Newman
    Apr 7, 2025 – 31:33
  • Can Germany escape its economic doldrums? With Ulrike Malmendier
    Mar 31, 2025 – 32:15
  • How big a fiscal hole is the British government in? With Paul Johnson
    Mar 24, 2025 – 31:02
  • Why do companies make terrible decisions? With Dan Davies
    Mar 17, 2025 – 32:29
  • Martin Wolf talks to Keyu Jin: Has China’s economy run out of gas?
    Mar 10, 2025 – 30:55
  • Martin Wolf talks to Adair Turner: Can the world decarbonise fast enough?
    Mar 3, 2025 – 31:25
  • What future for aid and development? With Minouche Shafik
    Feb 27, 2025 – 32:31
  • Martin Wolf talks to Richard Baldwin: What’s the future of global trade?
    Feb 24, 2025 – 36:19
  • Why are birth rates falling? With Alice Evans
    Feb 21, 2025 – 34:22
  • The real Russian economy. With Sergei Guriev
    Feb 17, 2025 – 42:16
  • Is innovation slowing down? With Matt Clancy
    Feb 10, 2025 – 34:54
  • Making sense of Trump's tariffs. With Dani Rodrik
    Feb 6, 2025 – 36:17
  • Can the WTO stay relevant? With Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
    Feb 3, 2025 – 30:34
  • Martin Wolf talks to Arvind Subramanian: India, the next economic superpower?
    Jan 27, 2025 – 30:40
  • Update from Davos: Can industrial policy really work? With Beata Javorcik
    Jan 24, 2025 – 30:26
  • Trump and the history of tariffs. With Doug Irwin
    Jan 20, 2025 – 43:18
  • Martin Wolf speaks to Andrew J Scott: Can societies age gracefully?
    Jan 13, 2025 – 32:31
  • Martin Wolf interviews Mariana Mazzucato: Can the state innovate?
    Dec 30, 2024 – 31:19
  • Martin Wolf interviews Christine Lagarde: Whither Europe?
    Dec 23, 2024 – 40:06
  • Martin Wolf interviews Lant Pritchett: Is mass immigration inevitable?
    Dec 17, 2024 – 30:03
  • Martin Wolf interviews Larry Summers: Is Trump a threat to the US economy?
    Dec 10, 2024 – 31:42
  • Is the Eurozone in trouble? With Philip Lane
    Dec 2, 2024 – 27:24
  • What’s wrong with Britain’s economy? With Sam Bowman
    Nov 28, 2024 – 37:04
  • Why is Britain’s government so inefficient? With Jeremy Hunt
    Nov 25, 2024 – 34:45
  • Would Trump’s tariffs really be that bad? With Kimberly Clausing
    Nov 18, 2024 – 33:12
  • What does a second Trump presidency mean for immigration? With Michael Clemens
    Nov 11, 2024 – 30:49
  • How to tax the top 1% with Natasha Sarin
    Nov 4, 2024 – 29:16
  • The economics of research and development. With Heidi Williams
    Oct 28, 2024 – 23:41
  • What is Kamalanomics? With James Politi
    Oct 21, 2024 – 31:11
  • What’s wrong with effective altruism? With Martin Sandbu
    Oct 14, 2024 – 30:58
  • Why even a PhD isn’t enough to erase the effects of class, with Anna Stansbury
    Oct 7, 2024 – 33:03
  • How to cut government debt, with Robin Wigglesworth
    Sep 30, 2024 – 28:24
  • What would Trump do on trade? With Alan Beattie
    Sep 23, 2024 – 30:53
  • Is this a winning US economy for the Democrats? With Jared Bernstein
    Sep 16, 2024 – 26:38
  • Do price controls really help with inflation? With Isabella Weber
    Sep 9, 2024 – 33:29
  • Rethinking the AI boom, with Daron Acemoğlu
    Sep 2, 2024 – 30:42
  • Who is winning the chip wars? With Chris Miller
    Aug 26, 2024 – 33:35
  • How much cash would it take to quit your job? With Pilita Clark and Mouhcine Guettabi
    Aug 19, 2024 – 32:07
Recent Reviews
  • mitchell.33
    On a scale from 1 out of 10…
    6. The scale question is annoying.
  • MattN456
    Informative and fun
    I really enjoy the guests and hearing what they have to say. Soumaya does a great job as host.
  • Refined Taster
    Brilliant!
    I just discovered this podcast, and have been coming back to it again and again. It is providing me with a great continuing economics education. The questions are to-the-point and clear. The episodes’ subjects are relevant to current events, and are treated with a steady objectivity - a welcome contrast to the overly dramatic tones of most podcasts. The guests are the tops in their fields. I particularly liked the January 20, 2025 interview with Doug Irwin on Trump and the history of tarrifs, with FT’s trade writer, Alan Beattie.
  • Peter Guillam
    Alice Evans
    How many children has Alice Evans birthed? How many times has Alice Evans been married?
  • uid：2210685
    It used to be “the economic show with Soumaya Keynes”
    This was my very favorite show when Soumaya was here. However it has become mediocre since they changed to a male host. It is hard to follow and less informative now.
  • Dill1Dom2
    Relevant economics
    Some econ shows tend to get sidetracked by different topics, but this show stays on track in regards to economic topics. I love the shows on wealth and income inequality and taxation.
  • thorjnz
    Newbie
    I am a new subscriber to FT. Discovered this podcast by on Appleplay while driving. The discussions are informative and educational. The guests speak with authority without being pretentious. The interviewer prepares with excellent questions. Five Stars aren’t enough.
  • Luxor42
    Good economic bites
    Always feel too short but packs a lot in. Great guests and host.
  • Sparty11111
    Really really well done
    A well done podcast by a smart host. However the episodes are too short to capture the guests views and the interviews are too formal/not relaxed. Its a podcast, not Fareed Zakaria GPS.
  • C. Norberg
    Taking the dismal out of the dismal science!
    Soumaya, Long time listener (from trade talks) first time reviewer. Your sharp analysis, ability to break down complex topics quickly while demonstrating their importance, and fantastic guests make the new show a clear winner. I’ve never recommended a podcast to more people! Best, Chad
  • SBear
    Great show with balance
    Well done like most FT podcasts
  • 20digits
    Great guests ooor host
    In several episodes the host either failed to understand the guest’s arguments or mischaracterized them to make banal alleged truisms consistent with her political views This was most egregious in her interview of Angus Deaton
  • sidneyhart
    Conventional wisdom recycled
    To call this the worst economic podcast in the audiosphere would be hard because the vast majority are terrible. Only David Beckworth’s Macro Musings is worthwhile though it tends to the narrow and the technical, especially in its discussions of US monetary policy. But this one is noteworthy for the hosts (including when Chris Giles joins Soumaya Keynes) banal questions and the facile answers they get back. The problem is that the topics selected are endlessly covered by the media, almost to the death. If Keynes wishes to bring some freshness to this podcast she should stop running after the all-too familiar big names who regurgitate stale concepts in pompous ways and seek out some unconventional thinkers. The host doesn’t deserve to discredit the name Keynes
  • Cardiff Garcia
    Great host, great show
    Wonderful start. Can’t wait to hear more!
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