ROCKING OUR PRIORS

By Dr Alice Evans

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Dr Alice Evans and leading experts discuss growth, governance, & gender inequalities. Alice is a Senior Lecturer at King's College London, and Faculty Associate at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Episode Date
The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Professor Malika Zeghal
Mar 22, 2025
What caused the Islamic Revival? Professor Jared Rubin
Mar 20, 2025
"Raised to Obey": Agustina Paglayan
Nov 19, 2024
How does Low Fertility Affect Economic Growth, Worldwide? Jesús Fernández-Villaverde
Oct 02, 2024
Daron Acemoglu, V4.0: Rebooting Culture & Economics!
Sep 01, 2024
How did East Asia Get Rich?
Aug 30, 2024
Netflix and Change: Tracking Cultural Flux in Autocracies
Jul 26, 2024
Culture isn't a fossil, it's a fist-fight!
Jul 22, 2024
PRESTIGE BIAS
Jul 18, 2024
Why Is Management So Male?
Jul 11, 2024
How Do Men Come To Value Female Talent?
Jul 09, 2024
"Mission-Driven Bureaucrats": Dan Honig
Jul 03, 2024
What Explains The Great GAY Divergence?
Jun 29, 2024
The Islamic Revival: Professor Aaron Rock-Singer
Jun 24, 2024
Modern Threats and Religious Backlash
Jun 20, 2024
"Islam And Citizenship in Indonesia": Robert Hefner
Jun 10, 2024
"A History of the Muslim World": Michael Cook
May 29, 2024
What's Driving the Global Decline in Trust?
May 23, 2024
What led to the demise of foot-binding?
Apr 22, 2024
Who are the world's most influential philosophers?
Apr 09, 2024
What prevents Hindu-Muslim conflict? Saumitra Jha
Apr 05, 2024
Is Pakistan becoming more Patriarchal?
Mar 29, 2024
The Patriarchal Political Order: Soledad Artiz Prillaman
Mar 23, 2024
Slave-Raiding, Solidarity and Status in Africa
Mar 18, 2024
Sub-Saharan Africa's Economic Stagnation
Mar 14, 2024
What Would Reduce Female Genital Cutting?
Mar 14, 2024
Why is female employment low in India? How might that change? Suhani Jalota & Lisa Ho
Mar 10, 2024
Does Egalitarianism enable more Gender Equality?
Mar 09, 2024
Romantic Love is an Under-Rated Driver of Gender Equality
Mar 08, 2024
What’s the Future of the US Labor Movement? Suresh Naidu
Mar 01, 2024
Why Do East Asian Firms Value Drinking?
Feb 25, 2024
Ideals of Collective Harmony
Feb 22, 2024
Ideals of Upward Mobility
Feb 22, 2024
How is East Asian culture different?
Feb 22, 2024
Hostile Sexism in South Korea: Professor Jouen Kim
Feb 16, 2024
What Prevents & What Drives Gendered Ideological Polarisation?
Jan 27, 2024
How do Exogamy and Endogamy shape Economics and Culture?
Jan 22, 2024
Why are some rich countries conservative?
Jan 21, 2024
How East Asia overtook South Asia on Gender
Jan 18, 2024
Why do Poor Indian Women Reject Office Jobs?
Dec 30, 2023
"Conquest & Rents": Professor Faisal Ahmed
Oct 07, 2023
Stopping Sexual Harassment
Sep 16, 2023
“The Two-Parent Privilege”
Sep 16, 2023
Can We End Alcohol Abuse?
Sep 09, 2023
The Rise and Fall of the East, Professor Yasheng Huang
Aug 29, 2023
How to Study the Rise of the Far Right?
Aug 26, 2023
Why are Gender Pay Gaps so Huge in Japan and South Korea?
Aug 25, 2023
Confidence, Competitiveness and Institutions
Aug 22, 2023
How does Rural Prosperity affect Marriages in Bangladesh?
Aug 22, 2023
Extreme Flooding worsens Early Marriage & Early Motherhood
Aug 16, 2023
The East Asian Miracle (for women)
Aug 16, 2023
Does Emigration foster Conservatism?
Aug 16, 2023
How can rich countries promote gender equality in development cooperation?
Aug 09, 2023
Does Fiction Foster Empathy?
Aug 09, 2023
Can Social Media Campaigns undo Sexism?
Aug 08, 2023
Culture and Jobs in Asia
Aug 08, 2023
"Freedoms Delayed": Timur Kuran (review)
Aug 06, 2023
"Outsourcing Repression": Professor Lynette Ong
Aug 04, 2023
“Putin vs. the People”: Greene & Robertson (review)
Aug 02, 2023
The Origins of States
Jul 30, 2023
Wartime Patriarchs
Jul 28, 2023
Did Gulags make Russians Anti-Gay?
Jul 26, 2023
Does Patriarchal Policing Suppress Innovation?
Jul 25, 2023
Corruption & Votes for Women
Jul 24, 2023
What does "Barbie" get wrong about patriarchy?
Jul 23, 2023
The Rise of the Right in Southern Europe
Jul 22, 2023
"Conquests & Rents" by Faisal Ahmed (review)
Jul 21, 2023
Working-Class Men's Patriarchal Nostalgia
Jul 20, 2023
Queens of the Arabs
Jul 18, 2023
Imperial Expansion & Female Seclusion in Assyria
Jul 18, 2023
Attacks on Women who Rise Up
Jul 14, 2023
The Economic & Cultural Causes of Conflict
Jul 13, 2023
Does Patriarchy Suppress Cognitive Development?
Jul 11, 2023
Why was Ancient Nubia less controlling than Ancient Egypt?
Jul 10, 2023
The Roots of Cooperation
Jul 06, 2023
Why are East Asians culturally tight collectivists?
Jul 05, 2023
Why has Latin American female employment risen in the absence of growth?
Jul 01, 2023
Have house prices pushed up female employment?
Jun 29, 2023
"Power & Progress": Professor Daron Acemoglu
Jun 28, 2023
Toxic Masculinity
Jun 25, 2023
Reverse Dominance Coalitions
Jun 20, 2023
What’s the biggest human rights abuse in China?
Jun 16, 2023
Why dont men want so many kids?
Jun 16, 2023
Parenting, violence & fertility: 4 papers from Libertad Gonzalez
Jun 14, 2023
What is Patriarchy?
Jun 12, 2023
Paternity leave (in feminist Spain) promotes gender equality among kids
Jun 11, 2023
Economic Precarity & Cultural Persistence
Jun 10, 2023
How Culture Normalises Patriarchy
Jun 09, 2023
How Popular is Andrew Tate? And Why?
May 24, 2023
Depression and low fertility. Coincidence?
May 24, 2023
How might Generative AI affect patriarchy?
May 22, 2023
What can Google Trends tell us about secularisation and masculinity in the US, Mexico and India?
May 22, 2023
Is there a Crisis of Masculinity?
May 15, 2023
Why isn't Canada a feminist utopia?
May 02, 2023
The Motherhood Penalty
May 01, 2023
Does rising income inequality fuel female employment?
Apr 17, 2023
What explains uneven progress towards gender equality?
Apr 17, 2023
A Unified Theory of Marriage
Apr 08, 2023
"Sacred Foundations: The Religious & Medieval Roots of the European State". Prof Anna Grzymala-Busse
Feb 23, 2023
Status: Why Is it Everywhere? Professor Celia Ridgeway
Feb 23, 2023
Are Women Less Competitive? Professor Alessandra Cassar
Feb 17, 2023
"Rule Makers, Rule Breakers" by Michele Gelfand (Review)
Feb 10, 2023
Is Joblessness Fuelling Hostile Sexism Worldwide
Feb 06, 2023
Why does Rwanda have a Strong State while CAR is war-torn? Professor Louisa Lombard
Jan 26, 2023
What Are The Evolutionary Origins Of Homophobia?
Jan 26, 2023
Why Are Most Comedians Men?
Jan 22, 2023
Why Are Most Humans Religious? Professor Robin Dunbar
Jan 17, 2023
Did Alpha Male Alliances Institutionalise Patriarchy over 300,000 years ago?
Jan 12, 2023
Fertility, Parenting & Women’s Rights: Professor Matthias Doepke
Nov 15, 2022
Mothers, friends, and male violence: Dr Anukriti
Aug 23, 2022
Is Paid Work Always Empowering?
Aug 13, 2022
What Did Acemoglu Get Wrong?
Jul 28, 2022
What Don't We Know About Patriarchy?
Jul 17, 2022
Does it Really Matter if Female Labor Force Participation is Miscounted?
Jul 17, 2022
3 Things I Got Wrong About Patriarchy
Jun 15, 2022
Did transatlantic slavery and colonial borders wreck West African women’s movements?
Jun 12, 2022
Ten Thousand Years of Patriarchy, updated!
Jun 03, 2022
An Intellectual History of the Patriarchy
Feb 18, 2022
Female Monarchs and Merchant Queens in Africa: Professor Achebe
Feb 02, 2022
"Career & Family": Professor Claudia Goldin
Oct 15, 2021
Ten Thousand Years Of Patriarchy
Oct 09, 2021
Smash the Fraternity
Oct 07, 2021
Did Communism Smash the Patriarchy?
Oct 02, 2021
What's Spain's Feminist Secret?
Apr 06, 2021
Is xenophobia fuelling female empowerment in the Gulf?
Apr 01, 2021
How did East Asia overtake South Asia in gender equality?
Mar 10, 2021
Will the BJP save Muslim women?
Jan 31, 2021
Did Irrigation Entrench the Patriarchy?
Jan 04, 2021
Why Do Gender Inequalities Persist? The Importance of Beliefs!
Jan 01, 2021
What Thwarts Feminist Activism in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia?
Dec 31, 2020
Why is Feminist Activism Thriving in Latin America?
Dec 30, 2020
Why are North & South India so Different on Gender?
Oct 07, 2020
"The WEIRDest People in The World": Professor Joe Henrich
Sep 04, 2020
How Cities Erode Gender Inequalities
Jul 27, 2020
Video: "The Decline and Rise of Democracy"
May 27, 2020
"The Decline and Rise of Democracy": Professor David Stasavage
May 26, 2020
Video - The Rise & Fall of the Male Breadwinner
Apr 23, 2020
The Rise & Fall of the Male Breadwinner
Apr 21, 2020
"China's Gilded Age: The Paradox of Economic Boom & Vast Corruption". Professor Yuen Yuen Ang
Apr 13, 2020
"Bread Winner: An Intimate History of the Victorian Economy". Professor Emma Griffin
Apr 11, 2020
Citizenship & Clientelism across India's Rural-Urban Divide: Dr Gabi Kruks-Wisner
Mar 04, 2020
How Cities Erode Gender Inequality: Dr Alice Evans
Feb 14, 2020
Labor, Global Supply Chains, and the Garment Industry in South Asia: Professor Sanchita Saxena
Nov 22, 2019
"Evidence for Hope": Professor Kathryn Sikkink
Nov 01, 2019
"The Narrow Corridor": Professor Daron Acemoglu
Oct 30, 2019
"Capitalism, Alone": Professor Branko Milanovic
Oct 24, 2019
"Claiming the State": Dr Gabi Kruks-Wisner
Sep 05, 2019
"Fish or Steel?": Dr Quynh Nguyen & Professor Eddy Malesky
Sep 01, 2019
Norms, state capacity, & elections: Dr Ken Opalo & Dr Dan Honig
Sep 01, 2019
"Bayesian Process-Tracing!": Dr Tasha Fairfield
Aug 31, 2019
"Trading Barriers": Dr Maggie Peters
Aug 29, 2019
Do Women Politicians Inspire Others? Dr Sarah Liu
Jul 06, 2019
Feminist Protest and Women’s Economic Empowerment Worldwide: Professor Laurel Weldon
Jul 06, 2019
Consciousness Raising: Professor Elisabeth Jay Friedman
Jul 06, 2019
"Public & Private Power in Economics": Dr Suresh Naidu
Jul 01, 2019
"The New Empirics of Industrial Policy": Dr Nathan Lane
Jun 04, 2019
"Manufacturing Revolutions": Dr Nathan Lane
May 27, 2019
Local Accountability Improves Peace-building: Dr Susanna Campbell
May 11, 2019
"Why Not Default? The Political Economy of Sovereign Debt": Dr Jerome Roos
May 08, 2019
"Revolution & Reaction": Professor Kurt Weyland
Mar 20, 2019
Can Buyers Reward Compliance? Dr. Matt Amengual
Mar 12, 2019
'Legislative Development in Africa': Dr Ken Opalo
Feb 27, 2019
"Behavioural Development Economics": Dr Gautam Rao
Feb 14, 2019
"Unruly Waters": Professor Sunil Amrith
Feb 14, 2019
How Can Aid Agencies Foster "Navigation By Judgment?" - Dr Dan Honig
Dec 04, 2018
Why is state capacity so uneven? Professor Anthony Pereira
Oct 26, 2018
Does agricultural certification (like Fairtrade) reduce poverty? Dr Carlos Oya
Oct 17, 2018
Why did Asian authoritarians democratise? Professor Joseph Wong
Oct 12, 2018
"Rules without Rights": Professor Tim Bartley
Jul 05, 2018
Tackling Tax Evasion: Professor Dina Pomeranz
Jul 03, 2018
Governance & trade unions in Bangladesh: Dr. Jennifer Bair
Jun 07, 2018
"Navigation by Judgment": Dr. Dan Honig
May 09, 2018
How can we prevent another Rana Plaza? Professor Juliane Reinecke
Apr 28, 2018
"How To Rig An Election": Professor Nic Cheeseman
Apr 26, 2018
Does Violence Increase Risk Aversion? Drs. Pamela Jakiela & Owen Ozier
Mar 27, 2018
The World Development Report 2018 on Education: Dr. David Evans
Mar 21, 2018
Using RCTs to improve health care: Dr. David Evans
Mar 21, 2018
How do we know what works? Professor Michael Woolcock
Mar 17, 2018
"Institutions And Democracy In Africa": Professor Nic Cheeseman
Feb 26, 2018
"The Struggle for Development": Professor Ben Selwyn
Feb 20, 2018
Tackling Son Preference in India: Dr. Sanchari Roy
Feb 14, 2018
Gender Revolution & Millennials: Professor Barbara Risman
Feb 11, 2018
"Aid Lab: Understanding Bangladesh's Unexpected Success": Dr Naomi Hossain
Jan 16, 2018
"Geopolitics in Health": Dr. Ed Gomez
Dec 14, 2017
"Ethnicity, national identity and the state": Dr. Elliott Green
Dec 14, 2017
Brexit and British Politics: Professor Anand Menon
Dec 05, 2017
Does Microfinance Work? Dr. Rachael Meager
Nov 14, 2017
"Building State Capability": Dr. Matt Andrews
Sep 13, 2017
"How China Escaped the Poverty Trap": Dr. Yuen Yuen Ang
Sep 09, 2017
'Politicising Inequality, The Power of Ideas': Dr Evans
Jun 29, 2017
'Where Are The Unions?': Dr Sian Lazar
Jun 10, 2017
'Neoliberal Affects': Professor Ben Anderson
Mar 01, 2017
'Captain America and the Nationalist Superhero': Professor Jason Dittmer
Feb 27, 2017
'The ICC's African Dilemmas': Dr. Adam Branch
Feb 27, 2017
'Understanding Zimbabwe': Dr. Sara Dorman
Feb 20, 2017
'Citizens in the middle class': Dr Charlotte Lemanski
Jan 20, 2017
'The Killing Consensus': Dr Graham Denyer Willis
Jan 19, 2017