Nepo great-great-great-grand-babies

Nepo great-great-great-grand-babies

Author: Katy Lee and Dominic Kraemer April 11, 2024 Duration: 45:42

We all know this continent has major issues with social mobility. But having a rich ancestor from *six centuries ago* shouldn't make it more likely that you're rich today... should it? This week we speak to Guglielmo Barone, one of the economists behind some fascinating research into this question in Florence. We're also talking about Ursula von der Leyen's 'jobs for the boys' scandal and the road to a shared European cycling policy. 


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Guglielmo is a professor of economics at the University of Bologna. You can find his study on intergenerational mobility in Florence here, and an article he co-wrote about the research here.


This week's recommendations: 'Today in Focus - Should the UK stop arming Israel?' and 'Have You Heard George's Podcast - Francophone Pt. 1'. 


Other resources for this episode: 

Social mobility in Europe across generations - EU Science Hub

Intergenerational mobility in the UK - Institute for Fiscal Studies'

What is the point of inheritance tax?' - The New Statesman'

Von der Leyen accused of playing favourite over EU SMEs envoy nomination' - EURACTIV
The European Declaration on Cycling

'How safe is walking and cycling in Europe' - European Transport Safety Council Eurobarometer - Mobility and transport, 2019 

The Copenhagenize Index
'Paris’s Picasso Museum Will Show Work by Françoise Gilot in Permanent Collection Galleries for the First Time' - ARTnews

Producers: Katz Laszlo and Wojciech Oleksiak

Mixing and mastering: Wojciech Oleksiak

Music: Jim Barne and Mariska Martina


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