by Alan Robert | Mar 22, 2023 | Podcast Lessons
In this episode, we will be discussing an article published on March 16th in the Economist Magazine, titled “Is the global investment boom turning to bust?” The article describes how companies worldwide are scaling back their investments due to various...
by Alan Robert | Mar 7, 2023 | Podcast Lessons
In this episode, we will be discussing an article recently published in The New York Times titled “Is the Entire Economy Gentrifying?” Listen again: Is the Entire Economy Gentrifying?” While gentrification (gentrifying) is often used in the context of...
by Alan Robert | Feb 27, 2023 | Podcast Lessons
Last week’s podcast covered the controversy surrounding the French government’s plan to raise the statutory retirement age. In today’s vocabulary lesson, we will discuss the challenges that China is facing due to its shrinking population. In a recent...
by Alan Robert | Feb 22, 2023 | Podcast Lessons
Today, we are going to talk about retirement age. Listen to this headline, published on February 11, 2023: France braces for protests as Macron pushes forward with pension reform. Again: France braces for protests as Macron pushes forward with pension reform....
by Alan Robert | Feb 7, 2023 | Podcast Lessons
Today, we’ll be discussing the trend of companies transferring their operations to nearby countries, because of geopolitical reasons, or because of recent disruptions in the global supply chain, like the shipping container crisis, and problems posed by Covid....
by Alan Robert | Jan 24, 2023 | Podcast Lessons
Hello, friends from all over the world. Welcome to the English for Economists podcast. This is podcast number 63. I am Alan Robert and I am very happy that you joined me today. Thank you for your support. It’s January 24th, 2023, and today our topic deals with...
by Alan Robert | Jan 10, 2023 | Podcast Lessons
In this English lesson, we will look at words related to artificial intelligence and chatbots. A company called OpenAI (and remember, AI stands for ‘artificial intelligence’) released a product called ChatGPT at the end of last November. ChatGPT allows users to ask it...
by Alan Robert | Jan 2, 2023 | Podcast Lessons
In this English lesson, you will learn vocabulary related to the so-called ‘gig’ economy that is currently growing with leaps and bounds — words like gig, task, self-employed, and freelancer, among a few others. Hello friends from all over the world....
by Alan Robert | Dec 19, 2022 | Podcast Lessons
This English lesson looks at the meaning of these words and expressions: FinTwit To Scheme To Bilk To ‘Pump and Dump’. Practice your listening and reading. Listen to the lesson and follow along with the script below. Listen to this headline that was...
by Alan Robert | Dec 6, 2022 | Podcast Lessons
In this lesson, you’ll hear words related to gold, and gold reserves. And, at the end of the podcast, I’ll share the correct pronunciation of some keywords in English. There will also be a chance for you to win a free English course, so stay tuned to hear this...
