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From public policy to the price of your morning coffee, economics is everywhere—but who gets to shape it? Think economics is just about banks, budgets, and boring number crunching? Think again.

"How Did I Get Here?", the original podcast from Discover Economics, sees us sit down with economists from all walks of life - from students and apprentices, content creators and journalists, to Chief Economists and academics. We're currently releasing new episodes every Tuesday, so keep an eye on our social media, and sign up to our newsletter here!

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Rohin Aggarwal

Rohin is an independent strategy consultant (specialising in education and learning) and founder of an education technology start-up.

Nida Broughton

Nida Broughton is the Director of Economic Policy at the Behavioural Insights Team.

Previously, she was Chief Economist at the Social Market Foundation, leading policy research on economic growth, public spending and employment. She has also worked at the House of Commons, where she provided economic advice to MPs and select committees, and at Ofcom, where she led research on the application of behavioural economics to market regulation.

She holds an MSc in Economics from Birkbeck, University of London, and an MA (Cantab) in Economics from Cambridge University.

Rachel Griffith

In this episode, we have Dame Rachel Griffith. Rachel is a Professor of Economics at Manchester University, Research Director of the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Past President of the Royal Economics Society.

Andy Haldane

At the time of this interview, Andy was the Chief Economist at the Bank of England. Andy is becoming Chief Executive of the RSA, an institution which for 260 years has been connecting people and ideas to tackle the world’s most pressing problems.

Ben Chu

In this episode, we talk to Ben Chu, Economics Editor of The Independent, the UK's largest quality digital news brand.

Will Page

In this episode, we have Will Page. Will is the former Chief Economist of Spotify and PRS for Music where he pioneered Rockonomics, publishing work on Radiohead's In Rainbows, saving BBC 6Music and articulating the global value of music copyright.

Lotanna E. Emediegwu

Lotanna is a Doctoral researcher affiliated with the Environmental and Resource Economics (ERE) Research Group at The University of Manchester, Lotanna uses econometric tools to investigate how climate change affects our world and Sub-Saharan Africa in particular.

Anu Adenuga

At the time of the interview, Anu was Communication Strategist (Discover Economics) at The Royal Economic Society. She is passionate about promoting financial understanding in young women and an avid advocate for increasing diversity in technology and economic institutions.

Lizzy Burden

Lizzy Burden is a reporter at Bloomberg.

She covers the UK economy, including trade, the Bank of England and the Treasury, for Bloomberg.com and The Terminal. She also writes the weekly Beyond Brexit newsletter and contributes to Bloomberg TV, radio, podcasts and Quicktake, the social media channel.

Rupal Patel and Jack Meaning

Can’t We Just Print More Money? was written by Bank of England economists Rupal Patel and Jack Meaning and offers an accessible introduction to economics themed around ten questions including ‘Why are so many of my clothes made in Asia?’ ‘Why aren’t Freddos 10p any more?’ and ‘What even is money?’.

Helen Hughson

Helen is a Research Officer at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) since August 2019 and before that, Economist at Reserve Bank of Australia for five years.

Vincent Tang

Vincent Tang is an Economist in the Fiscal Affairs Department at the IMF, working on Public Financial Management, Gender Budgeting and macro-fiscal policy. He was previously Head of Fiscal Economics and Growth Economics at Her Majesty’s Treasury in the UK.

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