October 30, 2020

Forum Podcast: Beatrice Magistro on Economic Literacy

https://soundcloud.com/political-economy-forum-at-university-of-washington/9-beatrice-magistro-on-economic-literacy

Guest: Beatrice Magistro is a PhD Candidate in the UW Political Science Department and a Fellow at the UW Political Economy Forum.

 

In this episode,  Nicolas Wittstock hosts UW PhD Candidate Beatrice Magistro. They discuss Beatrice’s dissertation on the relationship between financial and economic literacy and policy preferences in Italy and the UK. Nicolas and Beatrice broach her motivation to pursue this topic, its importance in today’s context of rampant populism and protectionism, the findings from four of her papers, and future research directions.