This week, I speak with Philipp Carlsson, Global Chief Economist for Boston Consulting Group. Prior to this role at BCG, Philipp advised financial institutions and governments at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) as well as McKinsey & Company. He was also Chief Economist at Stanford C. Bernstein. He is a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review and World Economic Forum. Philipp also leads the Center for Macroeconomics at the BCG Henderson Institute.

He discuss structural changes to the global economy, doomsaying, and his book “Shocks, Crises, and False Alarms: How to Assess True Macroeconomic Risk,”

A list of his favorite books is here; A transcript of our conversation is available here Tuesday.

You can stream and download our full conversation, including any podcast extras, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and Bloomberg. All of our earlier podcasts on your favorite pod hosts can be found here.

Be sure to check out our Masters in Business next week with Stephanie Kelton, professor of economics and public policy at Stony Brook University and a Senior Fellow at the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis. Previously, she was Chief Economist on the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, and was named by Politico as one of the 50 people most influencing the policy debate in America, and one of Barron’s top 100 Women in Finance. Her book “The Deficit Myth” became an instant New York Times bestseller.

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