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App Store or Play Store now. Hello, I'm Samair Keynes, the U.S. Economics editor at The Economist.

Happy New Year.

Today we'll be hearing from four amazing bright young

economists. These aren't just any four. Yes they're experts in their fields but

they're also the people we at the economist are tipping as the ones to look out for now and in the future.

Their economics research is making waves, it matters, they're influencing policy, and thinking about a variety of fields.

But what drives them and what questions are they trying to answer?

We'll find out today.

Welcome to Money Talks. Every 10 years since 1988, the economist has written a profile of the eight most promising young economists around.

We've picked Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman, Freconomics of Stephen Leavitt,

Astidou Flau, who pioneered the use of randomized control trials in development economics.

This year my colleague Simon Cox, our emerging markets editor, has written the piece and

picked our top eight economists.

And I'm going to meet a few of them on a sort of economists road trip. I'm currently in Harvard University standing just outside the economics department

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