Anja Shortland: Podcast Interviews

Anja Shortland, PhD

anjashortland

Economist, Author, Social Scientist

3 Interviews

Anja Shortland's Interviews

Russ Roberts & Anja Shortland • 21 Jun 2021 • EN

Anja Shortland on Lost Art

Economist and author Anja Shortland of King's College London talks about her new book, Lost Art, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. When a famous painting disappears into the underworld of stolen art, how does it make its way back into the legitimate world of auction houses and museums? Drawing on the archives of a priva

Russ Roberts & Anja Shortland • 17 Jun 2019 • EN

Anja Shortland on Kidnap

Anja Shortland of King's College London talks about her book Kidnap with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Kidnapping is relatively common in parts of the world where government authority is weak. Shortland explores this strange, frightening, but surprisingly orderly world. She shows how the interaction between kidnappers, v

Garrett M. Petersen & Anja Shortland • 17 Feb 2019 • EN

Kidnapping for Ransom with Anja Shortland

Today's guest on Economics Detective Radio is Anja Shortland of King's College London, discussing her new book Kidnap: Inside the Ransom Business, where she brings an economist's perspective to the shady world of the kidnapping for ransom business and to the professionals who specialize in getting hostages home safely.