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The Pinkonomics Podcast
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Exploring the economics of womanhood, with perspectives from philosophy, economics, sociology, and law. A Summer 2024 project by Arundhati Singh.
Episodes
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Ep. 6: Household Bargaining, Pt. 2: Cailin O’ Connor on Evolutionary Game Theory and the Gendered Division of Household Labor
Evolutionary game theory studies the repetition of strategies and choices over time, such that some strategies emerge as more successful in a society than others. It can also explain how cultural norms and beliefs evolve when players — society members — pick certain strategies again and again....
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BONUS: The Gender Disparity in Startup Funding, Venture Capital, Going Viral, and More ft. Startup Guy Raymond
A bonus, informal, explicit (!) episode of The Pinkonomics Podcast! This is the first episode featuring a guest from outside academia. Raymond is a tech startup founder (and my friend) who insisted on coming on the show to demonstrate what good audio sounds like and how to go viral. We discuss...
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Ep. 5: Household Bargaining, Pt. 1: Game Theory, Cooperative Conflicts, and Bargaining Models
Now that we’ve established all models are wrong, let’s discuss some models! Game theory is the study of strategy in social interactions. It’s very useful for assessing (heterosexual) household inequality — and for developing strategic responses to that inequality. There are two episodes on...
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Ep. 4: All Models Are Wrong, but Economic Models Are Especially Wrong: Notes on Objective Knowledge and What (Feminist) Economics Even Is
The next two episodes are about game theory and bargaining models (and economists looooove talking about models), so I thought I’d spend this episode telling you how scientific models work, why they’re all wrong, and why economic models are especially prone to error. I also talk about Catharine...
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Ep. 3: Liz Karns on the Lifetime Economic Costs of Sexual Violence and Misconduct
When most of us think of the impact of sexual violence, we think of the physical or psychological pain and trauma caused by the incident — but rarely of the economic costs that the victim then has to bear for the rest of their life. And this is exactly Liz Karns’ area of research. Karns is a…
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Ep. 2: Is Thinness Economically Rational? Cato Benschop on Eating Disorders and the Pursuit of Thinness
TW: Thinness, Pursuit of Thinness, Eating Disorders, Eating Behaviors According to The Economist, it is economically rational for women to pursue thinness. I invite my friend Cato Benschop to examine this argument and discuss her views on the pursuit of thinness and eating disorders. We also ask...
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Ep. 1: What We Get Wrong about Adam Smith, The Invisible Hand, and Self-Interest
Adam Smith's 'Invisible Hand' theory has dominated our understanding of economic behavior for centuries. But we don't understand Smith very well -- and we don't understand the choices of women very well, especially when it comes to the fulfilment of self-interest. References Smith, Adam. The…
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The Pinkonomics Podcast: Trailer
Introducing The Pinkonomics Podcast, a summer 2024 project by Arundhati Singh. Cover art by Cato Benschop (IG: @catobenschop). Follow the podcast on X: @pinkonomicspod (x.com/pinkonomicspod) Copyright 2024 The Pinkonomics Podcast. All rights reserved.
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Exploring the economics of womanhood, with perspectives from philosophy, economics, sociology, and law. A Summer 2024 project by Arundhati Singh.
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