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EconoFact Chats — 246 episodes
How to Win a Trade War
Demographic Headwinds: Fewer Babies, Longer Lives, and What it means for the Economy
AI, Immigration, and Fed Independence: Understanding the Risks Facing the US Economy
The Challenge of Energy Security
The Cost of Politicizing Economic Statistics
The Rise and Fall of Global Currencies
On AI in Finance
On Debt, Fiscal Crises, and AI (Re-broadcast)
Capitalism Through the Centuries
The Doom Loop
Managing AI Risks
The Economic Consequences of the Iran War
The Risks and Rewards from International Supply Chains
The War in Iran, Oil, and the Global Economy
The US Economy at a Time of Disruptions: War, Oil, Tariffs, and the Fed
Crime and Punishment (and Rehabilitation)
The Uneven Economy
The Economic Policies of the Second Trump Administration
The Rising Costs of Housing
Is There an Affordability Crisis?
Lessons from a Decade into Brexit
The Risks of Politicizing the Federal Reserve
Winners and Losers from Technological Change (Re-broadcast)
Weathering: How Ongoing Stress Harms Black and Poor Americans (Re-broadcast)
A Changing Economic Geography (Re-broadcast)
Trade and Jobs: Who Loses, Who Adapts and Who Pays? (Re-broadcast)
The Uncertain and Uneven Economy
Capitalism and Its Critics
"Vibes" Meet Reality? Consumer Sentiment, Wage Stagnation, Tariffs, and Inflation
Assessing the Impact of the 'Liberation Day' Tariffs
Can Government Support Reduce Child Poverty?
The United States’ Role in a Changing International Economy
Fixing Personal Finance
Helping Young Adults Thrive
Immigration Enforcement in the U.S.
Retreat from Globalization? Current U.S. Policies and Historical Precedents
The Impact of Tariffs on Prices
Taking Stock of the Economy: Fed Independence, Tariff Uncertainty, and a Shrinking Workforce
The U.S. Economy: Still the “Envy of the World”?
The Hazards of a Zero Sum Mindset
Foreign Students and U.S. Higher Education (Re-broadcast)
Is Dollar Dominance Durable? (Re-broadcast)
Can Manufacturing Still Provide Inclusive Growth? (Re-broadcast)
The Vital Importance of Good Economic Statistics (Re-broadcast)
Immigration and Deportation (Re-broadcast)
Covering What Matters in Economic Journalism
Understanding the Rise and Risks of Stablecoins
Dissecting the Budget Bill
Throttling Back: The Long and Short-run Economic Effects of Continued Uncertainty
Child Well-being in the United States
The Role of America's Top Financial Diplomat
Unpacking Tariff Uncertainty, the Budget Bill, and a Debt Downgrade
The Consequences of Tighter Work Requirements for SNAP
Trade, Tariffs, the Dollar and the World Economy
The Significance and Solvency of Social Security
The Stock Market, The Economy, and Your Finances
Treasury Bonds, Safe Havens, and Financial Stress
Long Run Fiscal Solvency and Its Consequences
Looking Ahead to the 2025 Economy
Tariffs: Jobs, Prices, and Retaliation (Re-broadcast)
Tariffs, Immigration, and DOGE: Assessing the Policies of Trump 2.0
Costs of Corruption
The State of Health Insurance in America
On the Economics, Geopolitics and Technological Challenges of AI
The Economics of College Sports (Re-broadcast)
Can We Mitigate Climate Disasters?
Rethinking Global Governance
Principles of Economics: Insights for Better Policy
Abraham Lincoln and the Role of Government in the Economy (Re-broadcast)
Immigration and the Economy (Re-broadcast)
What Populists Don't Understand About Tariffs (but economists do) (Re-broadcast)
Moving Away from the Economics of Grievance (Re-broadcast)
The Challenges of Trump's Economic Plans
Home Insurance in an Era of Climate Change
Has Working from Home Given Way to Return to Office?
Analyzing the 2024 Presidential Election
The Japanese Economy: Robust to Anemic, but Now Recovering?
The Presidential Candidates’ Economic Policies
The Economic Impact of Immigration on the United States
Turning a Corner on the Opioid Crisis?
The Next President’s Economic Policies
Is a Major Tax Change Coming?
Generative AI’s Disruption: Is this Time Really Different?
On Charitable Giving and Effective Altruism
How Much Does Income Change From One Generation to the Next? (Re-broadcast)
The Future of Work (Re-broadcast)
How People Form, and Change Their Opinions on Economics (Re-broadcast)
Moving to Opportunity (Re-broadcast)
Voting, Income, and the Red-state, Blue-state Paradox (Re-broadcast)
A Brief History of International Trade (and Why It Matters Today) (Re-broadcast)
The Macroeconomics of the Outcome of the Election
A Brief History of Globalization
Poverty in America
The CHIPS Act and Onshoring Semiconductor Production
The U.S. and China: Trade and Trade Wars
The Economics of EV Adoption
An Economist's Take on the Circular Economy
Economic Sanctions as a Foreign Policy Tool
The U.S. Economy: Successes, Challenges, and Perceptions
The Greek Debt Crisis: Resolution and Lessons
Risks to 'Steady but Slow' Global Growth
Tax Policy Through the Ages (Re-broadcast)
Argentina’s Economic Challenges
Immigration and the U.S. Economy
Should Colleges Require Standardized Tests?
People, Communities, and Economic Changes
Understanding Defense Spending in the U.S.
The Special Role of the U.S. Dollar
New Insights on Inflation from a Billion Prices
Supporting Children and Their Families
Larry Summers on Today’s Economic Challenges
Are Past Anti-Trust Approaches Appropriate Today?
Performance, Perceptions, and Prospects for the U.S. Economy
Historical Roots of Economic Disparities for African-Americans (Re-broadcast)
Careers, Families, and Women’s Journey towards Economic Equity (Re-broadcast)
Recent Trends in U.S. Debt
What Makes for a Zero-sum Mindset?
Working From Home Post-COVID
Charitable Giving in the United States (Re-broadcast)
How the Tax System Favors the Very Rich – And What To Do About It
The Evolution Of, and Challenges To, the Income Tax
Consequences of Growing up Poor
The Coming Opportunity to Make a Fairer and More Efficient Tax System
Is China’s Economic Miracle Coming to an End?
Rebooting American Health Care
Taking Stock of the U.S. Economy: Government Shutdowns, Inflation, Housing, Unions and More
Poverty in the U.S.: Causes, Consequences, and the Role of Policy
How False Beliefs About Meritocracy and Post-Racism Have Contributed To Unjust Socio-Economic Policies
Getting to 2%: Lessons from Disinflation Experiences
How Can Trade Contribute to Sustainability?
The Top 1 Percent’s Admissions to Highly Selective Colleges
The Social Bias of Technological Change
Understanding the Role of the IMF in the World Today
Taxing Corporations: Efficiency, Equity, and Revenue
Tracing the Impact of Early Popular Media on Racial Hate in the U.S.
Gauging the Costs of Cuts to the U.S. Social Safety Net
On American Debt, Inflation, and Industrial Policy
Macroeconomic Challenges in the Eurozone
Why Do Banks Fail?
The Economics, Politics, and History of the Debt Ceiling
Maternal Mortality, Race and Income
What Makes for Good Economics Writing?
Causes and Consequences of Malnutrition Today
How Much of Your Investments Are in China?
Immigration and the Shortage of American Workers
Automation or (Immigrant) Labor? Responding to Labor Scarcity
Bank Failures and Fighting Inflation
Inflation and The Fed
Going Remote: The Long-run Effects of Working From Home
The Long 20th Century: Material Progress, Rising Inequality, and the Elusive Utopia
Understanding Uncertainty
The Broader Impact of Trade Restrictions in the U.S.
Inflation, the Fed’s Response, and the Challenges Ahead
Adam Posen on the Economic and Political Fallouts from Debt Debacles
Gun Violence in the United States
The Strong Dollar and the World Economy
A Brief History of Public Debt
Jeffry Frieden on the Politics of Exchange Rates
Directions for Economy Policy in the Current Macroeconomic Environment
Are Semiconductors the New Oil?
Benjamin Friedman on Religion and the Creation of Economics
Gauging the Effectiveness of the Sanctions Against Russia
Kathryn Dominguez on the Strong Dollar, and Why It Matters
Dan Sichel on Measuring and Understanding Inflation
The Economics of Infant Formula Shortages
Jeffry Frieden on the Plateauing of Globalization
Eswar Prasad on China's Economic Rise, and Its Current Economic Challenges
High Inflation: Causes, Consequences and Policy Responses
Eric Zitzewitz on Gauging the Fair Value of the Stock Market
Gilbert Metcalf on Nuclear Power in Our Energy Future
Chad Bown on COVID-19 and the Economics of Vaccine Development
Making Sense of a Complicated Economy
Melissa Kearney on What’s Behind the Fall in the U.S. Birth Rate?
Megan Greene on the Continuing Dominance of the Dollar
How Much Does Going to College Cost?
David Victor on Global Energy Markets in the Wake of the Sanctions on Russia
Pamela Meyerhofer on COVID, Frontline Workers and Women in the Workforce
Nick Bloom on Remote Work in the Post-pandemic Era
Understanding the Impact of Sanctions on Russia
Galina Hale on the Economic Implications of Climate Change
Bill Gale on Fiscal Policy and Racial Disparities
Dan Richards on the State of Anti-trust Regulation
Are Unions Coming Back?
Giovanni Peri on the Economics of Immigration
Ellen Meara on Diverging Mortality Across States
William Darity Jr. on the Economic Case for Reparations
Tara Watson on the Economics of Immigration in the Age of Fear
Julia Coronado on the Challenges of Macroeconomic Forecasting in the Era of COVID
The U.S. Economy: A Look Back, and a Look Ahead
Karen Dynan on What We’ve Learned from Recent Recessions
John Cassidy on Reality-based Economics and Economic Policies
Maurice Obstfeld on the Past, Present, and Future of Globalization (Re-broadcast)
Alicia Modestino on the Evolving Opioid Crisis
What Do a Billion Prices Tell Us About Inflation?
The Art and Science of Data Visualization
Challenges to the International Trading System
Eswar Prasad on Cryptocurrencies, and the Future of Money
Understanding Current Inflation
Nora Gordon on the Disruptions to Education in the Wake of COVID-19
James Stock on Climate Change, Carbon Taxes, and Techno-Optimism
A U.S. Economy Roaring Back from Recession
Jason Furman on Employment in the Post-COVID-19 Economy
AI, Public College, and the Changing Path to the Middle Class
Lessons From Research on Reducing Child Poverty
The U.S.’s Decades-Long Retreat from Globalization
Crime in the Time of COVID-19
Places Left Behind: Post-Industrial Cities and the Potential for Their Revival
Biden’s First 100 Days and What’s Likely to Follow
The U.S. Economy: Financial Stability, Longer-Term Risks and Reasons for Optimism
The COVID-19 Crisis: Looking Forward
The Long Shadows Cast By Racism
Should you Care About the Stock Market?
The Past, Present, and Future of Money
The Politics of Economic Policies
On Trade with China, and Sharing Vaccines
81 Cents: Women in the U.S. Labor Force
Globalization: An Ambiguous Good
Understanding Global Poverty Reduction
The Federal Debt and the COVID-19 Recession
Cybersecurity Breaches: Causes, Consequences, and Countermeasures
Child Poverty in the United States (Re-broadcast)
The Economic Challenges Facing the New Administration and Congress
The Economics of Vaccine Development and Deployment
COVID-19 and Developing Economies
The Long Shadow of Labor Market Scarring
Does Raising the Minimum Wage Help Low-income Workers?
The Federal Reserve: Crisis Responses and New Policy Directions
The Carbon Tax: A Green Thumb on the Invisible Hand
Inequality During COVID-19 and Beyond
Government Budget Deficits: What’s to be Done, and When?
Do Economists Rule?
Understanding Economic Recovery Policies in the COVID-19 Era
The Financial Sector and Rescuing the Economy
The Economy, COVID-19, and the 2020 Election
Macroeconomics in the COVID-19 Era
Challenges to Higher Education in the COVID-19 Era
Making Economics Instruction Relevant
The Social Safety Net in the Era of COVID-19
Childcare and Reopening
Unauthorized Immigration and Immigration Enforcement in the U.S.
State and Local Finances During the COVID-19 Crisis
The Politics of Pandemics
U.S. Fiscal Policy and the Current State of the Economy
Policing in Minority Communities
Eduardo Porter on Racial Hostility in Modern America
Recovering from the COVID-19 Economic Crisis