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Think Like An Economist — 117 episodes
The Canadian Boycott is About More than Economics | The Professor Is In
The Hidden Link Between Government Debt and Everyday Credit | Off the Clock
What August’s Inflation Report Means for You
Vote Republican, Get $5,000? | Diving In
How Governments Manipulate Statistics Without Lying | Professor Is In
Hidden Ways the Government Manipulates Data | Diving In
The U.S. Canada Trade War Casts a Much Longer Shadow | Diving In
Why Tariffs Can't Rebuild American Manufacturing | The Professor Is In
The Jobs Report Beat Expectations. Will The Fed Care?
The Bond Sell-Off Isn’t the Scary Part | Diving In
Who Actually Paid for the Trade War? | Diving In
Can You Sanction a Country That's Already Cut Off? | The Professor Is In
The Fed Chair Won't Talk (But Markets Listened Anyway) | Off the Clock
Why the BLS Guardrails Held — and the Census Bureau's Failed | The Professor Is In
How To Fake a Voting Scandal | Diving In
America Is Reusing Cuba’s Sanctions Strategy on Iran | Diving In
The Economics of Feeling Ripped Off | The Professor Is In
What the Heck is Going On In the Bond Market? | Diving In
What the $20 Burrito Debate Gets Wrong About Affordability | Diving In
How Lab-Grown Diamonds Broke the Market | Off the Clock
If AI Does Your Job, Who Gets Paid? | The Professor Is In
No, the K-shaped Economy Isn't Over | Diving In
Inflation Is Still High. Just As We Thought. | Diving In
AI's Biggest Problem May Be Its Pace | The Professor Is In
The July Jobs Report Should Worry You | Diving In
How Early Access to Trump’s Truths Will Drain Ordinary Investors | Diving In
What Victorian Bootmakers Can Teach Us About The Future of Work | Diving In
Economics Is Not a Subject — It's a Toolkit | Economics Matters
Tariffs, Take Three: The Dumbest Round Yet | Off the Clock
How SNAP's New Rules Make Eligible Families Go Hungry | The Professor Is In
The Lawyer’s Theory of Trade | Diving In
Should Canada answer Trump's tariffs? | The Professor Is In
Six Dollars a Day Is Disappearing For Millions | Diving In
Why Trump’s New Tariff Is Bigger Than Canada | Diving In
Justin Answers Your Questions on Trump Accounts | The Professor Is In
What Reese's Cups and Canadian Wildfires Can Teach Us About Economics | Off the Clock
The Truth About Trump Accounts (Read the Fine Print) | Diving In
Good News on Inflation — With a Very Big Asterisk
Could Price Comparison Apps Be Making Gas MORE Expensive? | The Professor Is In
The Hidden Pattern in Gas Prices (And How to Beat It) | Diving In
Feel Your Feelings: Jobs, Trump Accounts, and America's Big Birthday | Off the Clock
June Jobs Report: Not Sinking, But Not Surging. Just Treading Water. | Diving In
Navigating Inflation: Smart Strategies for Better Choices | Diving In
How Food Delivery Killed Competition (And Took Your Budget With It) | Diving In
Sifting Through the Wreckage of An Ill-Informed War| Slate's What Next + Platypus Economics
Better Lawyers, Worse Economics: Inside Trump's Latest Tariff Strategy | Diving In
The Job Numbers Will Probably Get Revised—That’s Not A Scandal | The Professor Is In
Inflation Is Up—Temporary Bedfellow or Long-term Partner? | Off the Clock
Are Markets Getting Suckered By Trump's Truth Socials? | Diving In
Trump Tried to Mess With the Jobs Report. It Didn't Work. | Diving In
The Future of Work Is Care—Can Men Adapt? | The Professor Is In
Why The Stock Market Hated May’s Strong Jobs Report | Off the Clock
The Pink-Collar Economy Is Here | Diving In
A Gas Tax Holiday Is Performative Nonsense | The Professor Is In
A Gas Tax Holiday Would Miss the Point—And the People Who Need Help | Diving In
Is Inflation Going to Ruin the Summer? | Off the Clock
What Really Happens When Schools Lock Away Phones? | Diving In
Justin Wolfers Answers Your Questions on the National Debt | The Professor Is In
How to measure the true cost of war: Justin Wolfers shows you the math | Diving In
Are Met Gala Tickets Too Cheap? | Diving In
Justin Wolfers Breaks Down the Week: Spirit, US Debt, and the AI Economy (with Stacey Vanek Smith)
Should We Actually Be Worried About the National Debt | Diving In
Welcome to Platypus Economics
Economics For All Your Decisions In Life - From Romance to Retirement
Useful Economics in Everyday Life
A Conversation with Emily Oster: The Economics of Pregnancy, Parenting and the Pandemic
A Conversation with Larry Summers: The Influence of Economic Ideas and the Dangers of Secular Stagnation
A Conversation with Greg Mankiw: Financial Crisis, Recessions and Communicating Economics
Behavioral Economics - We're only human!
Making Decisions in an Uncertain World
Game Theory - Thinking Strategically
Business Strategy - How to boost profitability
Entry, Exit and Long-Run Profitability - How to get ahead in the Market
Why wages vary - Why some of us get paid more than others
Think Like An Economist gets back to business
Aggregate Demand & Aggregate Supply
Budget Deficits and Government Debt
Fiscal Policy - Government Spending and Taxes
Monetary Policy - The Financial Levers That Tame Business Cycles
The Fed Model - Predicting what will happen to the Economy
Inflation and the Phillips Curve
Connecting Interest Rates & Output
The Boom and Bust of Business Cycles
Exchange Rates & International Finance - The flow of currencies around the world
The Financial Sector - Bonds, Stocks and Shares - should you or shouldn't you?
Investment - Upfront costs for future gains
Consumption and Saving - Spend Now or Save to Spend Later
Assignment: Spending and Saving
Inflation - When money loses its value
Unemployment - Does joblessness have to mean hopelessness?
Economic Growth - Improving our Lives
Gross Domestic Product - Adding Up Everything We Do
Thinking Big, Remembering Small - From Micro to Macro
Private Information - I Know Something You Don’t Know
Price Discrimination - Why some people pay less
Market Power - Why businesses charge more
Inequality - Understanding the Gap between Rich and Poor
A New Treasury Secretary - Who is Janet Yellen and what will she do?
Presidential Econ 101 - A To Do List
The Labor Market - Live to Work, or Work to Live?
Externalities - The Full Cost of the Choices we make
International Trade - Cars from Corn
Gains From Trade - Why Ringo played the drums
Economic Surplus - Getting the Most out of Life
When Governments Intervene - Taxes, Price & Quantity Regulations
Elasticity - What will you do when prices change?
Equilibrium - Balance in a Busy World
Supply - Getting the Best Out of What You Sell
The Law of Demand - How You Choose to Buy
Juggling Work and Childcare During a Pandemic
Is now the time to improve yourself?
Core Principle 1 - The Cost-Benefit Principle - The Pros & Cons
Core Principle 2 - The Opportunity Cost Principle - Or What?
Core Principle 4 - The Interdependence Principle - No Decision is an Island
Core Principle 3 - The Marginal Principle - Just One More?
Why Should You Think Like an Economist?
Introducing: Think Like An Economist