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Think Like An Economist — 58 episodes

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1

Are Met Gala Tickets Too Cheap? | Diving In

2

Justin Wolfers Breaks Down the Week: Spirit, US Debt, and the AI Economy (with Stacey Vanek Smith)

3

Should We Actually Be Worried About the National Debt | Diving In

4

Welcome to Platypus Economics

5

Economics For All Your Decisions In Life - From Romance to Retirement

6

Useful Economics in Everyday Life

7

A Conversation with Emily Oster: The Economics of Pregnancy, Parenting and the Pandemic

8

A Conversation with Larry Summers: The Influence of Economic Ideas and the Dangers of Secular Stagnation

9

A Conversation with Greg Mankiw: Financial Crisis, Recessions and Communicating Economics

10

Behavioral Economics - We're only human!

11

Making Decisions in an Uncertain World

12

Game Theory - Thinking Strategically

13

Business Strategy - How to boost profitability

14

Entry, Exit and Long-Run Profitability - How to get ahead in the Market

15

Why wages vary - Why some of us get paid more than others

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Think Like An Economist gets back to business

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Aggregate Demand & Aggregate Supply

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Budget Deficits and Government Debt

19

Fiscal Policy - Government Spending and Taxes

20

Monetary Policy - The Financial Levers That Tame Business Cycles

21

The Fed Model - Predicting what will happen to the Economy

22

Inflation and the Phillips Curve

23

Connecting Interest Rates & Output

24

The Boom and Bust of Business Cycles

25

Exchange Rates & International Finance - The flow of currencies around the world

26

The Financial Sector - Bonds, Stocks and Shares - should you or shouldn't you?

27

Investment - Upfront costs for future gains

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Consumption and Saving - Spend Now or Save to Spend Later

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Assignment: Spending and Saving

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Inflation - When money loses its value

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Unemployment - Does joblessness have to mean hopelessness?

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Economic Growth - Improving our Lives

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Gross Domestic Product - Adding Up Everything We Do

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Thinking Big, Remembering Small - From Micro to Macro

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Private Information - I Know Something You Don’t Know

36

Price Discrimination - Why some people pay less

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Market Power - Why businesses charge more

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Inequality - Understanding the Gap between Rich and Poor

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A New Treasury Secretary - Who is Janet Yellen and what will she do?

40

Presidential Econ 101 - A To Do List

41

The Labor Market - Live to Work, or Work to Live?

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Externalities - The Full Cost of the Choices we make

43

International Trade - Cars from Corn

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Gains From Trade - Why Ringo played the drums

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Economic Surplus - Getting the Most out of Life

46

When Governments Intervene - Taxes, Price & Quantity Regulations

47

Elasticity - What will you do when prices change?

48

Equilibrium - Balance in a Busy World

49

Supply - Getting the Best Out of What You Sell

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The Law of Demand - How You Choose to Buy

51

Juggling Work and Childcare During a Pandemic

52

Is now the time to improve yourself?

53

Core Principle 1 - The Cost-Benefit Principle - The Pros & Cons

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Core Principle 2 - The Opportunity Cost Principle - Or What?

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Core Principle 4 - The Interdependence Principle - No Decision is an Island

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Core Principle 3 - The Marginal Principle - Just One More?

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Why Should You Think Like an Economist?

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Introducing: Think Like An Economist