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Think Like An Economist, 100 episodes.

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1

Blue Wave Economics | The Professor Is In

2

The Hidden Feedback Loop Behind Rising Prices | The Professor Is In

3

America's Jekyll-and-Hyde Economy | Off The Clock

4

What the New GDP Report Actually Says | Diving In

5

Did the Midterms Delay a Fed Rate Hike? | Diving In

6

The Dilemma Behind Debunking Trump | The Professor Is In

7

What Is The State of Your Economy?

8

Trump Says $21 Trillion Is Coming. Is It? | Diving In

9

Why Americans Don't Believe the Good Economic News | The Professor Is In

10

Don’t Be Fooled by Trump’s Diesel Gimmicks | The Professor Is In

11

What Halloween Candy Reveals About Inflation | Off the Clock

12

Why Official Inflation Can Seem Too Low | The Professor Is In

13

The Latest Inflation Report, Explained | Diving In

14

The Hidden Force Dragging Down Consumer Sentiment | Diving In

15

The Nobel-Winning Insight That Made Spending Hard to Predict | Diving In

16

The G7’s 100 Million Barrel Announcement Changes Nothing | The Professor Is In

17

Trump's Red Diesel Order, Explained | Diving In

18

This Oil Deal Sounds Huge. Until You Do the Math | Diving In

19

Why the Jobs Report Keeps Changing | The Professor Is In

20

Trump Wants Cheap Money. Why Are Rates Going Up Anyway?

21

Why Workers Are Getting Less of What the Economy Produces | Off The Clock

22

What September's Employment Numbers Really Say | Diving In

23

Are Your Financial Mistakes Making Someone Else Rich? | The Professor Is In

24

Why Good Money Advice Fails to Land | Diving In

25

What Airbags Teach Us About Artificial Intelligence | The Professor Is In

26

How Much Should We Spend to Prevent an AI Catastrophe? | Diving In

27

How Accountability Shapes National Borrowing Rates | The Professor Is In

28

Why Trump's Diesel Export Ban Could Raise Gas Prices | Diving In

29

What Would It Take to Eliminate Poverty? | The Professor Is In

30

The Economic Cost of Trump's War on The Press | Diving In

31

What If We Just Gave Poor People Money?

32

The Fed Raised Rates. Here's What It's Fighting. | Off The Clock

33

The Hawk Behind The Hike | The Professor Is In

34

Understanding The Fed’s Rate Hike Decision | Diving In

35

The Canadian Boycott is About More than Economics | The Professor Is In

36

The Hidden Link Between Government Debt and Everyday Credit | Off the Clock

37

What August’s Inflation Report Means for You

38

Vote Republican, Get $5,000? | Diving In

39

How Governments Manipulate Statistics Without Lying | Professor Is In

40

Hidden Ways the Government Manipulates Data | Diving In

41

The U.S. Canada Trade War Casts a Much Longer Shadow | Diving In

42

Why Tariffs Can't Rebuild American Manufacturing | The Professor Is In

43

The Jobs Report Beat Expectations. Will The Fed Care?

44

The Bond Sell-Off Isn’t the Scary Part | Diving In

45

Who Actually Paid for the Trade War? | Diving In

46

Can You Sanction a Country That's Already Cut Off? | The Professor Is In

47

The Fed Chair Won't Talk (But Markets Listened Anyway) | Off the Clock

48

Why the BLS Guardrails Held — and the Census Bureau's Failed | The Professor Is In

49

How To Fake a Voting Scandal | Diving In

50

America Is Reusing Cuba’s Sanctions Strategy on Iran | Diving In

51

The Economics of Feeling Ripped Off | The Professor Is In

52

What the Heck is Going On In the Bond Market? | Diving In

53

What the $20 Burrito Debate Gets Wrong About Affordability | Diving In

54

How Lab-Grown Diamonds Broke the Market | Off the Clock

55

If AI Does Your Job, Who Gets Paid? | The Professor Is In

56

No, the K-shaped Economy Isn't Over | Diving In

57

Inflation Is Still High. Just As We Thought. | Diving In

58

AI's Biggest Problem May Be Its Pace | The Professor Is In

59

The July Jobs Report Should Worry You | Diving In

60

How Early Access to Trump’s Truths Will Drain Ordinary Investors | Diving In

61

What Victorian Bootmakers Can Teach Us About The Future of Work | Diving In

62

Economics Is Not a Subject — It's a Toolkit | Economics Matters

63

Tariffs, Take Three: The Dumbest Round Yet | Off the Clock

64

How SNAP's New Rules Make Eligible Families Go Hungry | The Professor Is In

65

The Lawyer’s Theory of Trade | Diving In

66

Should Canada answer Trump's tariffs? | The Professor Is In

67

Six Dollars a Day Is Disappearing For Millions | Diving In

68

Why Trump’s New Tariff Is Bigger Than Canada | Diving In

69

Justin Answers Your Questions on Trump Accounts | The Professor Is In

70

What Reese's Cups and Canadian Wildfires Can Teach Us About Economics | Off the Clock

71

The Truth About Trump Accounts (Read the Fine Print) | Diving In

72

Good News on Inflation — With a Very Big Asterisk

73

Could Price Comparison Apps Be Making Gas MORE Expensive? | The Professor Is In

74

The Hidden Pattern in Gas Prices (And How to Beat It) | Diving In

75

Feel Your Feelings: Jobs, Trump Accounts, and America's Big Birthday | Off the Clock

76

June Jobs Report: Not Sinking, But Not Surging. Just Treading Water. | Diving In

77

Navigating Inflation: Smart Strategies for Better Choices | Diving In

78

How Food Delivery Killed Competition (And Took Your Budget With It) | Diving In

79

Sifting Through the Wreckage of An Ill-Informed War| Slate's What Next + Platypus Economics

80

Better Lawyers, Worse Economics: Inside Trump's Latest Tariff Strategy | Diving In

81

The Job Numbers Will Probably Get Revised—That’s Not A Scandal | The Professor Is In

82

Inflation Is Up—Temporary Bedfellow or Long-term Partner? | Off the Clock

83

Are Markets Getting Suckered By Trump's Truth Socials? | Diving In

84

Trump Tried to Mess With the Jobs Report. It Didn't Work. | Diving In

85

The Future of Work Is Care—Can Men Adapt? | The Professor Is In

86

Why The Stock Market Hated May’s Strong Jobs Report | Off the Clock

87

The Pink-Collar Economy Is Here | Diving In

88

A Gas Tax Holiday Is Performative Nonsense | The Professor Is In

89

A Gas Tax Holiday Would Miss the Point—And the People Who Need Help | Diving In

90

Is Inflation Going to Ruin the Summer? | Off the Clock

91

What Really Happens When Schools Lock Away Phones? | Diving In

92

Justin Wolfers Answers Your Questions on the National Debt | The Professor Is In

93

How to measure the true cost of war: Justin Wolfers shows you the math | Diving In

94

Are Met Gala Tickets Too Cheap? | Diving In

95

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

96

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

97

Welcome to Platypus Economics

98

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

99

Useful Economics in Everyday Life

100

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