The Pie: An Economics Podcast

A podcast by Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago - Tuesdays

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88 Episodes

  1. How Debt Relief Raised Debts: The Untold Story of the Student Loan Moratorium

    Published: 6/6/2023
  2. Quid Pro Vote: The Politics and Economics of Vote-Buying

    Published: 5/30/2023
  3. Can ChatGPT Describe Company Performance Better than… the Company?

    Published: 5/16/2023
  4. Misperceived Truths: Global Support for Women in the Workplace is More Than You Might Think

    Published: 5/3/2023
  5. Inflation: The Good, The Bad, and the Baffling

    Published: 4/18/2023
  6. Sometimes Bigger IS Better: The Case for Bringing Rural Healthcare to Urban Hospitals

    Published: 4/4/2023
  7. Social Media Algorithms: How You’re Curating a Biased News Feed

    Published: 3/21/2023
  8. Evaluating US Healthcare 3 Years after Lockdown

    Published: 3/7/2023
  9. Scavenging for Answers: The Human Toll of Vulture Population Collapse

    Published: 2/21/2023
  10. Law of Unintended Consequences: Welfare Reform and Crime

    Published: 2/7/2023
  11. Economics of Discrimination: How to Measure Systemic Injustices

    Published: 1/24/2023
  12. What Drives Racial Differences in Speeding Tickets and Fines?

    Published: 1/10/2023
  13. 2023: An Economic Nudge for the New Year

    Published: 12/27/2022
  14. China Faltering? Why COVID Is Not Its Biggest Economic Problem

    Published: 12/13/2022
  15. Economic Warfare: Are Russian Sanctions Working?

    Published: 11/30/2022
  16. Fighting Inflation: Is the Fed’s Work Just Beginning?

    Published: 11/15/2022
  17. Tax vs Ban: The Unexpected Results on Gun Sales

    Published: 11/1/2022
  18. COVID and Schools: Elementary Lessons

    Published: 10/18/2022
  19. WFH… Gone Global

    Published: 10/4/2022
  20. We're Back with More of The Pie

    Published: 9/27/2022

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Economists are always talking about The Pie – how it grows and shrinks, how it’s sliced, and who gets the biggest shares. Join host Tess Vigeland as she talks with leading economists from the University of Chicago about their cutting-edge research and key events of the day. Hear how the economic pie is at the heart of issues like the aftermath of a global pandemic, jobs, energy policy, and more.