UChicago Economics Events and Conversations

47 Episodes

1. Lessons from Pandemic Unemployment Benefits: When Government Generosity Becomes Necessity

   Published: 9/5/2023
2. The Hidden Economic Forces That Determine How Much You Earn

   Published: 8/22/2023
3. A Case for Public School Choice? Lessons from Los Angeles

   Published: 8/8/2023
4. Do You Even Crypto, Bro?

   Published: 7/25/2023
5. Social Distancing in 2023: The Economic Costs of Lingering COVID Fears

   Published: 7/11/2023
6. Harvesting Green Investments: The Promise and Perils of ESG

   Published: 6/27/2023
7. How Debt Relief Raised Debts: The Untold Story of the Student Loan Moratorium

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Published: 1/10/2023
19. 2023: An Economic Nudge for the New Year

    Published: 12/27/2022
20. China Faltering? Why the End of Zero Covid Won’t Fix Its Economic Problems

    Published: 12/13/2022