114 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 COVID Is Not Its Biggest Economic Problem

    Published: 12/13/2022

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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.