The Pie: An Economics Podcast
A podcast by Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago - Tuesdays
114 Episodes
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Lessons from Pandemic Unemployment Benefits: When Government Generosity Becomes Necessity
Published: 9/5/2023 -
The Hidden Economic Forces That Determine How Much You Earn
Published: 8/22/2023 -
A Case for Public School Choice? Lessons from Los Angeles
Published: 8/8/2023 -
Do You Even Crypto, Bro?
Published: 7/25/2023 -
Social Distancing in 2023: The Economic Costs of Lingering COVID Fears
Published: 7/11/2023 -
Harvesting Green Investments: The Promise and Perils of ESG
Published: 6/27/2023 -
How Debt Relief Raised Debts: The Untold Story of the Student Loan Moratorium
Published: 6/6/2023 -
Quid Pro Vote: The Politics and Economics of Vote-Buying
Published: 5/30/2023 -
Can ChatGPT Describe Company Performance Better than… the Company?
Published: 5/16/2023 -
Misperceived Truths: Global Support for Women in the Workplace is More Than You Might Think
Published: 5/3/2023 -
Inflation: The Good, The Bad, and the Baffling
Published: 4/18/2023 -
Sometimes Bigger IS Better: The Case for Bringing Rural Healthcare to Urban Hospitals
Published: 4/4/2023 -
Social Media Algorithms: How You’re Curating a Biased News Feed
Published: 3/21/2023 -
Evaluating US Healthcare 3 Years after Lockdown
Published: 3/7/2023 -
Scavenging for Answers: The Human Toll of Vulture Population Collapse
Published: 2/21/2023 -
Law of Unintended Consequences: Welfare Reform and Crime
Published: 2/7/2023 -
Economics of Discrimination: How to Measure Systemic Injustices
Published: 1/24/2023 -
What Drives Racial Differences in Speeding Tickets and Fines?
Published: 1/10/2023 -
2023: An Economic Nudge for the New Year
Published: 12/27/2022 -
China Faltering? Why COVID Is Not Its Biggest Economic Problem
Published: 12/13/2022
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.