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Back to SearchIn Praise of Commercial Culture
Season 2 Episode 1
Tyler and Alex revisit Tyler’s 1998 book and trace how commerce disciplines and amplifies creativity. Great artists bargained hard because money buys orchestras and time. “Inspired consumption” means…
Published on 9 hours ago
The Quest to Price Options
Season 1 Episode 7
In the final episode of Season 1, Alex and Tyler explore one of the most consequential quests in the history of economics and finance: the decades-long search for a formula to price options. From Lou…
Published on 9 months ago
The New Monetary Economics
Season 1 Episode 6
In this exploration of the "new monetary economics," Alex and Tyler revisit the ideas of thinkers like Fischer Black, Eugene Fama, and Robert Hall, whose bold views about the Fed and the money supply…
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago
The Economics of Insurance
Season 1 Episode 5
In this episode, Alex and Tyler dive deep into the fascinating and often misunderstood world of insurance, exploring how this trillion-dollar industry underpins modern economies while shaping human b…
Published on 10 months ago
The 1970s Crime Wave
Season 1 Episode 4
In this final installment of their series on the 1970s, Alex and Tyler turn to the social upheaval and crime wave that marked the decade as one of America’s most turbulent. They explore how rising cr…
Published on 10 months, 1 week ago
Oil Shocks, Price Controls, and War
Season 1 Episode 3
In this second installment of their three-part series on the 1970s, Alex and Tyler unravel the economic and geopolitical forces behind the oil shocks that upended global global markets, triggered eco…
Published on 11 months ago
The Economics Nobel: Predictions, Missed Opportunities, and Questionable Winners
Season 1 Episode 2
Alex and Tyler share their predictions for the upcoming Nobel Prize in economics, considering potential winners like Michael Woodford for monetary theory, Susan Athey for her bringing machine learnin…
Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago
1970s Inflation: The Economic Fever That Changed America
Season 1 Episode 1
Welcome The Marginal Revolution Podcast! In the Season 1 premiere, Alex and Tyler kick off a 3-part series on the 1970s by exploring the decade's defining economic challenge: rampant inflation. They …
Published on 1 year ago