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When our inflation infeelings don’t match the CPI
For most Americans, we just lived through the highest period of inflation in our lives. And we are reminded of this every time we go grocery shopping…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
What happens when governments cook the books
After President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, economists and statisticians across the board were horrified. Because the fir…
8 months ago
Summer School 6: When the markets need a designer
LIVE SHOW: August 18th in Brooklyn. Tickets here. (PM+ supporters get a 10 percent discount off their tickets. Listen to the July 8th bonus episode t…
8 months, 1 week ago
Summer School 5: The many ways governments influence industry
LIVE SHOW: August 18th in Brooklyn. Tickets here.
Traditional economics says the market is guided by the forces of supply and demand. Customers decid…
8 months, 1 week ago
Would you trust an economist with your economy?
Trust in experts is down. In all kinds of institutions and professions - in government, in media, in medical science... and lately, economists are fe…
8 months, 1 week ago
Summer School 4: Who are all these regulations protecting?
LIVE SHOW: August 18th in Brooklyn. Tickets here.
There are occasional incentives in business that make it very profitable to do bad things; maybe ch…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
The President's Golden Share in U.S. Steel
LIVE SHOW ALERT: August 18th, NYC. Get your tickets here.
When news broke that a Japanese company, Nippon Steel, was buying the storied American stee…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Summer School 3: How government decides what to spend our money on
Although it seems like the government can spend an endless amount of money, it cannot actually do all the things it wants to do. So the big question …
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Why are we so obsessed with manufacturing?
It seems like politicians cannot agree on a lot. But many seem to agree on... manufacturing. Leaders of both political parties have been working to t…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Congress has voted to eliminate government funding for public media
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8 months, 4 weeks ago