Think Like An Economist
By Betsey Stevenson & Justin Wolfers
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Tiffany
Apr 25, 2021
I'm learning so much, thank you! for people who aren't super comfortable with this topic, this podcast is a great way to ease yourself in! Material is well presented and broken into chunks so you can follow along. good stuff!
educational yet patronizing
Sep 29, 2020
Aug 17, 2020
Description
Think Like an Economist and you’ll see the world more clearly, empowering you to make better decisions at work, at home, and in your community. Leading economists Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers will take you on a joyous romp through their field as they introduce you to the big ideas in economics, and show how you can apply them to live in your own life. Their signature approach reveals that every decision is an economic decision and this podcast uncovers the economic forces that shape the world around you. Betsey and Justin believe that economics is a superpower, and they want to teach you to fly.
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S E53: Economics For All Your Decisions In Life - From Romance to Retirement
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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S E52: Useful Economics in Everyday Life
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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S E51: A Conversation with Emily Oster: The Economics of Pregnancy, Parenting and the Pandemic
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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S E50: A Conversation with Larry Summers: The Influence of Economic Ideas and the Dangers of Secular Stagnation
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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S E49: A Conversation with Greg Mankiw: Financial Crisis, Recessions and Communicating Economics
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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S E48: Behavioral Economics - We're only human!
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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S E47: Making Decisions in an Uncertain World
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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S E46: Game Theory - Thinking Strategically
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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S E45: Business Strategy - How to boost profitability
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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S E44: Entry, Exit and Long-Run Profitability - How to get ahead in the Market
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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S E43: Why wages vary - Why some of us get paid more than others
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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S E42: Think Like An Economist gets back to business
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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S E41: Aggregate Demand & Aggregate Supply
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May 11, 2021 |
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S E40: Budget Deficits and Government Debt
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May 04, 2021 |
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S E39: Fiscal Policy - Government Spending and Taxes
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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S E38: Monetary Policy - The Financial Levers That Tame Business Cycles
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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S E37: The Fed Model - Predicting what will happen to the Economy
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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S E36: Inflation and the Phillips Curve
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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S E35: Connecting Interest Rates & Output
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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S E34: The Boom and Bust of Business Cycles
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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S E33: Exchange Rates & International Finance - The flow of currencies around the world
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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S E32: The Financial Sector - Bonds, Stocks and Shares - should you or shouldn't you?
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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S E31: Investment - Upfront costs for future gains
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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S E30: Consumption and Saving - Spend Now or Save to Spend Later
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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S E29: Assignment: Spending and Saving
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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S E28: Inflation - When money loses its value
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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S E27: Unemployment - Does joblessness have to mean hopelessness?
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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S E26: Economic Growth - Improving our Lives
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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S E25: Gross Domestic Product - Adding Up Everything We Do
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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S E24: Thinking Big, Remembering Small - From Micro to Macro
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Jan 05, 2021 |
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S E23: Private Information - I Know Something You Don’t Know
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Dec 22, 2020 |
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S E22: Price Discrimination - Why some people pay less
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Dec 15, 2020 |
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S E21: Market Power - Why businesses charge more
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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S E20: Inequality - Understanding the Gap between Rich and Poor
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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S E19: A New Treasury Secretary - Who is Janet Yellen and what will she do?
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Nov 24, 2020 |
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S E18: Presidential Econ 101 - A To Do List
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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S E17: The Labor Market - Live to Work, or Work to Live?
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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S E16: Externalities - The Full Cost of the Choices we make
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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S E15: International Trade - Cars from Corn
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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S E14: Gains From Trade - Why Ringo played the drums
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Oct 20, 2020 |
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S E13: Economic Surplus - Getting the Most out of Life
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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S E12: When Governments Intervene - Taxes, Price & Quantity Regulations
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Oct 06, 2020 |
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S E11: Elasticity - What will you do when prices change?
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Sep 29, 2020 |
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S E10: Equilibrium - Balance in a Busy World
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Sep 22, 2020 |
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S E9: Supply - Getting the Best Out of What You Sell
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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S E8: The Law of Demand - How You Choose to Buy
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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S E7: Juggling Work and Childcare During a Pandemic
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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S E6: Is now the time to improve yourself?
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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S E2: Core Principle 1 - The Cost-Benefit Principle - The Pros & Cons
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Aug 18, 2020 |
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S E3: Core Principle 2 - The Opportunity Cost Principle - Or What?
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Aug 18, 2020 |
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S E4: Core Principle 3 - The Marginal Principle - Just One More?
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Aug 18, 2020 |
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S E5: Core Principle 4 - The Interdependence Principle - No Decision is an Island
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Aug 18, 2020 |
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S E1: Why Should You Think Like an Economist?
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Aug 04, 2020 |
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Introducing: Think Like An Economist
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Jul 16, 2020 |