Episodes (Page 16)
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Recent research suggests full-time remote work may be less productive than previously thought, contradicting earlier pandemic-era assumptions
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Economics Job Market Rumors website serves as anonymous forum for discussions about academia but hosts toxic, racist, and sexist posts
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1990s advertisements created memorable jingles and slogans that defined an era of brand marketing strategy
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U.S. Treasury market represents America's economic superpower, allowing the government to borrow cheaply for nearly any purpose
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Doctors and hospitals continue using pagers despite cell phones rendering them obsolete decades ago
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First indicator examines how economic changes transformed a UK iconic affordable food staple into a luxury item
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Consumer sentiment remains surprisingly low despite strong economic fundamentals like low unemployment and inflation
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Oregon faces marijuana oversupply crisis with farmers producing 8.8 million pounds against only 4 million residents
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Holiday turkey demand increases 750% around Thanksgiving, yet whole turkey prices actually fall about 20% during this period
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Contemporary bestselling novelists Min Jin Lee, Emily St. John Mandel, and Hernan Diaz weave economics and finance into literary fiction
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China's real estate sector fueled decades of extraordinary economic growth but recently stalled, raising global economic concerns
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Authors including Douglas Preston and George R.R. Martin sue OpenAI for allegedly using their copyrighted novels to train ChatGPT
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Two economists step outside armchair theorizing to experience economic phenomena they've studied but never personally encountered
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FTC Chair Lina Khan, whose 2017 law school article 'Amazon's Antitrust Paradox' went viral in policy circles, now enforces antitrust as regulator
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Deep dive into antitrust law history beginning with John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil over 100 years ago
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Buffets demonstrate multiple economic concepts including adverse selection, sunk costs, and diminishing marginal returns in action
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Around 900 U.S. school districts (7% of all districts) have adopted four-day school weeks to attract teachers without cutting pay
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Union membership in the U.S. is declining despite record public support for unions, revealing challenges in the unionization process
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Explores how economic health is measured through indicators like GDP, inflation, and unemployment, revealing the government agencies and methods behind these crucial statistics
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Comedian Maria Bamford negotiated her university commencement fee from zero to $10,000 and donated it to students with debt