The economy explained. Imagine you could call up a friend and say, "Meet me at the bar and tell me what's going on with the economy." Now imagine that's actually a fun evening.
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Mask Communication
Behavioral economists have helped us smoke less and save more. Can they help us understand why some people won't wear masks, and find ways to get them to want to?
SUMMER SCHOOL 5: Trade & Santa
The economics of free trade and what happens when governments get involved.
College Fails
With a month to go before the fall semester starts, universities are closing due to coronavirus, and also making hard cuts and tradeoffs around remote learning.
SUMMER SCHOOL 4: Pistachios & Scarcity
Learn about scarce resources and the tragedy of the commons from drought-stricken California.
Rest of the Story, Pandemic Edition
Rest of the Story, Pandemic Edition We check in on the people we've met and stories we've covered since this whole thing started. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
SUMMER SCHOOL 3: Profit & Cocaine
In our third class, we take all that we've learned about decisions and markets and bring it to a former drug kingpin. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
BONUS: The Kerner Commission
In 1967, President Johnson created a commission to investigate racial unrest in America. But, the answer they came up with was not the answer he was hoping for. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
Getting Out Of Prison Sooner
Shortening prison sentences might be about morals, but it's definitely about money. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
episode 1015: SUMMER SCHOOL 2: Markets & Pickles
In our second class, we meet our old friends supply and demand and do graphs using only the power of the human voice. Then, we show you how markets can be created anywhere by telling the story of a food bank that had too many pickles and not enough pancake syrup. It's economics to the rescue. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
episode 1014: Hollywood's Black List
In 2005, an anonymous list of the best unmade scripts in Hollywood shook up the movie biz. This episode: how a math-loving, movie nerd solved Hollywood's script problem. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.