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The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics at the University of Chicago (BFI) serves as a hub for cutting-edge analysis and research across the entire UChicago economics community to uncover new ways of thinking about the field. Featuring conversations and lectures from premier BFI events, this podcast explores the latest economic insights and trends from leading voices in policy, business, the media, and academia, revealing how rigorous thinking shapes our understanding of the world.
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Lessons from Pandemic Unemployment Benefits: When Government Generosity Becomes Necessity from 2023-09-05T10:00
The U.S. government swung into action when the ranks of the pandemic unemployed swelled almost beyond recognition. Three years on, economists are continuing to study the effects of the largest incr...
ListenThe Hidden Economic Forces That Determine How Much You Earn from 2023-08-22T10:00
How much effect do government policies have on doctors’ wages? And when those wages are high, does it drive inequality in other jobs? And how does Taylor Swift factor in? Or Beyoncé? Joshua D. Gott...
ListenA Case for Public School Choice? Lessons from Los Angeles from 2023-08-08T10:00
When the Los Angeles Unified School District combined some neighborhood high schools into Zones of Choice, schools had to compete for students. The result? Achievement gaps narrowed, and more kids ...
ListenDo You Even Crypto, Bro? from 2023-07-25T10:00
The use of cryptocurrency is on the rise, but who exactly is on the bandwagon? Chicago Booth’s Michael Weber has examined the crypto market – who’s in it, why they believe in it, and what it might ...
ListenSocial Distancing in 2023: The Economic Costs of Lingering COVID Fears from 2023-07-11T10:00
Many, if not most, citizens of working age have gone back to their jobs in the three-plus years since the start of the pandemic – but not everybody has. Part of the reason is a lingering fear about...
ListenHarvesting Green Investments: The Promise and Perils of ESG from 2023-06-27T10:00
In the stock market, we all want to do well, but for some investors it’s also important to do good. In this episode, Chicago Booth’s Lubos Pastor joins to discuss his research on sustainable invest...
ListenHow Debt Relief Raised Debts: The Untold Story of the Student Loan Moratorium from 2023-06-06T10:00
Did borrowers and the American economy benefit from the federal government’s 2020 student debt moratorium? The picture is complicated according to new research from UChicago Economics’ Michael Dine...
ListenQuid Pro Vote: The Politics and Economics of Vote-Buying from 2023-05-30T14:38:08
Vote-buying, or influencing voters’ decisions through favors or gifts, is pervasive in areas such as Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. UC Berkeley’s Frederico Finan, the TC Liu Distinguish...
ListenCan ChatGPT Describe Company Performance Better than… the Company? from 2023-05-16T10:00
The number of ways we can use AI is exploding, and it’s expected to change how entire industries function. Chicago Booth economist Maximilian Muhn and PhD student Alex Kim studied whether ChatGPT c...
ListenMisperceived Truths: Global Support for Women in the Workplace is More Than You Might Think from 2023-05-03T10:00
Around the world, people underestimate support for basic women's rights. In new research, UChicago Economics' Leonardo Bursztyn documents these misperceptions and shows how they restrict women's pr...
ListenInflation: The Good, The Bad, and the Baffling from 2023-04-18T10:00
Nobody ever wants to pay more for anything, especially when prices rise drastically – but can inflationary episodes be good for the economy? Harris Policy’s Carolin Pflueger joins The Pie to discus...
ListenSometimes Bigger IS Better: The Case for Bringing Rural Healthcare to Urban Hospitals from 2023-04-04T10:00
When rural patients need care that local medical facilities can’t provide, what’s the best way to ensure they get the care they need? Economists Jonathan Dingel and Joshua Gottlieb, Co-Director of ...
ListenSocial Media Algorithms: How You’re Curating a Biased News Feed from 2023-03-21T10:00
Social media behaviors, moving at an ever faster pace, may not reflect what users really want, according to new research from economists Sendhil Mullainathan (Chicago Booth) and Amanda Agan (Rutger...
ListenEvaluating US Healthcare 3 Years after Lockdown from 2023-03-07T11:00
At the third anniversary of COVID-19 lockdowns, this episode takes a look at ongoing healthcare market failures and the pandemic’s role in making them plain. Katherine Baicker, healthcare economist...
ListenScavenging for Answers: The Human Toll of Vulture Population Collapse from 2023-02-21T11:00
What can vultures and economics tell us about the cost of losing a keystone species? New research from environmental economist Eyal Frank of the Harris School of Public Policy explores the social a...
ListenLaw of Unintended Consequences: Welfare Reform and Crime from 2023-02-07T11:00
Does welfare prevent crime — and offset its cost to taxpayers? UChicago economist Manasi Deshpande joins to discuss her novel research studying the criminal justice outcomes of youth removed from s...
ListenEconomics of Discrimination: How to Measure Systemic Injustices from 2023-01-24T11:00
How can discrimination by race, gender, or other factors be measured – especially when its causes may be systemic in nature? Chicago Booth’s Alex Imas studies behavioral science and economics, and ...
ListenWhat Drives Racial Differences in Speeding Tickets and Fines? from 2023-01-10T11:00
New research finds minorities are 24-33% more likely to be stopped for speeding and will pay 23-34% more in fines, relative to a white driver traveling the exact same speed. UChicago economists Joh...
ListenChina Faltering? Why the End of Zero Covid Won’t Fix Its Economic Problems from 2022-12-13T11:00
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ListenEconomic Warfare: Are Russian Sanctions Working? from 2022-11-30T11:00
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ListenFighting Inflation: Is the Fed’s Work Just Beginning? from 2022-11-15T11:00
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ListenTax vs Ban: The Unexpected Results on Gun Sales from 2022-11-01T10:00
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ListenCOVID and Schools: Elementary Lessons from 2022-10-27T19:32:47
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ListenWFH… Gone Global from 2022-10-19T21:14:47
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ListenWFH… Gone Global from 2022-10-19T21:14:47
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ListenCan Economics Save the World? A Panel Discussion with 2019 Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee from 2019-12-19T19:55:42
The United States is facing a range of challenging policy issues, from trade to inequality to climate change. The good news is that academic economists are doing cutting-edge work to help solve the...
ListenCrony Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics, Featuring Chang-Tai Hsieh from 2019-03-07T15:50:45
The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics (BFI), the Chicago Economics Society (CES), and the Booth Alumni Club of Washington, DC, welcomed Chang-Tai Hsieh, Phyllis and Irwin Winkelried Professor...
ListenFriedman Forum: How Do Individuals Repay Their Debt, Featuring Neale Mahoney from 2019-03-07T15:37:36
When faced with debt across multiple credit cards, do people pay down their balances in a way that makes financial sense? On February 1, BFI hosted Chicago Booth Professor Neale Mahoney for a Fried...
ListenA Conversation with Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler from 2018-11-19T16:05:19
Traditional economics assumes rational actors. In daily decision-making, however, we all make decisions influenced by our biases and beliefs, whether which car to buy or who to vote for at the poll...
ListenBecker Brown Bag: Learning From Data, Featuring Steve Levitt from 2018-11-19T16:05:05
Chicago Booth Professor Steve Levitt, co-author of Freakonomics, discussed modern data science techniques at BFI's latest Becker Brown Bag talk.
ListenDiscussion Section Uncut: Nancy Stokey from 2017-12-18T23:01:53
In this episode, Murphy talks with Nancy Stokey, The Frederick Henry Prince Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, about the transformative effects that technology has on economies.
ListenEconomics Amplified: Rick Evans on How Computer Science is Transforming Economics from 2016-10-12T19:55:50
Richard Evans is a Senior Fellow in Computational Social Science at the University of Chicago, and Fellow here at the institute. Evans sees immense potential in the methods, practices, and even wor...
ListenDiscussion Section Uncut: Edward Lazear from 2016-09-19T23:10:32
Edward P. Lazear is a labor economist and a founder of the field known as personnel economics. His research centers on employee incentives, promotions, compensation and productivity in firms. In th...
ListenEconomics Amplified: Building Policy Beyond Best Intentions from 2016-08-01T14:45:46
Amanda Agan is interested in the ways that laws and regulations play out inthe real world, often yielding unintended consequences. She visited the institute this spring and spoke about her recent w...
ListenDiscussion Section Uncut with Kevin Murphy and Casey Mulligan from 2016-06-23T22:01:35
In this episode, Kevin Murphy talks with Casey Mulligan, professor in economics at the University of Chicago. Mulligan examines microeconomic trends, including labor, through a macroeconomic lens, ...
ListenDiscussion Section Uncut with Manasi Deshpande and Kevin Murphy from 2016-06-16T16:38:58
Manasi Deshpande is an emerging expert in how social insurance programs shape the outcomes of their recipients. In this episode, she and Kevin Murphy discuss the importance of empirical measurement...
ListenDiscussion Section with Kevin Murphy and Chad Syverson from 2016-04-01T21:48:05
In this episode, Murphy gets concrete with Chad Syverson, the J. Baum Harris Professor of Economics at Chicago Booth, about how his engineering background influences his approach to economics, unde...
ListenDiscussion Section with Kevin Murphy and Mohammad Akbarpour from 2016-04-01T21:46:36
In this episode, Murphy and Muhammad Akbarpour, a Becker Friedman Institute Research Fellow, examine the opportunities that surround the development of an international kidney exchange market, the ...
ListenDiscussion Section with Kevin Murphy and Steve Davis from 2016-03-28T22:10:09
In this episode, Murphy talks with Steven Davis, William H. Abbott Professor of International Business and Economics at Chicago Booth, explore labor market trends from the employer side and talk ab...
ListenDiscussion Section with Kevin Murphy and James Heckman from 2016-03-28T22:10:09
In this episode, Murphy and James Heckman, Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, delve into the topic of human capital, focusing on how both educa...
ListenDiscussion Section with Kevin Murphy and Erik Hurst from 2016-03-28T22:10:09
In this episode, Murphy talks with Erik Hurst, V. Duane Rath Professor of Economics and the John E. Jeuck Faculty Fellow at Chicago Booth, to explore Hurst's perspective on the possible common grou...
ListenDiscussion Section with Kevin Murphy and José Scheinkman from 2016-03-28T22:10:09
In this episode, Murphy and José Scheinkman, a former UChicago faculty member and department chair now at Columbia University and Princeton University, elaborate on the experience of being an econo...
ListenDiscussion Section with Kevin Murphy and Benjamin Brooks from 2016-03-28T21:59:33
In this episode, Murphy talks with Benjamin Brooks, a Becker Friedman Institute Research Fellow, about what drew Brooks to economics as his field of research, the nuances of understanding game theo...
ListenEconomics Amplified: Measuring Long Term Outcomes of Social Insurance Programs from 2016-03-23T18:42:47
In this episode, we speak with Manasi Deshpande, who currently works at the Institute as a postdoctoral research fellow leading up to joining the UChicago Economics Department as an assistant profe...
ListenEconomics Amplified: When Game Theory Gets Complicated from 2015-11-17T21:12:35
In today’s episode we talk with Ben Brooks, a research fellow at the Becker Friedman Institute interested in how incomplete information complicates classical game theory.This summer, Brooks organiz...
ListenEconomics Amplified: Crafting Policy to Face an Uncertain World from 2015-07-14T20:59:41
In this episode, we speak with David Weisbach and Jennifer Nou of the University of Chicago Law School, as well as Alan Sanstad of the Computation Institute and The University of Chicago Harris Sch...
ListenEconomics Amplified: Reflecting on Writing a Handbook of Macroeconomics from 2015-06-19T16:40:48
John Taylor and Harald Uhlig recount a recent series of conference aimed at codifying the most important principles guiding modern macroeconomic analysis.Music is by Boris Mann 2, whom you can list...
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