"We're Running a 20th Century Operating System on a 21st Century Economy — And It's Crashing"
What happens when five completely unrelated thinkers, writing across five different decades, all point to the exact same moment in history as a coming crisis point...and that moment is now?Samuel Hunt...
2 Jul 1h 5min
The Man Who Turned Down $1.3 Million to Stay in School — And Changed Medicine Forever
What does it actually take to solve a scientific puzzle that stumped researchers for fifty years — and why are the same AI tools that cracked it still getting basic financial math catastrophically wro...
25 Jun 1h 20min
The Regime We Were Supposed to Topple Just Got Stronger
What if everything you've been told about the new Iran deal — and what "winning" the war even meant — is built on a comparison that doesn't hold up, and a strategic outcome that's the opposite of what...
25 Jun 1h 7min
The $83 Billion Scam Hidden Inside Medicare (And the Economist Who Proved It)
What if the system designed to protect your health in retirement was actually engineered (from the inside) to profit from keeping you confused, underserved, and locked out of the care you've already p...
9 Jun 58min
Are Netanyahu's Policies Reshaping Israel For the Better Or Worse?
Can Israel reverse its political and social trajectory as elections approach amid ongoing wars and rising international isolation? Economics Matters co-host, Alex Kotlikoff, reunites with Israel's mos...
21 Mai 51min
Andrew Fesiak's Update on the Ukraine War
Andrew Fesiak rejoins Economics Matters with reassuring news about the war in Ukraine. As I'm traveling in Europe until early June, my son and occasional co-host, Alex, interviews Andrew. This is And...
8 Mai 1h 3min
Kevin Esler Returns to Build You A TIPS Ladder
Forget what Wall Street says, risky investing is an option, not a starting point when it comes to your financial plan. No investment is perfectly safe and Economics Matters does not provide investment...
30 Mar 1h 8min
