What It Takes To Win The Nobel Prize In Economics
On this episode, Kate and Luigi explain how to win the econ Nobel, why it's important, and they attempted to predict who the 2019 winner might be. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https:/...
10 Okt 201935min
Economic Research: Nothing Precisely or Precisely Nothing?
On this episode, you're going to hear how the sausage gets made in economic research as Kate and Luigi personally investigate whether private equity is to blame for the retail apocalypse. Hosted by Si...
26 Sep 201935min
Should We Let Walmart Regulate Itself?
In the last few weeks, we've seen two examples of seeming corporate self-regulation. One is Walmart's decision to end all handgun ammunition sales, and the other is the four largest automakers going a...
12 Sep 201936min
Shareholders vs. Stakeholders
Many are praising a recent Business Roundtable announcement that corporations should serve stakeholders as well as shareholders. On the surface, this may seem like a historic reversal of the status qu...
29 Aug 201936min
Are Stock Buybacks Evil?
Are stock buybacks evil? A lot of politicians seem to think so. Senators Bernie Sanders and Chuck Schumer wrote an op-ed in the New York Times this year calling for a limit on corporate buybacks. On t...
15 Aug 201935min
Universal Basic Income: Why and How?
If you've been paying attention to Andrew Yang's Democratic presidential campaign, you're probably familiar with the concept of universal basic income. On this episode, Kate and Luigi give the economi...
1 Aug 201940min
The Student Debt Crisis: There's No Such Thing As A Free College
With Democratic presidential candidates making the student debt crisis one of the central issues of the 2020 race, Kate and Luigi give an in-depth economics look at the ideas of free college tuition a...
18 Jul 201937min
The Mickey Mouse Monopoly Club
Last episode, Kate and Luigi discussed how the patent system creates a temporary monopoly designed to make the incentives to innovate. But the real question is does the patent system, and our entire s...
4 Jul 201934min
