From Asia, with Skills and Aspirations | Steven Davis, Gaurav Khanna | Hoover Institution
The United States has looked to Asia for software developers, scientists, engineers, and physicians in recent decades. How has that worked out for Americans? For other countries? Immigrants from five...
28 Jan 56min
The Licensing Racket, and How to Fix It | Steven Davis, Rebecca Haw Allensworth | Hoover Institution
The U.S. occupational licensing system is riddled with problems and conflicts of interest. How can we fix it? Rebecca Allensworth joins Steven Davis to talk about her new book on occupational licensin...
28 Jan 54min
Cool New Work on Remote Work | Steven Davis, Nicholas Bloom | Hoover Institution
Nicholas Bloom joins Steven Davis to discuss cool new research presented at the annual Hoover-SIEPR conference on remote work: How much do employers save on wages when they let employees work from hom...
10 Des 202538min
Inflation: A View from the FOMC | Steven Davis, Jeffrey Schmid | Hoover Institution
Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) member Jeffrey Schmid speaks with Steven Davis about inflation, labor market conditions, and US monetary policy. They discuss the state of the economy, the thinkin...
24 Nov 202542min
Why Some Highly Educated Women Choose to Have Many Children | Steven Davis, Catherine Pakaluk | Hoover Institution
Steven Davis speaks to Catherine Pakaluk, author of an audacious book on highly educated American women who choose to have many children. How do these women explain and understand their choices to hav...
5 Nov 202553min
How Do Small Towns Grow? | Steven Davis, Tom Barkin | Hoover Institution
Richmond Fed President, Tom Barkin, joins Steven Davis to consider what it takes for small towns to prosper, and why it matters for families and communities. They also discuss how policymakers and civ...
15 Okt 202520min
Construction Productivity: Strange and Awful | Steven Davis, Austan Goolsbee | Hoover Institution
Austan Goolsbee joins Steven Davis to consider “The Strange and Awful Path of Productivity in the U.S. Construction Sector.” Strange because construction productivity has stagnated for decades. Awful ...
1 Okt 202517min
Why So Few Births? | Steven Davis, Claudia Goldin | Hoover Institution
Claudia Goldin joins Steven Davis to discuss the “The Downside of Fertility,” her essay presented at the 2025 Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium. She offers an explanation for why fertility rates ...
17 Sep 202544min
