The Hidden Link Between Government Debt and Everyday Credit | Off the Clock
Why does the bond market matter more than the stock market for your wallet? Justin Wolfers and Bloomberg Businessweek columnist Stacey Vanek Smith take on August's inflation report, the rising odds th...
12 Sep 50min
What August’s Inflation Report Means for You
Inflation is stuck at 3.4% and prices are outrunning your paycheck. Here's what August really showed.The August inflation report just landed, and Justin Wolfers walks you through what it means for you...
11 Sep 14min
Vote Republican, Get $5,000? | Diving In
Is the promise real, and who actually pays for it?At a midterm campaign rally Wednesday night, President Trump promised every adult American citizen a $5,000 check, but only if Republicans win both th...
10 Sep 17min
How Governments Manipulate Statistics Without Lying | Professor Is In
Can you still trust the jobs numbers after Commerce dropped its ban on political interference?In August the Commerce Department quietly crossed out the rules that shielded official statistics from pol...
10 Sep 19min
Hidden Ways the Government Manipulates Data | Diving In
How the government can rig official statistics without ever faking a single number. A few sentences vanished from a Commerce Department directive — and almost no one noticed. In this episode of Diving...
9 Sep 21min
The U.S. Canada Trade War Casts a Much Longer Shadow | Diving In
Canada just retaliated against President Trump's latest tariffs, and everyone wants to know how big the hit will be. Economist Justin Wolfers walks you through the whole U.S. Canada trade war, and lan...
8 Sep 26min
Why Tariffs Can't Rebuild American Manufacturing | The Professor Is In
Why did Trump's tariffs fail? It's a competence problem, not just a trade-theory problem.Economist Justin Wolfers answers your questions about why the Trump administration's tariffs earned straight F'...
5 Sep 22min
The Jobs Report Beat Expectations. Will The Fed Care?
The economy added 162,000 jobs in August — far above the 50,000 to 60,000 Wall Street expected — and Justin Wolfers is smiling, because this is genuinely good news. Unemployment sits at a low 4.1%, an...
4 Sep 13min
