Research Highlights Podcast

Views on the dollar shortage controversy

July 2, 2026

Harris Dellas and George Tavlas discuss the postwar dollar shortage debate between Charles Kindleberger and Milton Friedman.

Research Highlights Podcast

A short history of Asian immigration

March 11, 2026

Hannah Postel discusses the evolution of Asian immigration to the United States.

Research Highlights Podcast

W. E. B. Du Bois and the history of marginalism

February 11, 2026

Daniel Kuehn discusses key insights in marginalist wage theory developed by W. E. B. Du Bois when he was a Harvard graduate student.

Research Highlights Podcast

Housing supply skepticism

October 8, 2025

Christopher Elmendorf discusses the views of the US public on the housing market.

Research Highlights Podcast

Measuring US income inequality

July 16, 2025

Matthieu Gomez discusses income inequality and why it has increased in recent years.

Research Highlights Podcast

Understanding international approaches to drug pricing

June 11, 2025

Margaret Kyle discusses how different countries regulate the price of pharmaceuticals and lessons for the United States.

Research Highlights Podcast

America’s public safety net

March 19, 2025

Christopher Howard discusses the history of public assistance and social insurance in the United States.

Research Highlights Podcast

The returns to industrial policy

January 23, 2025

Panle Jia Barwick and Myrto Kalouptsidi discuss how China subsidized its rise to becoming the world’s leading shipbuilder.

Research Highlights Podcast

Service quality in the financial advisory industry

December 17, 2024

Mark Egan discusses the extent of misconduct among financial advisers and the reasons for its persistence in the industry.

Research Highlights Podcast

Assessing the Effects of the 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act

November 20, 2024

Eric Zwick discusses the impact of the TCJA on the tax code and the economy.