Episode 99: The wrong side of the tracks
May 15, 2026
Eric Chyn discusses the effects of racial segregation on long-run economic outcomes.
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Episode 98: Delivering clean water
April 09, 2026
Fiona Burlig discusses an experiment in rural India that measured the value poor households place on potable water.
Episode 97: A short history of Asian immigration
March 11, 2026
Hannah Postel discusses the evolution of Asian immigration to the United States.
Episode 96: 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.
Episode 95: Diversifying college applications
January 14, 2026
Nageeb Ali and Ran Shorrer discuss the optimal strategy for applying to college.
Episode 94: Targeted supply-side enforcement in the controlled substance market
December 03, 2025
Adam Soliman discusses the effects of crackdowns on prescription opioids.
Episode 93: Technological spillovers
November 05, 2025
Shawn Kantor and Alexander Whalley discuss the long-term effects of public R&D investment made during the Cold War–era space race.
Episode 92: Housing supply skepticism
October 08, 2025
Christopher Elmendorf discusses the views of the US public on the housing market.
Episode 91: Reviewing residential segregation
September 11, 2025
Trevon Logan and John Parman discuss the meaning of segregation and how it has shaped US history.
Episode 90: Understanding the US net foreign asset position
August 13, 2025
Andrew Atkeson discusses changes in how much the United States is indebted to the rest of the world.