Episode 102: The economics of sanctioning a petrostate
July 29, 2026
Lukasz Rachel and Catherine Wolfram discuss the G7 price cap on Russian oil and why it defied textbook predictions.
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Episode 101: Views on the dollar shortage controversy
July 02, 2026
Harris Dellas and George Tavlas discuss the postwar dollar shortage debate between Charles Kindleberger and Milton Friedman.
Episode 100: Environmental market design
June 03, 2026
Will Rafey discusses how contracts to remediate or restore Florida’s wetlands generated billions in gains from trade, but also increased total regional flood damage.
Episode 99: The wrong side of the tracks
May 15, 2026
Eric Chyn discusses the effects of racial segregation on long-run economic outcomes.
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.