EconoFact Chats

266 - The Challenges Facing Federal Fiscal Lifelines

265 - The Long Shadow of Gender Discrimination in Hiring

264 - Online Prediction Markets: Benefits, Costs, and Regulation

263 - Cross Purposes in Dollar Policies

262 - Inflation, the Fed, Tariffs, and AI: Making Sense of the Economy Heading into the Midterms

261 - AI and National Debt

260 - Real Finds Podcast: Why Everything You Believe About Trade Deficits Is Wrong

259 - The Economy and the Tenuously Resilient Consumer

258 - Artificial Intelligence and Jobs

257 - Taxing the Great Wealth Transfer

256 - On High and Rising Debt

255 - Making Sense of Economic Cross Currents

254 - How to Win a Trade War (Re-broadcast)

253 - Demographic Headwinds: Fewer Babies, Longer Lives, and What it means for the Economy

252 - AI, Immigration, and Fed Independence: Understanding the Risks Facing the US Economy

251 - The Challenge of Energy Security (Re-broadcast)

250 - The Cost of Politicizing Economic Statistics

249 - The Rise and Fall of Global Currencies

248 - On AI in Finance

247 - Capitalism Through the Centuries

246 - The Doom Loop

245 - Managing AI Risks (Re-broadcast)

244 - The Economic Consequences of the Iran War

243 - The Risks and Rewards from International Supply Chains

242 - The War in Iran, Oil, and the Global Economy (Re-broadcast)

241 - The US Economy at a Time of Disruptions: War, Oil, Tariffs, and the Fed

240 - Crime and Punishment (and Rehabilitation)

239 - The Uneven Economy

238 - The Economic Policies of the Second Trump Administration

237 - The Rising Costs of Housing

236 - Is There an Affordability Crisis?

235 - Lessons from a Decade into Brexit

234 - The Risks of Politicizing the Federal Reserve (Re-broadcast)

233 - A Changing Economic Geography (Re-broadcast)

232 - The Uncertain and Uneven Economy

231 - Capitalism and Its Critics

230 - "Vibes" Meet Reality? Consumer Sentiment, Wage Stagnation, Tariffs, and Inflation

229 - Assessing the Impact of the 'Liberation Day' Tariffs

228 - On Debt, Fiscal Crises, and AI (Re-broadcast)

227 - Can Government Support Reduce Child Poverty?

226 - The United States’ Role in a Changing International Economy

225 - Fixing Personal Finance

224 - Helping Young Adults Thrive

223 - Immigration Enforcement in the U.S.

222 - Retreat from Globalization? Current U.S. Policies and Historical Precedents

221 - The Impact of Tariffs on Prices

220 - Taking Stock of the Economy: Fed Independence, Tariff Uncertainty, and a Shrinking Workforce

219 - The U.S. Economy: Still the “Envy of the World”?

218 - The Hazards of a Zero Sum Mindset

217 - Foreign Students and U.S. Higher Education (Re-broadcast)

216 - Is Dollar Dominance Durable? (Re-broadcast)

215 - Can Manufacturing Still Provide Inclusive Growth? (Re-broadcast)

214 - Covering What Matters in Economic Journalism

213 - Understanding the Rise and Risks of Stablecoins

212 - Dissecting the Budget Bill

211 - Throttling Back: The Long and Short-run Economic Effects of Continued Uncertainty

210 - Child Well-being in the United States

209 - The Role of America's Top Financial Diplomat

208 - Unpacking Tariff Uncertainty, the Budget Bill, and a Debt Downgrade

207 - The Consequences of Tighter Work Requirements for SNAP

206 - Trade, Tariffs, the Dollar and the World Economy

205 - The Significance and Solvency of Social Security

204 - The Stock Market, The Economy, and Your Finances

203 - Treasury Bonds, Safe Havens, and Financial Stress

202 - Long Run Fiscal Solvency and Its Consequences

201 - Looking Ahead to the 2025 Economy

200 - Tariffs, Immigration, and DOGE: Assessing the Policies of Trump 2.0

199 - The Vital Importance of Good Economic Statistics (Re-broadcast)

198 - Costs of Corruption

197 - The State of Health Insurance in America

196 - On the Economics, Geopolitics and Technological Challenges of AI

195 - Can We Mitigate Climate Disasters?

194 - Rethinking Global Governance

193 - Principles of Economics: Insights for Better Policy (Re-broadcast)

192 - The Challenges of Trump's Economic Plans

191 - Home Insurance in an Era of Climate Change

190 - Has Working from Home Given Way to Return to Office?

189 - Analyzing the 2024 Presidential Election

188 - Winners and Losers from Technological Change (Re-broadcast)

187 - The Japanese Economy: Robust to Anemic, but Now Recovering?

186 - The Presidential Candidates’ Economic Policies

185 - The Economic Impact of Immigration on the United States

184 - Turning a Corner on the Opioid Crisis?

183 - What Populists Don't Understand About Tariffs (but economists do) (Re-broadcast)

182 - Immigration and Deportation (Re-broadcast)

181 - The Next President’s Economic Policies

180 - Is a Major Tax Change Coming?

179 - Generative AI’s Disruption: Is this Time Really Different?

178 - On Charitable Giving and Effective Altruism

177 - The Macroeconomics of the Outcome of the Election

176 - A Brief History of Globalization

175 - Immigration and the Economy (Re-broadcast)

174 - Poverty in America

173 - The CHIPS Act and Onshoring Semiconductor Production

172 - Tariffs: Jobs, Prices, and Retaliation (Re-broadcast)

171 - The U.S. and China: Trade and Trade Wars

170 - The Economics of EV Adoption

169 - An Economist's Take on the Circular Economy

168 - Economic Sanctions as a Foreign Policy Tool