The Pie: An Economics Podcast
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Episodes
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The Pie: An Economics Podcast

by Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago

Category
Social Sciences
Frequency
Every two weeks
Language
English
Economists are always talking about The Pie – how it grows and shrinks, how it’s sliced, and who gets the biggest shares. Join host Tess Vigeland as she talks with leading economists from the University of Chicago about their cutting-edge research and key events of the day. Hear how the economic pie is at the heart of issues like the aftermath of a global pandemic, jobs, energy policy, and more.

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Recent Reviews

I’m done

not quite Publius•9/12/2020

I started listening from episode 1 to see the take on the Pandemic from this group. It had been ok, not great. This episode, about climate change and Indian development, had nothing to do with the pandemic. Besides, why did nuclear energy not even get mentioned. It seems like the only viable way through this and not a peep.

Filter

Gleestr•8/28/2020

You have to learn to filter the bias. Sometimes they do better than others. Episode 20 was a love fest with former Obama economist. The first part was informational and interesting. Then the decline into tribalism at the end. I think working together we can solve problems. If we try only what is tribal truth, we will fail. There are multiple stakeholders and everyone should have a voice. Neither party had foolproof answers for everything, just like economics.

Normally great, but

dmann1000•7/28/2020

Episode 14 is a total miss. A bit less partisan policy and a bit more economics would fit with the premise-

Outstanding and Important.

Mandelman•6/18/2020

I have to tell you that finding this podcast was like finding water in the desert. It has helped me in so many ways to better understand what has happened and may happen. I’ve never reviewed a podcast before, but this one deserves to be noticed.

Review for this episode

Rihanna2773dndj•4/27/2020

4 stars for podcast overall so far just because this podcast was overall good and freakonomics gave it a good plug. Still wish there was slightly less of an interviewy commentary vibe and more of a learn economics vibe like with Freakonomics. I still like how it’s different though so I will happily keep listening and see where it goes from here 😊 But about the cost of a life episode: I’ve heard similar points of view to this episode, and am always left wondering... what is the total blow to the economy because of social distancing? If you added up the amount lost from GDP (from the start of social distancing to October 1) would that be a good estimate of the fallout? Or is there more loss than that? And does all that loss add up to less than $8 trillion, which is what this podcast estimates the cost of social distancing to be from start until October 1?