Platypus Economics with Justin Wolfers
Platypus EconomicsFrom world events to everyday decisions, economics explains it all. Platypus Economics makes it clear, useful, and actually fun.
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 60 | Founded | 6 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | CoursesEducationScienceSocial Sciences | |||
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In this follow-up to an episode diving in to the federal deficit, Justin Wolfers responds to audience comments and questions including: where are interest payments going? Why can’t the government just print more money? And how do changes in immigrati... more
The Pentagon said the war with Iran has cost Americans $25 billion. But that number only accounts for missiles fired and equipment destroyed. The true cost of war is measured by the future we’ve given up. In this video — my Director’s Cut of an Op-Ed... more
In this episode of Diving In, Justin Wolfers breaks down the economics of the Met Gala using two big ideas from economics: signaling and non-price competition. The basic point is simple: the high price of luxury goods isn't a bug in the system, it's ... more
What actually mattered in this week’s avalanche of economic news? In this conversation, Justin talks to his friend, Stacey Vanek Smith, Senior writer for Bloomberg Businessweek and cohost of the Everybody’s Business podcast. Together, they sort the s... more
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United States7 days ago - Hilarious Ad Placement
😂😂😂 In the Meta Gala episode, Justin goes on a tirade about how realtors don’t do anything useful and spend all their time doing busywork that isn’t transacting real estate. Obviously the next ad is for the National Association of Realtors 😂😂😂
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3.5 min of ads before the content starts, another long line in the middle and minutes at the end - for a 17 minute podcast 5+ are ads the metrics are messed up
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Australia9 days ago - 4! Of the same Ad breaks
Would be very interesting if it wasn’t constantly interrupted by iheart ads for its own podcasts
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Austria9 days ago - New Favorite
I always liked Think Like an Economist, but hadn’t listen to it in a while. This format is a new favorite and going on the regular listening list. I like the spark of curiosity and trying to look at things from lots of different angles.
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