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Summer School 5: The many ways governments influence industry
Aug 06, 2025LIVE SHOW: August 18th in Brooklyn. Tickets here. Traditional economics says the market is guided by the forces of supply and demand. Customers decide what they want to buy, and private enterprise r...
Would you trust an economist with your economy?
Aug 02, 2025Trust in experts is down. In all kinds of institutions and professions - in government, in media, in medical science... and lately, economists are feeling the burn acutely. In fact, President Trump ju...
Summer School 4: Who are all these regulations protecting?
Jul 30, 2025LIVE SHOW: August 18th in Brooklyn. Tickets here. There are occasional incentives in business that make it very profitable to do bad things; maybe cheat at the game and steal other people's ideas, o...
The President's Golden Share in U.S. Steel
Jul 25, 2025LIVE SHOW ALERT: August 18th, NYC. Get your tickets here. When news broke that a Japanese company, Nippon Steel, was buying the storied American steel company U.S. Steel, it was still 2023, just befor...
Summer School 3: How government decides what to spend our money on
Jul 23, 2025Although it seems like the government can spend an endless amount of money, it cannot actually do all the things it wants to do. So the big question in this week's lesson is: How do we decide? Why doe...
Why are we so obsessed with manufacturing?
Jul 18, 2025It seems like politicians cannot agree on a lot. But many seem to agree on... manufacturing. Leaders of both political parties have been working to try and make the U.S. a manufacturing powerhouse aga...
Congress has voted to eliminate government funding for public media
Jul 18, 2025Act now to ensure public media remains free and accessible to all. Your donation will help this essential American service survive and thrive. Visit donate.npr.org now. To manage podcast ad preferenc...
Summer School 2: How taxes change behavior and the economy
Jul 16, 2025We all know the government uses taxes to pay for things. But what about using taxes to control behavior? This week on Summer School, Professor Darrick Hamilton of The New School, helps us explore the ...
Made in America
Jul 11, 2025What people might picture when they think of "Made in America" ... might not look like the "Made in America" we have today. The U.S. does have a domestic manufacturing industry, including a garment m...
Summer School 1: A government's role in the economy is to make us all richer
Jul 09, 2025Government. The Big G. We like to imagine the free market and the invisible hand as being independent from political influence. But Nobel laureate, Simon Johnson, says that influence has been there si...