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Fantasy Football and Dynamic Baselines: New Tools for Impact Assessment

发表于 2024-10-13 baselines synthetic carbon

In Episode 112 of Bionic Planet, titled "Fantasy Football and Dynamic Baselines: New Tools for Impact Assessment," we unpack the often misunderstood concept of …

Proposed billionaire tax could impact California sports teams

发表于 2026-11-01 ballot teams proposed

The proposed billionaire tax on California's November ballot could slap a one-time 5% levy on wealthy residents, including sports team owners, to raise healthca…

Do immigrants really take jobs and lower wages?

发表于 2024-06-29 planet wages immigrants

We wade into the heated debate over immigrants' impact on the labor market. When the number of workers in a city increases, does that take away jobs from the pe…

Thomas Rustici on Smoot-Hawley and the Great Depression

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Thomas Rustici of George Mason University and author of Lessons from the Great Depression talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the impact of the Smoot-Ha…

David Autor on Trade, China, and U.S. Labor Markets

发表于 2016-03-14 research communities labor

David Autor of MIT talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the fundamentals of trade and his research on the impact on workers and communities from trade wi…

George Borjas on Immigration and We Wanted Workers

发表于 2017-01-30 borjas consumers challenges

George Borjas of Harvard University and author of We Wanted Workers talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about immigration and the challenges of measuring the …

Arnold Kling on Morality, Culture, and Tribalism

发表于 2018-07-02 morality tribalism arnold

Economist and author Arnold Kling talks about the economic impact of culture and morality with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Drawing on a recent essay on the impo…

Judge Glock on Zoning and Local Government

发表于 2022-12-27 sprawl zoning glock

Economic historian Judge Glock talks to EconTalk host Russ Roberts about zoning and the housing market. Glock argues the impact on zoning on housing affordabili…

Tyler Cowen on the Risks and Impact of Artificial Intelligence

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Economist Tyler Cowen of George Mason University talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about the benefits and dangers of artificial intelligence. Cowen argues that…

Elie Hassenfeld on GiveWell

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When then-hedge fund manager Elie Hassenfeld began his philanthropic journey in 2006, he knew that he wanted to get the most charitable bang for his buck. He qu…