Platypus Economics with Justin Wolfers

Education Podcasts

From world events to everyday decisions, economics explains it all. Platypus Economics makes it clear, useful, and actually fun.

Episodes

Why Trump's Diesel Export Ban Could Raise Gas Prices | Diving In

What Would It Take to Eliminate Poverty? | The Professor Is In

The Economic Cost of Trump's War on The Press | Diving In

What If We Just Gave Poor People Money?

The Fed Raised Rates. Here's What It's Fighting. | Off The Clock

The Hawk Behind The Hike | The Professor Is In

Understanding The Fed’s Rate Hike Decision | Diving In

The Canadian Boycott is About More than Economics | The Professor Is In

The Hidden Link Between Government Debt and Everyday Credit | Off the Clock

What August’s Inflation Report Means for You

Vote Republican, Get $5,000? | Diving In

How Governments Manipulate Statistics Without Lying | Professor Is In

Hidden Ways the Government Manipulates Data | Diving In

The U.S. Canada Trade War Casts a Much Longer Shadow | Diving In

Why Tariffs Can't Rebuild American Manufacturing | The Professor Is In

The Jobs Report Beat Expectations. Will The Fed Care?

The Bond Sell-Off Isn’t the Scary Part | Diving In

Who Actually Paid for the Trade War? | Diving In

Can You Sanction a Country That's Already Cut Off? | The Professor Is In

The Fed Chair Won't Talk (But Markets Listened Anyway) | Off the Clock