A lively conversation about today's news for economics students. In the length of a cup of coffee, Michael Mandel (author of "Economics: The Basics") and Sean Flynn (co-author of "Economics: Principles, Problems, and Policies" and "Economics for Dummies") cheerfully tackle the current events questions that economics students (and those that wish they were economics students) might be wondering about.
Inflation is back--but for how long? Mike Mandel and Sean Flynn discuss the latest wave of inflation, and what might happen next.
20 Apr 2021
Infrastructure economics
President Biden has proposed a big infrastructure spending package. Mike Mandel and Sean Flynn talk about the economics of infrastructure.
24 Mar 2021
The Economics of Fiscal Stimulus
Michael Mandel and Sean Flynn discuss the impact of President Biden's $1.9 trillion fiscal stimulus package.
18 Feb 2021
The Economics of Vaccines
Michael Mandel and Sean Flynn discuss the economics of developing the Covid vaccines.
9 Nov 2020
Price Discrimination and the Covid Economy
Michael Mandel talks with Michael Baye and Jeff Prince, authors of Managerial Economics & Business Strategy, about price discrimination in the Covid Economy.
9 Nov 2020
The Covid Recession and the Stock Market
Michael Mandel and Sean Flynn discuss the link between the Covid Recession and the stock market. What do the ups and downs of the market mean for the economy and the ordinary person?
7 Sept 2020
Explaining Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's Big Speech: The Fed's New Approach to Inflation and Monetary Policy
Michael Mandel and Sean Flynn explain Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's big speech on New Economic Challenges and the Fed's Monetary Policy Review (August 27, 2020). They discuss the Fed's new approach to inflation and monetary policy, and how it matters to economics students.
7 Sept 2020
An Unplanned Experiment: How the Economic Response to Covid-19 Affected the Environment
We talk with Martha Field, co-author of Environmental Economics: An Introduction, about the pandemic's impact on the environment.
30 Aug 2020
Covid Recession Versus The Great Depression
The pandemic has plunged the economy into a Covid Recession. Mike Mandel and Sean Flynn discuss why the Covid Recession is different from the Great Depression of 1929, and how government policy has changed.
24 Aug 2020
Making Sense of the July 2020 GDP Report
Textbook authors Michael Mandel and Sean Flynn explain the July 2020 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) report, and what it means for the economy and for economics students.
24 Aug 2020
Will Central Banks Adopt Digital Currencies?
Bitcoin and other "cryptocurrencies" are getting a lot of attention these days. Will central banks like the Federal Reserve adopt their own digital currencies? Michael Mandel interviews Steve Cecchetti and Kermit Schoenholtz, authors of the textbook, Money, Banking and Financial Markets, about the plusses and minuses of central bank digital currencies. They explain the economics central bank digital currencies, and why they are a bad idea for most countries.
24 Aug 2020
The Covid Supply and Demand Shock
The Covid pandemic caused some of the fastest, biggest shifts of supply and demand curves in history. Textbook authors Michael Mandel and Sean Flynn explains what it all means
18 Aug 2020
Covid Shutdown!
Economic textbook authors Michael Mandel and Sean Flynn discuss how restaurants, casinos and other businesses are making shutdown decisions during the pandemic.
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