The Pie: An Economics Podcast
Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago
4.2from 197 ratings
- 139
- Episodes
- 82
- Transcribed
- 197
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 1M
- YouTube views
About The Pie: An Economics Podcast
Economists are always talking about The Pie – how it grows and shrinks, how it’s sliced, and who gets the biggest shares. Join host Tess Vigeland as she talks with leading economists from the University of Chicago about their cutting-edge research and key events of the day. Hear how the economic pie is at the heart of issues like the aftermath of a global pandemic, jobs, energy policy, and more.
- Publisher
- Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago
- Category
- education · news · science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 24 Nov 2020
- Latest episode
- 27 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
82 of 139 episodes have a transcript.
27 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Do Age Verification Laws Work? Evidence from Adult Websites
13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Everywhere Millionaire: Who's Really Rich in America
29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why Your Raise Didn't Keep Up with Inflation
Inside a recent episode
Do Age Verification Laws Work? Evidence from Adult Websites
Published 27 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Um, one of those is that, you know, kind of, as I said, in practice, most people, you know, I guess when you look at the industry data, the websites tell us that when they try to implement age verification with driver's license uploads, very few people follow through on that. […]
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- Matthew Brown
- Eric Zwick
- Erik Hurst
- Christina Patterson
- Leonardo Bursztyn
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- YouTube views
- 1,095,572
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.1 / 5
- 177 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 20 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 79 / 100
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- Quality
- 82
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 99
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