Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/07/16/202660132/episode-473-top-of-the-charts-econ-remix
Summary: A consideration of changes in the music industry, including different strategies that artists and record companies are using to try to maximize their profits. Ends with a discussion of the importance of efficient use of resources in this market.
Length: 21:51 min
Original air date: July 16, 2013
Summary: Discusses an immigrant woman’s ability to live below the poverty line while also utilizing all the resources available to her to provide the best life to her young son. Discusses whether transfer payments are good or bad investments.
Length: 22:17 min
Original air date: May 24, 2013
Link: http://www.freakonomics.com/2011/02/18/freakonomics-radio-why-cities-rock/
Summary: Edward Glaeser, professor of Economics at Harvad University and author of the book Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier explains the importance of urban cities and the positive effects they produce for our overall wellbeing.
Original Air Date: February 18, 2011
Length: 17 min
Summary: To what extent would the world change if economists ran the world? The podcast interviews Estonian prime minister, Mart Laar, who revamped his economy based on the teachings of Milton Friedman; and Friedman’s grandson, Patri Friedman, who want to build cities in the middle of the ocean.
Original Air Date: March 24, 2010
Length: 20 min
Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/12/18/167265874/episode-424-how-much-is-a-firefighter-worth
Summary: A look at how changing building codes, etc. have changed the risk of fires and so impacted the market for firefighters. Considers challenges in current public policy around fire fighting, including whether policies reflect the current market.
Original air date: December 18, 2012
Length: 19:21
Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/06/15/155135781/episode-379-does-medicaid-actually-help-people
Summary: NPR interviews Katherine Baicker, a health economist at Harvard University to discuss questions concerning the efficiency of Medicaid in relation to its cost and implementation.
Original air date: June 15, 2012
Length: 14:38 min
Summary: Sheilagh Ogilvie, an economic historian at Cambridge University, outlines the importance of guilds in the 16th century and how their political and economic structures parallel modern workplaces and markets.
Original air date: March 27, 2012
Length: 30:15 min
Link: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2012/06/moretti_on_jobs.html
Summary: Enrico Moretti, author of The New Geography of Jobs explains how economic success has spillover effects from educated workers in forms of wages and jobs.
Original air date: June 25, 2012
Length: 1:11
Link: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2011/08/satz_on_markets.html
Summary: Debra Satz, Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University, argues about the vagueness of efficiency in markets and the resulting impact on the economic, social and political spheres of society.
Original air date: August 8, 2011
Length: 1:02
Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/12/23/144195081/the-friday-podcast-why-economists-hate-gifts
Summary: An economic consideration of the holiday season with economist Joel Waldfogel. Includes an experiment distributing candy randomly to students and allowing a candy exchange.
Original Air Date: December 23, 2011
Length 17:15
Main story content begins: 2:52
audioecon 