The Podlearning teaching technique won second prize in the “Best in Class” Contest at the National Economics Teaching Association‘s 11th annual conference. Watch the video describing the technique below and access instructor resources here.
Podlearning wins “Best in Class” Leave a comment
Why We Work So Much Leave a comment
Link: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/07/24/426017148/episode-641-why-we-work-so-much
Summary: John Maynard Keynes believed that in the future people would work less, he was wrong. The Planet Money team explain the reasons why this has yet to change.
Original Air Date: July 24, 2015
Length: 13 mins 11 sec
Justice Department Investigates Airlines For Possible Price Collusion Leave a comment
Summary: The Justice Department is planning to investigate 4 major airlines for price collusion. Investigators will question whether the airlines restricted supply to maintain higher ticket prices.
Original Air Date: July 2, 2015
Length: 3 minutes 35 seconds
China, China, China Leave a comment
Link: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/09/09/438948679/episode-649-china-china-china
Summary: In this podcast, the Planet Money team attempt to decipher why economic news about China is so popular in the media and if the indicators are something we should worry about including the stock market and economic growth.
Original Air Date: September 9, 2015
Length: 17 minutes 9 seconds
The Last Euro in Greece Leave a comment
Link: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/07/08/421228146/episode-637-the-last-euro-in-greece
Summary: The Planet Money team discusses the role the banks played in the Greek debt crisis and how it affected the Greek people.
Original Air Date: July 8, 2015
Length: 13 minutes 38 seconds
The Anti-Store Leave a comment
Link: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/09/25/443519599/episode-653-the-anti-store
Summary: In this podcast the planet money team dissects the bulk grocery industry of places such as Price Club, Costco, and Jet to see how much the consumer is really saving and how the businesses make a profit from that.
Original Air date: September 23, 2015
Length: 15 minutes and 9 seconds
Trash! Leave a comment
Link: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/03/27/395815221/episode-613-trash
Summary: The Planet Money team investigates the $100 billion industry that is recycling and the downward spiral it has taken due to developments in in other markets.
Original Air Date: March 27, 2015
Length: 13 minutes and 52 seconds
The Curse of the Black Lotus Leave a comment
Link: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/03/11/392381112/episode-609-the-curse-of-the-black-lotus
Summary: Using common goods like magic cards, the NPR team demonstrates market bubbles and how they work as well as how one company deflated theirs.
Original Air Date: March 11, 2015
Length: 16 minutes 56 seconds
This Is The End
Link: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/05/22/408834372/episode-626-this-is-the-end
Summary: The Planet Money team investigates the growing use of machines in all aspects of labor, and examines the potential benefits as well as threats it could pose to society.
Original Air Date: May 22, 2015
Length: 12 minutes 39 seconds
Why Textbook Prices Keep Climbing Leave a comment
Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2014/10/03/353300404/episode-573-why-textbook-prices-keep-climbing
Summary: Something strange is going on in the textbook market. The price has steeply increased over the past decade–and they’re only getting higher. There is a disconnect between the chooser (the professors) and the buyers (the students). Technically, the professor is the consumer, and they’re spending their students’ money. The podcast offers the opposite: high school textbooks, where costs are kept low because the books are paid for by the schools.
Original Air Date: October 3, 2014
Length: 14 minutes 56 seconds
Discussion Question/ Prompt: Propose a solution to the rising textbook price problem. (Example: a price ceiling? professor awareness of prices? incentives for lower prices?)
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