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Price Controls Are Popular Again

New polling shows bipartisan support for price controls, and gives economics teachers a lot to think about.

Aug 27 • Matthew Rousu, Jadrian Wooten, and Economics Happy Hour

1:06:26

When AI Does the Homework, Who Does the Learning?

How we’re using LLMs as teachers, how our students are using them, and why the difference matters.

Aug 14 • Matthew Rousu and Jadrian Wooten

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The Economy by Decade: The 2000s and The Great Recession

Explore how the housing bubble burst, why the financial system nearly collapsed, and why we're still living with the consequences nearly two decades…

Jul 30 • Matthew Rousu, Jadrian Wooten, and Economics Happy Hour

1:02:30

The Economy by Decade: The 2000s (Part 1)

Before the Great Recession took over the story, the decade had already been shaped by globalization, market crashes, 9/11, and a changing labor market.

Jul 16 • Matthew Rousu, Jadrian Wooten, and Economics Happy Hour

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America at 250: What Made the U.S. an Economic Power?

As America celebrates its 250th birthday, we look back at the economic ideas, policies, and institutions that helped shape the country, and ask what…

Jul 2 • Matthew Rousu, Jadrian Wooten, and Economics Happy Hour

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The World Cup Is Making America Look Different

From Buc-ee’s and Waffle House to ticket prices and TV commercials, the World Cup is offering unexpected economics lessons about America.

Jun 18 • Matthew Rousu, Jadrian Wooten, and Economics Happy Hour

Economics Happy Hour

Economics Happy Hour

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