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Platypus Economics with Justin Wolfers

Platypus Economics with Justin Wolfers

Justin Wolfers 171 - The Canadian Boycott is About More than Economics | The Professor Is In

From world events to everyday decisions, economics explains it all. Platypus Economics makes it clear, useful, and actually fun.

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Published 14 Sep 2026

Duration 20:07

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The Canadian Boycott is About More than Economics | The Professor Is In

The Hidden Link Between Government Debt and Everyday Credit | Off the Clock

What August’s Inflation Report Means for You

Vote Republican, Get $5,000? | Diving In

How Governments Manipulate Statistics Without Lying | Professor Is In

Hidden Ways the Government Manipulates Data | Diving In

The U.S. Canada Trade War Casts a Much Longer Shadow | Diving In

Why Tariffs Can't Rebuild American Manufacturing | The Professor Is In

The Jobs Report Beat Expectations. Will The Fed Care?

The Bond Sell-Off Isn’t the Scary Part | Diving In

Who Actually Paid for the Trade War? | Diving In

Can You Sanction a Country That's Already Cut Off? | The Professor Is In

The Fed Chair Won't Talk (But Markets Listened Anyway) | Off the Clock

Why the BLS Guardrails Held — and the Census Bureau's Failed | The Professor Is In

Economics For All Your Decisions In Life - From Romance to Retirement

Useful Economics in Everyday Life

A Conversation with Emily Oster: The Economics of Pregnancy, Parenting and the Pandemic

A Conversation with Larry Summers: The Influence of Economic Ideas and the Dangers of Secular Stagnation

A Conversation with Greg Mankiw: Financial Crisis, Recessions and Communicating Economics

Behavioral Economics - We're only human!

Making Decisions in an Uncertain World

Game Theory - Thinking Strategically

Business Strategy - How to boost profitability

Entry, Exit and Long-Run Profitability - How to get ahead in the Market

Why wages vary - Why some of us get paid more than others

Think Like An Economist gets back to business

Aggregate Demand & Aggregate Supply

Budget Deficits and Government Debt

Fiscal Policy - Government Spending and Taxes

Monetary Policy - The Financial Levers That Tame Business Cycles

The Fed Model - Predicting what will happen to the Economy

Inflation and the Phillips Curve

Connecting Interest Rates & Output

The Boom and Bust of Business Cycles

Exchange Rates & International Finance - The flow of currencies around the world

The Financial Sector - Bonds, Stocks and Shares - should you or shouldn't you?

Investment - Upfront costs for future gains

Consumption and Saving - Spend Now or Save to Spend Later

Assignment: Spending and Saving

Inflation - When money loses its value

Unemployment - Does joblessness have to mean hopelessness?

Economic Growth - Improving our Lives

Gross Domestic Product - Adding Up Everything We Do

Thinking Big, Remembering Small - From Micro to Macro

Private Information - I Know Something You Don’t Know

Price Discrimination - Why some people pay less

Market Power - Why businesses charge more

Inequality - Understanding the Gap between Rich and Poor

A New Treasury Secretary - Who is Janet Yellen and what will she do?

Presidential Econ 101 - A To Do List