As part of this course, I have curated a couple of podcast episodes from different shows.
The purpose is to help you connect the concepts discussed in the textbook and in class to the real world.
I have chosen 15 different episodes from 11 different podcast shows.
My hope is that your are interested in at least one of the shows to subscribe and continue learning outside of the class.
This podcast will be posted weekly and is available on Spotify,
iTunes,
Google
and any podcasting app that accepts RSS feeds (
https://dludwinski.com/public_files/intro_podcast/intro_econ_podcast_feed.xml). The podcast will also be available here.
After listening to each episode I will have a few short response questions that you must complete in a timely manner to get credit for that weeks episode. Responses are due Tuesday night.
Episode 1: The Indicator – Unintended Consequences, Hidden Deaths
The ways people and sometimes policymakers respond to disasters can have hidden and unintended consequences. And sometimes those consequences can be tragic.
On today’s show, our old friend Tim Harford, an economist and host of the Cautionary Tales podcast, joins us to talk about unintended consequences. We discuss how our minds are better at solving problems that we can see directly than they are at anticipating problems and risks that our decisions might be creating further down the line. And we talk about how a better understanding of unanticipated consequences and the “”identifiable victim effect”” can help us respond to the coronavirus pandemic in ways that can make it less likely that those consequences will be fatal.