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• What happens when governments cook the books

  After President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, economists and statisticians across the board were horrified. Because the firing raises the spectre of potential manipulation – and it raises the worry that, in the...

  9 aug 2025 2091 sec.

• Summer School 5: The many ways governments influence industry

  LIVE SHOW: August 18th in Brooklyn. Tickets here . Traditional economics says the market is guided by the forces of supply and demand. Customers decide what they want to buy, and private enterprise responds to that need. So what...

  6 aug 2025 2181 sec.

• Would you trust an economist with your economy?

  Trust in experts is down. In all kinds of institutions and professions - in government, in media, in medical science... and lately, economists are feeling the burn acutely. In fact, President Trump just fired the economist who ran the...

  2 aug 2025 1941 sec.

• Summer School 4: Who are all these regulations protecting?

  LIVE SHOW: August 18th in Brooklyn. Tickets here . There are occasional incentives in business that make it very profitable to do bad things; maybe cheat at the game and steal other people's ideas, or cut some corners on safety. In...

  30 jul 2025 2156 sec.

• The President's Golden Share in U.S. Steel

  LIVE SHOW ALERT: August 18th, NYC. Get your tickets here. When news broke that a Japanese company, Nippon Steel, was buying the storied American steel company U.S. Steel, it was still 2023, just before an election. And right away,...

  26 jul 2025 1702 sec.

• Summer School 3: How government decides what to spend our money on

  Although it seems like the government can spend an endless amount of money, it cannot actually do all the things it wants to do. So the big question in this week's lesson is: How do we decide? Why does the government spend so much money...

  23 jul 2025 2198 sec.

• Why are we so obsessed with manufacturing?

  It seems like politicians cannot agree on a lot. But many seem to agree on... manufacturing. Leaders of both political parties have been working to try and make the U.S. a manufacturing powerhouse again. On today's show, what is so...

  18 jul 2025 1364 sec.

• Congress has voted to eliminate government funding for public media

  Act now to ensure public media remains free and accessible to all. Your donation will help this essential American service survive and thrive. Visit donate.npr.org now. Learn more about sponsor message choices:...

  18 jul 2025 121 sec.

• Summer School 2: How taxes change behavior and the economy

  We all know the government uses taxes to pay for things. But what about using taxes to control behavior? This week on Summer School, Professor Darrick Hamilton of The New School, helps us explore the true power of the tax code. Can...

  16 jul 2025 2230 sec.

• Made in America

  What people might picture when they think of "Made in America" ... might not look like the "Made in America" we have today. The U.S. does have a domestic manufacturing industry, including a garment manufacturing industry. In today's...

  12 jul 2025 1849 sec.

• Summer School 1: A government's role in the economy is to make us all richer

  Government. The Big G. We like to imagine the free market and the invisible hand as being independent from political influence. But Nobel laureate, Simon Johnson, says that influence has been there since the birth of economics. Call it...

  9 jul 2025 2146 sec.

• The simple math of the big bill

  If we think about the economic effects of President Donald Trumps big taxing and spending and domestic policy bill, we can roughly sum it up in one line. It goes something like this: We will make many big tax cuts permanent and pay...

  4 jul 2025 1932 sec.