Forecast Direct Podcast
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2024
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2023
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U.S.-China Relations After Biden-Xi Meeting in San Francisco
December 2023
with William Yu and Martin Chorzempa
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Climate Risk and the Overvaluation of the Housing Market
October 2023
with Zhiyun Li and Jesse Gourevitch
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Green Jobs in the United States
September 2023
with Zhiyun Li, Ioana Marinescu, and Mark Curtis
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Food Deserts and Nutritional Inequality
April 2023
with Leo Feler and Rebecca Diamond
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2022
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The Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale
October 2022
with Leo Feler and John List
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Supply Chains, Ocean Shipping, and Recession Risks
April/May 2022
with Jerry Nickelsburg and Vince Iacopella
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Databased Decisions about Parenting, School Closures, and More
January 2022
with Jerry Nickelsburg and Emily Oster
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2021
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Job Search, Job Posting and Unemployment Insurance During the COVID-19 Crisis
September 2021
with Leo Feler and Ioana Marinescu
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How Climate Change and Weather Directly Affect Labor Supply
August 2021
with Leo Feler, Leila Bengali, Nora Pankratz, and Jisung Park
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Inflation in a Rebounding Economy and Managing Water Resources
July 2021
with Leo Feler, Leila Bengali, Fiona Burlig, Louis Preonas and Matt Woerman
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To Close or Not to Close: Public Health Interventions and the Economy
May 2021
with Jerry Nickelsburg and Emil Verner
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Income Inequality, Side Hustles, and Social Insurance
April 2021
with Leo Feler and Professor Kathryn Edwards
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The Differential Impacts of the Pandemic Recession on Women and Men's Employment and Roles with Jane Olmstead-Rumsey and Titan Alon
March 2021
with Jerry Nickelsburg, Jane Olmstead-Rumsey and Titan Alon
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The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of American Growth
February 2021
with Leo Feler and Professor Robert Gordon
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Lessons From the 1920s for the Coming Decade
January 2021
with Leo Feler and Professor Martha Olney
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2020
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An Unequal Economic Recovery
November/December 2020
with Leo Feler and Dr. Gbenga Ajilore
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Climate Change and Housing Markets
October/November 2020
with Leo Feler and Benjamin Keys
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Proposition 22 and the Reclassification of Uber and Lyft Drivers as Employees versus Independent Contractors
September 2020
with Leo Feler
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