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Platypus Economics with Justin Wolfers

by Justin Wolfers
155 EPISODES
May 2026
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Thanks, Jensen: The Affair That Cost You $2,000 | Diving In
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Thanks, Jensen: The Affair That Cost You $2,000 | Diving In
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The October Inflation Report Explains That Sinking Feeling | Diving In
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Elon Musk Lost Far More Than $474 Million | Diving In
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Why Justin Is More Upbeat About the Economy | The Professor Is In
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What Does October’s Jobs Report Really Tell Us? | Diving In
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Blue Wave Economics | The Professor Is In
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The Hidden Feedback Loop Behind Rising Prices | The Professor Is In
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America's Jekyll-and-Hyde Economy | Off The Clock
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What the New GDP Report Actually Says | Diving In
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Did the Midterms Delay a Fed Rate Hike? | Diving In
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The Dilemma Behind Debunking Trump | The Professor Is In
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What Is The State of Your Economy?
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Trump Says $21 Trillion Is Coming. Is It? | Diving In
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Why Americans Don't Believe the Good Economic News | The Professor Is In
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Don’t Be Fooled by Trump’s Diesel Gimmicks | The Professor Is In
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What Halloween Candy Reveals About Inflation | Off the Clock
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Why Official Inflation Can Seem Too Low | The Professor Is In
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The Latest Inflation Report, Explained | Diving In
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The Hidden Force Dragging Down Consumer Sentiment | Diving In
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The Nobel-Winning Insight That Made Spending Hard to Predict | Diving In
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The G7’s 100 Million Barrel Announcement Changes Nothing | The Professor Is In
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Trump's Red Diesel Order, Explained | Diving In
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This Oil Deal Sounds Huge. Until You Do the Math | Diving In
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Why the Jobs Report Keeps Changing | The Professor Is In
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Trump Wants Cheap Money. Why Are Rates Going Up Anyway?
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Why Workers Are Getting Less of What the Economy Produces | Off The Clock
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What September's Employment Numbers Really Say | Diving In
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Are Your Financial Mistakes Making Someone Else Rich? | The Professor Is In
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Why Good Money Advice Fails to Land | Diving In
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What Airbags Teach Us About Artificial Intelligence | The Professor Is In
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How Much Should We Spend to Prevent an AI Catastrophe? | Diving In
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How Accountability Shapes National Borrowing Rates | The Professor Is In
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Why Trump's Diesel Export Ban Could Raise Gas Prices | Diving In
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What Would It Take to Eliminate Poverty? | The Professor Is In
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The Economic Cost of Trump's War on The Press | Diving In
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What If We Just Gave Poor People Money?
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The Fed Raised Rates. Here's What It's Fighting. | Off The Clock
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The Hawk Behind The Hike | The Professor Is In
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Understanding The Fed’s Rate Hike Decision | Diving In
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The Canadian Boycott is About More than Economics | The Professor Is In
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The Hidden Link Between Government Debt and Everyday Credit | Off the Clock
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What August’s Inflation Report Means for You
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Vote Republican, Get $5,000? | Diving In
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How Governments Manipulate Statistics Without Lying | Professor Is In
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Hidden Ways the Government Manipulates Data | Diving In
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The U.S. Canada Trade War Casts a Much Longer Shadow | Diving In
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Why Tariffs Can't Rebuild American Manufacturing | The Professor Is In
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The Jobs Report Beat Expectations. Will The Fed Care?
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The Bond Sell-Off Isn’t the Scary Part | Diving In
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Who Actually Paid for the Trade War? | Diving In
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