S E23: Private Information - I Know Something You Don’t Know

12/22/20 • 19 min

What happens when you know something that others don't? Or they know something you don't? These information asymmetries can great create a fog of mistrust, and doing business can get tricky. Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers help clear the economic fog, and find ways to restore that trust.

Co-Host: Nastaran Tavakoli-Far. Editor: Alastair Elphick. A Modulated Media Production

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Co-Host: Nastaran Tavakoli-Far. Editor: Alastair Elphick. A Modulated Media Production

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S E22: Price Discrimination - Why some people pay less

Discounts for the elderly or students may seem generous - but they win more customers. When businesses ask how they can make as much money as possible from each customer, they need a sophisticated pricing strategy. Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers take a look at who gets a discount and why.

Co-host: Nastaran Tavakoli-Far. Editor: Alastair Elphick. A Modulated Media Production

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S E24: Thinking Big, Remembering Small - From Micro to Macro

Now we've learned the tools of microeconomics, it's time to step up to macro. Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers are here to show you how millions of individual microeconomic decisions affect the macroeconomic world - and how macroeconomics gives decision makers the tools to make our lives better.

Co-host: Nastaran Tavakoli-Far. Editor: Alastair Elphick. A Modulated Media Production.

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