Megan Connors

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590 appearances 10 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 28 Aug

Megan Connors’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Platypus Economics with Justin Wolfers · The Economics of Feeling Ripped Off | The Professor Is In · 22 Aug 2026 podcast

So, you know, we hear a lot of people say that they want the government to implement policies at lower prices. voice-verified

We've had politicians promise this. voice-verified

That's not the same thing as lowering inflation, which is the kind of rate of change of prices. voice-verified

But I wanted to ask, is this something lowering prices, is that something we'd actually want to happen? voice-verified

What problems can that lead to? voice-verified

that? voice-verified

Why do we need why do we need to do those two things together? voice-verified

Okay. voice-verified

Thank you for that in the right. voice-verified

Okay. voice-verified

So on aver you said in your video, your episode, that on average wages are keeping up with prices. voice-verified

Um at the same time, I feel like I've been hearing a lot about how certain categories of goods, things like housing, healthcare, are rising more than others. voice-verified

I was wondering, A, if that's true, and B, if that could be what's driving a lot of the the pain and voice-verified

Negative emotions right now. voice-verified

Toward the end of the episode, you mentioned that supply shocks like what we're experiencing right now with tariffs, the Iran war. voice-verified

can make a country genuinely poorer. voice-verified

And I was wondering if we have any historic examples or cautionary tales about countries that have experienced an extended or even permanent decrease in their standard of living. voice-verified

I feel like I've heard about Argentina as like a commonly cited example of a country that like voice-verified

had been more developed and and fell behind a bit, but voice-verified

You also mentioned that, you know, a big reason that wages tend to keep up with prices is because firms are competing for workers. voice-verified

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