Oxford College Principles of Microeconomics Course
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Planet Money: Big Government Cheese
Contributed by Lukas
From Planet Money:In 1976, Jimmy Carter made a campaign promise: I'm giving dairy farmers a break. And after he won, he set out to raise the price of ...
Planet Money: The Pickle Problem
Contributed by Lukas
From Planet Money:In our second class, we find markets everywhere and discuss what makes them work and when they fail. We start off with the basic to...
Today in Focus (The Guardian): The global race for face masks
Contributed by Lukas
From Today in Focus (The Guardian):The world economy may have dramatically dipped and the price of oil crashed, but one commodity is seeing an unprece...
Planet Money: Why The Price of Coke Didn't Change For 70 years
Contributed by Lukas
From Planet Money:Prices go up. Occasionally, prices go down. But for 70 years, the price of a bottle of Coca-Cola didn't change. From 1886 until the ...
WSJ - The Journal: The World Has Too Much Oil
Contributed by Lukas
From WSJ - The Journal:Demand for oil has plummeted as the coronavirus has shut down much of the world, but most producers are still pumping. WSJ's Ru...
Planet Money: A Bet On The Future Of Humanity (Ep508)
Contributed by Lukas
From Planet Money:A famous biologist, Paul Ehrlich, predicts that overpopulation will lead to global catastrophe. He writes a bestselling book — The...
Freakonomics radio: Why Rent Control Doesn’t Work (Ep. 373)
Contributed by Lukas
From Freakonomics radio:As cities become ever-more expensive, politicians and housing advocates keep calling for rent control. Economists think that’...
Freakonomics radio: The Most Interesting Fruit in the World (Ep. 375)
Contributed by Lukas
From Freakonomics radio:The banana used to be a luxury good. Now it’s the most popular fruit in the U.S. and elsewhere. But the production efficienc...
Econtalk: Noah Smith on Worker Compensation, Co-determination, and Market Power
Contributed by Lukas
From Econtalk:Bloomberg Opinion columnist and economist Noah Smith talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about corporate control, wages, and monopoly ...
Planet Money: Quit Threat
Contributed by Lukas
From Planet Money:On today's show, we ask: What does full employment really look like? NPR sent reporters across the country, including to Ames, Iowa...
Vox Talks: Climate shock: the economic consequences of a hotter planet
Contributed by Lukas
From Vox Talks:At the heart of policy debates about our collective responses to climate change is the issue of risk and uncertainty - ‘unknown unkno...
Throughline: Lives Of The Great Depression
Contributed by Lukas
From Throughline:The Great Depression was a revolutionary spark for all kinds of things — health insurance, social safety nets, big government — a...
Econtalk: Robert Frank on Inequality
Contributed by Lukas
From Econtalk:Robert Frank of Cornell University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about inequality. Is there a role for public policy in mitigati...
Hidden Brain: Theory Vs. Reality: Why Our Economic Behavior Isn't Always Rational
Contributed by Lukas
From Hidden Brain:We don't always behave the way economic models say we will. We don't save enough for retirement. We order dessert when we're suppose...