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Michael Mandel
Senior fellow at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and Chief Economic Strategist at the Progressive Policy Institute in Washington DC. Author of M: Economics, The Basics.
Mike Mandel and Sean Flynn discuss the latest wave of inflation, and what might happen next in this podcast. Today, we’re going to be talking about inflation. We recorded this podcast in the middle of February 2022, right after the…
In this podcast we (Michael Mandel and Sean Flynn) talk about the economics of infrastructure. As of early April 2021, President Joe Biden has just put forth his $2.2 trillion infrastructure plan, which covers roads, bridges, dams, electric, water, broadband,…
In this podcast we talk about the very hot topic of fiscal stimulus: Too big, too small or just right? We’re recording this podcast in early March 2021 as Congress is discussing President Biden’s $1.9 trillion covid recovery package. We…
This podcast is being recorded early in January 2021. The vaccines are starting to roll out slowly across the country, offering some hope that this pandemic will be moderating soon. So we decided it’d be a good idea to talk…
In this episode of the Econ Café 2020/21 podcast, Michael Mandel and Sean Flynn explain Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech on New Economic Challenges and the Fed’s Monetary Policy Review. They discuss the Fed’s new approach to inflation and monetary policy,…
What do the ups and downs of the market mean for the economy and the ordinary person? In this episode of Econ Cafe 2020/21 podcast, Michael Mandel interviews Sean Flynn, author of McConnell/Brue/Flynn Economics, regarding the link between the Covid…
In this episode of the Econ Cafe 2020/21 podcast, Michael Mandel interviews Michael Baye and Jeff Prince, authors of Managerial Economics and Business Strategy, about price discrimination in the Covid economy. Moving from definitions and a few examples of first,…
Bitcoin and other “cryptocurrencies” are getting a lot of attention these days. Will central banks like the Federal Reserve adopt their own digital currencies? In this episode of the Econ Café 2020/21 podcast, Michael Mandel interviews Steve Cecchetti and Kermit …
The COVID-19 pandemic caused some of the fastest, biggest shifts of supply and demand curves in history. In this episode of the Econ Café 2020/21 podcast, authors Michael Mandel and Sean Flynn explains what it all means. First, we talk…