The Cause and Effect Podcast

The Cause and Effect Podcast
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Welcome to The Cause and Effect Podcast!
This podcast explores how policies shape economic outcomes in an engaging and accessible way. I bring insightful conversations to non-economists, translating complex research into digestible discussions without jargon. Each episode focuses on insights from applied academic papers, connecting research to real-world problems and solutions. Topics include healthcare regulation, waste and fraud in healthcare, discrimination in college admissions, labor market restrictions, and more. Economics should inform and inspire everyone!
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The podcast delves into significant economic topics such as healthcare regulation, labor market restrictions, and discrimination in educational admissions, with episodes like 'How Healthcare Laws Affect You' which analyze the effects of Certificate of Need Laws on healthcare access and costs, demonstrating the real-world implications of academic research.

Welcome to The Cause and Effect Podcast!
This podcast explores how policies shape economic outcomes in an engaging and accessible way. I bring insightful conversations to non-economists, translating complex research into digestible discussions without jargon. Each episode focuses on insights from applied academic papers, connecting research to real-world problems and solutions. Topics include healthcare regulation, waste and fraud in healthcare, discrimination in college admissions, labor market restrictions, and more. Economics should inform and inspire everyone!
Does economic freedom make the rich richer and the poor poorer?
I had the pleasure of talking with Justin Callais about his research — the first causal investigation of this important question.
In episode 6 of The Cause and Effect, we dive into Justin’s research on how economic freedom affects both economic growth and inequality — and what this means for ordinary people, not just for GDP statistics.
We discuss:
✅ What economic freedom actually measures
✅ Who benefits from economic freedom
✅ How countries with higher freedom perform across different income groups
✅ Why improving economic institutions might be key to reducing poverty
✅ How his empirical design allows him to causally examine this question
Justin shares compelling data showing that economic freedom raises incomes across the entire income distribution — and doesn’t necessarily increase inequality. The poor, as well as the rich, benefit significantly when institutions improve.
It’s a conversation that challenges important assumptions about growth, fairness, and opportunity.
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