Using Planet Money Podcasts in Macroeconomics

[alex_tabarrok]

Originally posted on February 19, 2014.

William Luther recommends the use of NPR’s Planet Money podcasts in teaching a principles of macroeconomics class. He finds that listening to these podcasts informs students and increases engagement. Here, from Luther’s paper, is a chart connecting chapters in Modern Principles with links to relevant Planet Money podcasts.

Modern Principles: Macroeconomics	NPR’s Planet Money
The Power of Trade and Comparative Advantage	Making Christmas More Joyful, And More Efficient
GDP and the Measurement of Progress	Why GDP Matters for Schoolkids
	Would You Rather Be Rich In 1900, Or Middle-Class Now?
	Black Market Pharmacies And The Spam Empire Behind Them
The Wealth of Nations and Economic Growth	The Secret Document That Transformed China
	Can A Poor Country Start Over?
	What Two Pasta Factories Tell Us About The Italian Economy
	If Economists Controlled The Borders
Growth, Capital Accumulation, and the Economics of Ideas	Can You Patent a Steak?
	How To Fix The Patent Mess
	The Price of Things You Love
	Can Andrew Sullivan Make It On His Own?
	The Hidden Digital Wealth In Your Pocket
Saving, Investment, and the Financial System	A Financial Adviser Bets The House
	The (Legal) Marijuana Business
	Cyprus Takes Away The Security Blanket
Stock Markets and Personal Finance	A Father Of High-Speed Trading Thinks We Should Slow Down
	A Billion-Dollar Bet Against Weight-Loss Shakes
	Don’t Believe The Hype
Unemployment and Labor Force Participation	The Past And Future Of American Manufacturing
	Keeping The Biggest Secret In The US Economy
	LeBron James Is Underpaid
	The Invisible 14 Million
Inflation and the Quantity Theory of Money	How Four Drinking Buddies Saved Brazil
	Should We Kill The Dollar Bill?
	Where Dollar Bills Come From
Business Fluctuations: Aggregate Demand and Supply	Inside The Great Depression
	Why The Price Of Coke Didn’t Change For 70 Years
Transmission and Amplification Mechanisms	The 14-Year-Old Who Bought A House
	The 15-Year-Old Who Bought Two Houses
The Federal Reserve System and Open Market Operations	If Teens Ran the Fed
	The Birth Of The Dollar Bill
Monetary Policy	The Gold Standard
	The Gold Standard, R.I.P.
	Bitcoin Goes to the Moon
The Federal Budget	Lighthouses, Autopsies And The Federal Budget
	When The U.S. Paid Off The Entire National Debt
	What If We Paid Off The Debt?
	The Surprisingly Entertaining History Of The Income Tax
	The Price Of Free Breast Pumps
	Why Some People Love Tax Day
Fiscal Policy	The Great Stimulus Experiment
International Trade	The Cotton Wars
	Why K-Pop Is Taking Over The World
	The Con Man Who Took Down His Own Country (Then Ran For Office)
	The Lollipop War
International Finance	Should Iceland Kill The Krona?
Political Economy and Public Choice	A Big Bridge In The Wrong Place
	Inside Washington’s Money Machine
	Jack Abramoff On Lobbying
	A Former Lobbyist Tells All
	Why Taxpayers Pay For Farmers’ Insurance
	Schoolhouse Rock Is A Lie
	Why Buying A Car is So Awful
	New Jersey Wine
	Coney Island Back In Business