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The Pie: An Economics Podcast

Economists are always talking about The Pie – how it grows and shrinks, how it’s sliced, and who gets the biggest shares. Join host Tess Vigeland as she talks with leading economists from the University of Chicago about their cutting-edge research and key events of the day. Hear how the economic pie is at the heart of issues like the aftermath of a global pandemic, jobs, energy policy, and more.

Website ↗ Last published 27 October 2026 138 posts collected by Sputnik

Said on The Pie: An Economics Podcast

“A quarter of members of Congress are business owners. If you want to add the lawyers who own law firms or own their own practice, … gets closer to 40, 50%, which is kind of a nuts number if you think the base rate in the population is like less than 5% who are business owners. On the Ways and Means Committee, which is the chief tax writing committee in the House of Representatives, there were 40 members. There were three car dealers.” — Eric Zwick, The Pie: An Economics Podcast
Eric Zwick · 13 Oct 2026 Listen →
“What is the number one industry in terms of generating profits for people in the top 1% who are business owners? And is that tech or finance? No, it's doctor's offices. And then the next one, you're like, what is that one? And it's like, oh, some beer distributor. Oh, the next one is, what is that? Oh, it's auto dealers.” — Eric Zwick, The Pie: An Economics Podcast
Eric Zwick · 13 Oct 2026 Listen →
“The relationship between SAT scores and that measure of earnings is pretty steep. The relationship between SAT scores and starting a star business is essentially flat. And that tells me that you don't have to be a genius to be a successful business owner.” — Eric Zwick, The Pie: An Economics Podcast
Eric Zwick · 13 Oct 2026 Listen →
“About 20% of the population over this whole entire period get exactly a 3% wage increase every year. Exactly. Not 2.94, not 3.02, exactly 3%. … Firms give most of their workers 3% most of the time.” — Erik Hurst, The Pie: An Economics Podcast
Erik Hurst · 29 Sep 2026 Listen →
“…in the case of a penetrating wound, you really want the fluids to happen at the hospital and that saves lives, not in the field.” — Prachi Sanghavi, The Pie: An Economics Podcast
Prachi Sanghavi · 18 Aug 2026 Listen →

Hosts

The Pie: An Economics Podcast is hosted by Tess Vigeland and Eduardo Porter .

Recent Episodes

  1. 27 Oct 2026

    Do Age Verification Laws Work? Evidence from Adult Websites

    With Matthew Brown

  2. 13 Oct 2026

    The Everywhere Millionaire: Who's Really Rich in America

    With Eric Zwick

  3. 29 Sep 2026

    Why Your Raise Didn't Keep Up with Inflation

    With Erik Hurst

  4. 15 Sep 2026

    But the Cool Kids are Still Online: Behind Australia's Failed Social Media Ban

    With Leonardo Bursztyn

  5. 1 Sep 2026

    Cut Off: How US Sanctions are Reshaping the Global Payment System

    With Brent Neiman

  6. 18 Aug 2026

    Scoop and Run: How Should Gunshot Victims Get to the Hospital?

    With Prachi Sanghavi

  7. 4 Aug 2026

    Talking to Strangers: The Economics of Social Connection

    With Nick Epley

  8. 21 Jul 2026

    Passing the Pop Quiz: How Nursing Homes Predict Inspections, and What It Costs Patients

    With Maggie Shi

  9. 7 Jul 2026

    AI and Early Childhood Development: The Importance of Human Interaction

    With Dana Suskind

  10. 23 Jun 2026

    Signal and Noise: Why Politics Is About Culture When Voters Want Economics

    With Konstantin Sonin

  11. 9 Jun 2026

    How Should Parents Respond When Grades are Good, But Test Scores are Bad?

    With Ariel Kalil

  12. 26 May 2026

    Tied to the Job: The Gains from Permanent Residency

    With Matt Notowidigdo

Guests

Matt Notowidigdo (6 episodes), Chang-Tai Hsieh (4 episodes), Konstantin Sonin (4 episodes), Raghuram Rajan (4 episodes), Randall Kroszner (3 episodes), Constantine Yannelis (3 episodes), Yana Gallen (3 episodes), Ariel Kalil (3 episodes), Peter Ganong (3 episodes), Ben Krause (3 episodes), Ryan Kellogg (3 episodes), John List (3 episodes), and 106 more.