The Big Question Podcast
1) The economics of the refugee crisis
In 2022, the number of displaced people in the world surpassed 100 million, according to the UN, meaning that over 1.2 percent of the global population have been forced to leave their homes. The numbe...Show More
2) Three ways AI can improve decision-making
In the perfect world of economic models, investors make perfectly rational decisions using perfect information and earn the best possible returns. They never get distracted or confused. Of course, in ...Show More
3) What are we learning when we’re on social media?
Many of us have observed how social media shapes or warps our behavior. Some people are more willing to get into disagreements or show off more. The rest of us see these behaviors and can assume that ...Show More
4) Why are the very rich getting even richer?
For decades, income inequality has been on the rise around the world. Is that mainly because those at the very top are getting paid more, or are they increasingly passively collecting the income produ...Show More
5) Meet the man who gave America no-frills air travel
Ben Baldanza ran Spirit Airlines from 2006 to 2016, and transformed it into a ultra low-cost carrier, abandoning all frills and charging for any extras. In this episode of the Chicago Booth Review pod...Show More
6) Are You Responsible for Your ‘Passive’ Investments?
Thanks to the growth of index funds, more and more of us own passive investments. To what extent are we responsible for what goes into those index funds? In this episode of the Chicago Booth Review po...Show More
7) Break up Big Tech?
Regulators have trained their sights on Big Tech companies. Many Americans think Big Tech should be more tightly regulated, and politicians across the aisle agree. But what exactly should be done? In ...Show More
8) Is the Startup World Really Like ‘Super Pumped’?
The Showtime series Super Pumped told the story of the rise of Uber in a swirl of excess and intrigue. But many startups seem to be run by charismatic CEOs with a big vision, which sometimes turns out...Show More
9) Does poverty make you behave differently?
How does the experience of poverty shape decision-making? Research suggests that, rather than bad decisions leading to poverty, being poor can lead to some poorer decisions. At the same time, research...Show More
10) Has capitalism moved on from 'American Psycho'?
Stakeholder capitalism is the idea that business should be about more than just making money. That seems a world away from the brash financial types of Bret Easton Ellis’s 1991 novel ‘American Psycho,...Show More