Chicago Booth Review Podcast

A Nobel laureate on the limits of evidence-based policy

Jan 17, 2024
The podcast explores the limitations of evidence-based policy, the relationship between economists and policymakers, challenges in interpreting laboratory experiments, communicating confidence in economic findings, pricing carbon, and the potential of machine learning in economic analysis.
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
Economists, Policymakers, and Evidence-Based Policy
02:04 • 15min
3
The Challenges of Interpreting Laboratory Experiments and Evidence in Behavioral Science and Economics
17:13 • 2min
4
The Importance of Communicating Confidence in Economic Findings
18:55 • 8min
5
Challenges of Pricing Carbon
27:10 • 7min
6
The Potential Role of Machine Learning in Economic Analysis
34:12 • 4min