All Else Equal

May 02 2022 8
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Questions abound in this time of great uncertainty. This podcast's goal is to bridge the gap between student inquiry and the world class expertise available from Notre Dame's economics and business faculty in real time. Each podcast episode will focus on a student submitted question. Using students' questions as the vehicle for inquiry, we will find ND's leading experts on the subjects and have concise discussions with them regarding current issues.

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Episode 31: Sales & Trading, Info-tainment, and Roca News w/ Cole Folwell

May 02 2022 36 mins  
We sat down and talked with Cole Folwell a 2019 Notre Dame, Political Science graduate. Cole's path as a trader at Citi is far from traditional. He talks about his experiences at Citi and how that's helped him to transition into his new role at Roca news. As Head of Growth for Roca, Cole talks to us about the state of news today and why he felt compelled to right the ship with Roca

Episode 30: Germany's Russian Gas Problem w/ Rudi Bachmann

Apr 12 2022 39 mins  
Rudi Bachmann is the Stepan Family College Professor of Economics at Notre Dame. Recently, he co-authored a paper, https://www.econtribute.de/RePEc/ajk/ajkpbs/ECONtribute_PB_028_2022.pdf, that gained a lot of traction on Twitter. We sat down with Rudi to discuss the paper and Germany's reliance on Russian energy.  Rudi's Twitter VoxEu Article regarding the paper Music sampled

Episode 29: International Intervention in the Ukraine Crisis - Breaking Down Economic Sanctions w/Zach Stangebye

Mar 04 2022 34 mins  
All Else Equal listeners.....we're back. We thought it was appropriate to dust off the mic and dissect the Ukraine crisis and the economic sanctions levied on Russia.  Zach Stangebye is the Quinn and Jean Stepan Assistant Professor of Economics at Notre Dame. He received his doctorate in economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 2015. He is a macroeconomist specializi

Episode 28: Accompaniment and learning to walk together w/Steve Reifenberg

Jun 30 2021 29 mins  
Steve Reifenberg is an associate professor of the practice of international development and co-director of the Integration Lab (i-Lab). He also is senior strategic advisor and faculty fellow of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Reifenberg’s current research project, “From Aid to Accompaniment,” explores international development

Episode 27: The economics of evictions and the effects of housing policy w/ Rob Collinson

May 24 2021 32 mins  
Rob Collinson is the Wilson Family LEO Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at the University of Notre Dame and the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO). He is an applied microeconomist with research interests in housing policy, urban policy, and the design of anti-poverty programs. He completed his Ph.D. from New York University. Matt Desmond's book

Episode 26: We feel the need, the need for speed. High frequency trading w/ John Shim

Apr 30 2021 45 mins  
John Shim is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Notre Dame. His research focuses on empirical asset pricing, market microstructure, and financial market design. His work on high-frequency trading and the design of stock exchanges has been featured in Bloomberg, the Financial Times, the Economist, and has been discussed by the SEC Chair and the New York Attorney

Episode 25: The Federal Reserve's dual mandate and their impacts on wealth inequality w/Jeff Campbell

Apr 21 2021 30 mins  
Jeff Campbell is the Frances D. Rasmus and Jerome A. Castellini Professor of Economics. Before coming to Notre Dame, he served as Senior Economist and Research Advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. His research covers macroeconomics, industrial organization, and econometrics. Much of Jeff's research applies dynamic game theory to create tractable econometric models of str

Episode 24: GameStop, order flow, and Bernie Madoff w/ Robert Battalio

Apr 09 2021 30 mins  
Robert Battalio is currently a professor of Finance at the University of Notre Dame. Robert has also served on the faculty of Georgia State University, as a visiting academic at the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank, and as the first NASD visiting academic fellow. Robert has consulted for Fidelity, the New York Stock Exchange, LaBranche, Goldman Sachs, NYFIX, NASDR, the Nasdaq Intermark

Episode 23: The good, the bad, and the ugly of economics w/ Jim Sullivan

Mar 28 2021 39 mins  
On this week's episode, we talk to Jim Sullivan. Professor Sullivan is the Gilbert F. Schaefer College Professor of Economics at Notre Dame.  He has been a visiting scholar at the National Poverty Center and a visiting professor at the University of Chicago, Harris School. His research examines the consumption, saving, and borrowing behavior of poor households, and how we

Episode 22: Unpacking the opioid crisis w/ Ethan Lieber

Mar 12 2021 31 mins  
Ethan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Notre Dame. He is a prolific researcher on all things opioids and uses his vast understanding in both his undergraduate Principles of Economics class and his graduate-level Health Economics class.  Music sampled from D12- Purple Pills