Chicago Booth Review Podcast

Apr 09 2025 114 ep. 28 mins 59

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The Chicago Booth Review Podcast is the audio companion to CBR’s coverage of the latest academic research in business, policy, and markets. Each week we dig into CBR articles and videos to examine a different topic in depth, from inflation to artificial intelligence. Join host and CBR editor-in-chief Hal Weitzman for groundbreaking research, explained in a clear and straightforward way.

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Trumponomics: Is the media taking orders from the White House?

Apr 09 2025 26 mins

In February, Jeff Bezos, owner of the Washington Post, said its opinion section would focus on contributions that support “personal liberties and free markets” and would not run any opinions that oppose those two values. In response, Chicago Booth’s Luigi Zingales called for opinion writers to boycott the publication. What does Zingales think the episode tells us about media

BONUS: The Many Faces of Capitalism

Apr 03 2025 17 mins

Who is the face of capitalism? And how has that face changed over time? In this bonus episode, John Paul Rollert, our In-House Ethicist, Rollert analyzes some of the characters who have represented capitalism over time in the popular imagination, revealing how many people perceive the economic system. He charts the evolution of capitalism’s protagonists from the hardworking profe

How to negotiate salary

Apr 02 2025 30 mins

Salary negotiations are difficult. Many of us hate talking about money, particularly with a potential employer. So what can you do to make sure you arrive at a fair wage? Chicago Booth’s George Wu says the trick to a successful salary conversation is to prepare, give yourself options, and don’t celebrate too soon.

Don’t avoid workplace conflict

Mar 26 2025 28 mins

As long as there’s been a workplace, there’s been tension, strains, and disagreements between coworkers. Many of us are conflict-averse, and try to avoid sensitive areas that we know could lead to confrontation. But is that the wrong approach? Chicago Booth’s Lisa Stefanac says that workplace conflict contains valuable data, if only we know how to gather and learn from it. Co

What’s behind the AI gender gap?

Mar 19 2025 25 mins

Research suggests that women are using generative AI much less than men. Why? And who is using the technology to make them more productive at work? In this episode, we hear from The Pie, a podcast from the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics at the University of Chicago. Host Tess Vigeland speaks with Chicago Booth’s Anders Humlum, a labor economist, about the effect of gener

How will climate change affect culture?

Mar 12 2025 21 mins

What shapes a society’s culture? Chicago Booth’s Thomas Talhelm links the abundance of water in a region to its attitude to the future. His research finds that people who live in areas where water is plentiful tend to live more in the moment, whereas those who live where water is scarce tend to plan more for the longer term. Climate change will result in big changes to water ac

Trumponomics: Will DOGE fail?

Mar 05 2025 27 mins

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has taken a sledgehammer to Washington, closing government agencies and leaving many federal employees unsure if they still have jobs. Will that really make government more effective? Chicago Booth’s Rob Gertner says DOGE may end up creating a less effective and less efficient federal government. Rather than smashing things

Trumponomics: Will the White House wage war on the Fed?

Feb 26 2025 30 mins

President Trump has accused the Federal Reserve of causing and failing to stop inflation. Instead, Trump says he will take care of the issue by producing more energy and boosting US manufacturing. Will the next four years see a confrontation between the Fed and the White House? We ask Chicago Booth’s Randy Kroszner—a former member of both the President’s Council of Economic A

Trumponomics: Do more tax cuts make sense?

Feb 19 2025 30 mins

This year will see a lot of Congressional wrangling over tax cuts, as many provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act are set to expire. Do tax cuts actually produce the economic benefits that their proponents claim? In the latest in our Trumponomics series, we hear from Chicago Booth’s Eric Zwick, who is part of team that conducted an extensive study of the 2017 law. Did the t

Trumponomics: Could Trump’s dealmaking damage the economy?

Feb 12 2025 34 mins

The first few weeks of the Trump administration have seen the president demonstrate how he approaches negotiations with threats of tariffs, how he closes down government departments without warning, and how what is stated as policy in the morning can be overturned by the afternoon. What effect could all this have on the US economy? To hear more, join the University of Chicago onlin