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Human Capital for Humans: An Accessible Introduction to the Economic Science of People

What's the greatest driver of economic growth? Love. In this episode, UChicago economist Pablo Peña presents his new book Human Capital for Humans, inspired by Nobel laureate Gary Becker's legendary doctoral course. In conversation with host Tess Vigeland, he discusses how simple economic principles illuminate life's biggest matters, from parenting and marriage to jobs and schooling.

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  Liberalism and the Great Enrichment: Why Ideas, Not Capital, Made the Mode…

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  Economics for Everyone: Teaching the World to Think Like an Economist

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  The Economics of Early Childhood: Why the First Five Years Matter Most

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  The Law of Unintended Consequences: How Dobbs Changed Contraceptive Choices

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  Finding Your Why at Work: The Economics of Purpose

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  Stuck: How Housing Regulation Ended America's Mobility Revolution

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  Building Costs vs. Housing Prices: Why Construction Isn't Driving the Cris…

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  Pay Isn’t Everything: How Economists Put a Price on Job Perks

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  Decoding Educational Content: A Computational Comparison Between Public an…