The Pie: An Economics Podcast

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Eugene Fama on 60 Years of Finance Research, Index Funds, and Market Efficiency

If you have money in an index fund, you are benefiting from Eugene Fama's work. In this Extra Slice of The Pie, the Nobel laureate and "father of modern finance" reflects on a career that reshaped how trillions of dollars are invested, including his development of the Efficient Market Hypothesis, which provides the theoretical foundation for passive investing.

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  The War in Iran: Oil, Cyber Warfare, and Alliances

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  The Geography of Human Capital: Why Rich Regions Stay Rich

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  The Transformation of Capitalism: 250 Years After Adam Smith

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  Laboratories of Autocracy: What Happens When China Shuts Down Its Policy E…

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  Who Really Paid for the Tariffs? Brent Neiman on Liberation Day's Economic…

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  Venezuela After Maduro: What Comes Next?

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  Why Banks Exist and Why They Fail: Douglas Diamond on Runs, Regulation, an…

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  At What Age Does Family Income Most Shape Your Future? Timing and Intergen…

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  The Pie, Wrapped: Innovation, Faith, Purpose, and Market Power

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  A Conversation with Roger Myerson: Harmonicas, Xenophon, and Why Your Mayo…

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  Chat2Learn: Using Simple Conversation Prompts to Boost Early Childhood Dev…

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  Human Capital for Humans: An Accessible Introduction to the Economic Scien…

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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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