Speed Dating for Economists

As most of you may know, I'm a professional economist. (By most of you, I mean the two people who actually read this blog.) National Public Radio has this podcast that they put on called Planet Money. In January of 2017, they were following a job candidate looking for employment. As it turns out, one of the places that he interviewed was with the place I was working. I think I might have a total of 15 seconds of air time for this piece. I can't believe how much I hate the sound of my own voice. I have no idea how students can stand to listen to me. Oh yeah, they can't stand it.

Since these reporters are not economists, they got a few things wrong but for the most part, it was a good piece.

I thought I'd share the story. Click here to hear it.