We here at Planet Money love economics papers. And that is also the case for so many of the economists we speak with. For them, new research can explain something they have always wondered about, or make them see something they have never noticed before. And it inspires their own work. So, to bring that same sense of discovery to you, the listener, today we are dedicating our show to a special experiment. A new way to share some of the most fascinating, clever and surprising economics papers in a segment we're calling: The Econ Paper Club. On today's show, we read the econ papers so you don't have to. We take a joyous romp through some of the most fascinating ideas floating around economics right now. And we find that some of those fascinating ideas are about some of the biggest things in life: the careers we choose, the expectations that come with parenting and what one eminent economist calls 'greedy jobs.' This episode was hosted by Erika Beras and Kenny Malone. It was produced by Sam Yellowhorse Kesler and James Sneed. It was edited by Molly Messick. It was fact-checked by Sierra Juarez, and engineered by Robert Rodriguez. Alex Goldmark is our executive producer. Help support Planet Money and get bonus episodes by subscribing to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/planetmoney. Always free at these links: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, NPR One or anywhere you get podcasts. Find more Planet Money: Facebook / Instagram / TikTok / Our weekly Newsletter. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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From NPR, we here at Planet Money read econ papers.
A lot of them.
A lot of them, because buried in those figures and charts and greek lettery formulas are incredible observations about our world.
Yes.
And once you learn to read econ papers, it's like you've learned a secret code that unlocks all of these insights and explanations about why things work the way they do.
Yeah, it's why we love econ papers.
And we thought, you know, how other people have book clubs.
Well, Planet money should have an econ paper club.
So we're gonna try something new and very special today, a way to share some of the most fascinating, clever, surprising economics papers in a hopefully recurring segment we are calling the Econ Paper Club.
Hello and welcome to Planet Money.
I'm Kenny Malone.
And I'm Erica Barris.
And also, hello, and welcome to the inaugural Planet Money Econ Paper Club.
We're trying hard to make it work and make it work over and over.
Today on the show, we read the econ papers, so you don't have to.
We're going to take you on a joyous romp through some fascinating ideas floating around economics right now, last year, thousands of school principals all got the exact same email from the exact same parents with the exact same subject line, which was school inquiry.
Now, was this a real school inquiry?
No.