Bryant Urstadt

Dec 11, 2024 | npr.org | Kenny Malone |Sally Helm |Lena Richards |Bryant Urstadt

Worst. Tariffs. Ever. (update) Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1218506684/1263414500" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Willis C. Hawley (left) and Reed Smoot meeting shortly after the signing of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act. Library of Congress hide caption toggle caption Library of Congress Willis C.

Nov 6, 2024 | npr.org | Karen Duffin |Aviva DeKornfeld |Bryant Urstadt

Back in the 90s, the federal government ran a bold experiment, giving people vouchers to move out of high-poverty neighborhoods into low-poverty ones. They wanted to test if housing policy could be hope – whether an address change alone could improve jobs, earnings and education. The answer to that seems obvious. But it did not at all turn out as they expected. Years later, when new researchers went back to the data on this experiment, they stumbled on something big.

Apr 10, 2024 | npr.org | David Kestenbaum |Jacob Goldstein |Nadia Wilson |Bryant Urstadt

How much does this cow weigh? (Classic) Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1197958710/1243989580" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> This episode originally ran in 2015. About one hundred years ago, a scientist and statistician named Francis Galston came upon an opportunity to test how well regular people were at answering a question.

Feb 22, 2024 | ft.com | Jacob Goldstein |Jake Harper |Ortenca Aliaj |Ethan Wu |Bryant Urstadt

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Jan 18, 2024 | ft.com | Jacob Goldstein |Jake Harper |Ethan Wu |Bryant Urstadt |Robert Armstrong

There is an historically large premium on the S&P 500, when compared to markets in the rest of the world.