# paper american (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover paper american. Page: Feed: --- ## [Ep. 102: The economics of sanctioning a petrostate](https://aearesearchhighlights.libsyn.com/ep-102-the-economics-of-sanctioning-a-petrostate) _2026-07-29 · AEA Research Highlights_ In response to Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the G7 imposed a price cap of $60 per barrel on all Russian oil carried by tankers owned, insured, or serviced by Western companies. Many analysts expected the policy to backfire, with some warning that oil could reach $380 if Russia retaliated by cutting production. In a paper in the American Economic Review , authors Simon Johnson , Lukasz Rachel… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/aearesearchhighlights/interview-rachel-wolfram-final.mp3?dest-id=1883396) ## [Ep. 101: Views on the dollar shortage controversy](https://aearesearchhighlights.libsyn.com/ep-101-views-on-the-dollar-shortage-controversy) _2026-07-02 · AEA Research Highlights_ In the fifteen years following the end of World War II, Western Europe's capital account surpluses were not sufficient to finance its trade deficit with the United States. Charles Kindleberger of MIT, who helped assemble the Marshall Plan , defined this gap as the "dollar shortage" and argued that it was a structural problem rooted in Europe's lagging productivity, one that could only be fixed by… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/aearesearchhighlights/interview-tavlas-dellas-final.mp3?dest-id=1883396) ## [Ep. 100: Environmental market design](https://aearesearchhighlights.libsyn.com/ep-100-environmental-market-design) _2026-06-03 · AEA Research Highlights_ Since the 1990s, developers in Florida who want to build on wetlands have been required to buy offset credits from "wetland mitigation banks," private restoration projects that convert degraded land, often former pasture, back into functioning wetland elsewhere in the same region. Like other environmental offset markets, the program has proved controversial. In a paper in the American Economic… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/aearesearchhighlights/interview-will-rafey-final.mp3?dest-id=1883396) ## [Ep. 99: The wrong side of the tracks](https://aearesearchhighlights.libsyn.com/ep-99-the-wrong-side-of-the-tracks) _2026-05-15 · AEA Research Highlights_ The place where a child grows up in America shapes their economic future to a significant degree . One long-suspected explanation is racial segregation, but proving whether segregation actually causes worse outcomes—rather than just correlating with them—has been challenging for economists. In a paper in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics , authors Eric Chyn , Kareem Haggag , and… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/aearesearchhighlights/interview-eric-chyn-final.mp3?dest-id=1883396) ## [Ep. 98: Delivering clean water](https://aearesearchhighlights.libsyn.com/ep-98-delivering-clean-water) _2026-04-09 · AEA Research Highlights_ More than two billion people around the world do not have safe drinking water at home. Piped water infrastructure remains out of reach for much of the developing world, and cheaper alternatives like chlorine tablets have low take-up rates even when given away for free. In a paper in the American Economic Review , authors Fiona Burlig , Amir Jina , and Anant Sudarshan explore a third option.… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/aearesearchhighlights/interview-fiona-burlig-final.mp3?dest-id=1883396) ## [Ep. 97: A short history of Asian immigration](https://aearesearchhighlights.libsyn.com/ep-97-a-short-history-of-asian-immigration) _2026-03-11 · AEA Research Highlights_ Asian Americans are the fastest-growing racial group in the United States and are on track to become the largest immigrant group by 2050. Yet, researchers have devoted much less attention to this population than to other immigrant groups. In a paper in the Journal of Economic Perspectives , author Hannah M. Postel helps to fill that gap. She traces Asian immigration to the United States across… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/aearesearchhighlights/interview-hannah-postel-final.mp3?dest-id=1883396) ## [Ep. 96: W. E. B. Du Bois and the history of marginalism](https://aearesearchhighlights.libsyn.com/ep-96-web-du-bois-and-the-history-of-marginalism) _2026-02-11 · AEA Research Highlights_ W. E. B. Du Bois is remembered as a civil rights leader, sociologist, and author of The Souls of Black Folk. But before he became famous for his empirical studies of Black life in America, Du Bois was a graduate student at Harvard studying cutting-edge economic theory. In 1891, at age 23, he submitted a 158-page manuscript entitled A Constructive Critique of Wage Theory to a Harvard prize… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/aearesearchhighlights/interview-daniel-kuehn-final.mp3?dest-id=1883396) ## [Ep. 95: Diversifying college applications](https://aearesearchhighlights.libsyn.com/ep-95-diversifying-college-applications) _2026-01-14 · AEA Research Highlights_ Guidance counselors generally advise college applicants to diversify their applications across schools they believe to be safeties, matches, and reaches. Yet, prevailing economic theories of school choice suggest that such hedging strategies are suboptimal and that applicants should focus on applying to the best schools they have a chance of getting into. In a paper in the American Economic Review… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/aearesearchhighlights/interview-ali-shorrer-final.mp3?dest-id=1883396) ## [Ep. 94: Targeted supply-side enforcement in the controlled substance market](https://aearesearchhighlights.libsyn.com/ep-94-targeted-supply-side-enforcement-in-the-controlled-substance-market) _2025-12-03 · AEA Research Highlights_ Between 1997 and 2011, opioid dispensing in the United States more than tripled, fueling what would become the deadliest drug epidemic in American history. This surge in the supply of opioids was concentrated among a small subset of doctors: roughly 1 percent of the doctors who prescribed opioids accounted for almost 50 percent of all domestic opioid doses prescribed. In a paper in the American… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/aearesearchhighlights/interview-adam-soliman-final.mp3?dest-id=1883396) ## [8.1% APY Plus Free Stock (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/pNejJJNZmUu2) _2025-12-03 · **Sponsored**_ Claim 8.1% APY and up to $1,030 in SK hynix and Nvidia stock. ## [Ep. 93: Technological spillovers](https://aearesearchhighlights.libsyn.com/ep-93-technological-spillovers) _2025-11-05 · AEA Research Highlights_ The launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in October 1957 led to a geopolitical crisis that reshaped American science policy. Within months, Congress established NASA, and by 1961, President Kennedy committed the nation to landing a man on the moon before the decade's end. The resulting investment was massive, and the program still serves as a model of government spending for advocates of public… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/aearesearchhighlights/interview-kantor-whalley-final.mp3?dest-id=1883396)