Dartmouth College is home to a unique department of economics, with faculty who combine cutting-edge research with exceptional teaching and mentoring of its undergraduate students. The Big Green Economics podcast with Gabe Gottesman '26 tells the story of the Department of Economics at Dartmouth, highlighting a professor's research in one bite-sized episode. In episode 2, Dr. Melinda Petre discusses her research on how people react to major shifts in the economy through community college enrollment, along with an analysis of how employers view cognitive versus non-cognitive skills.