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  • Purge 3: The Bannoning

    Andrew Prokop joins Matt to talk about Steve Bannon’s war on the GOP establishment.

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    47 min
  • The Impact: The curious case of the $629 Band Aid

    Introducing The Impact, a new show from Vox hosted by Sarah Kliff. 
    The Impact explores how policy affects real lives. This season, we’re focusing on healthcare, and the first episode tackles with one of thorniest questions in the American healthcare system: prices.
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    9 min
  • How do you solve a problem like Harvey Weinstein?

    Sarah, Ezra, and Matt dig into the Harvey Weinstein story, talk a bit about tax reform, and cover new research on Medicaid expansion and savings.
    White paper: Medicaid and Household Savings Behavior: New Evidence from Tax Refunds

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    1 hr 2 min
  • CHIPping away at gerrymandering

    Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about CHIP reauthorization, the Supreme Court's big gerrymandering case, and a seminal Richard Thaler paper (Mental Accounting and Consumer Choice).

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    1 hr 6 min
  • Australia solved its gun problem. Could America?

    Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about gun control in the wake of Las Vegas, the GOP tax reform blueprint, and job-sharing in Germany.
    White paper: The Employment and Output Effects of Short-Time Work in Germany
    Referenced articles:
    What Do We Know About the Association Between Firearm Legislation and Firearm-Related Injuries?
    A Dynamic Analysis of Permanent Extension of the President’s Tax Relief
    After a year of work, Republicans have decided nothing on corporate tax reform (Matt's piece)

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    1 hr 14 min

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