Latest Episodes
Debunking One of the Most Famous Psychology Experiments Ever
Economist Dan Benjamin thoroughly shakes down the classic marshmallow test
Featuring: Daniel J. Benjamin, Professor of Behavioral Economics and Genoeconomics
Why a Nationwide $15 Minimum Wage Is Wrongheaded
Economist Ed Leamer pulls no punches looking at our societal issues
Featuring: Edward Leamer, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Global Economics and Management Director Emeritus, UCLA Anderson Forecast
The Forecast Since the Biden Stimulus
Economist Leo Feler weighs consumer behavior, universal basic income
Featuring: Leo Feler, Senior Economist, UCLA Anderson Forecast
What People of Asian Descent in America Face Now
Vice Chancellor Margaret Shih explains the cultural and workplace conflicts.
Featuring: Margaret Shih, Associate Vice Chancellor, BruinX, UCLA Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Neil Jacoby Chair in Management; Professor of Management and Organizations
The Way the FDA Approves Vaccines Should Be Different Now
As Fernanda Bravo tells Warren Olney, it should be risk versus reward.
Featuring: Fernanda Bravo, Assistant Professor of Decisions, Operations and Technology Management
Women Consider Jobs Differently, and Employers Know It
Warren Olney navigates hours, work/life balance and pay with Melanie Wasserman.
Featuring: Melanie Wasserman, Assistant Professor of Economics
Many Fine Wine Labels Are Hiding That They’re Organic
Magali Delmas found the quality is higher but eco-labeling would leave a sour note.
Featuring: Magali Delmas, Professor of Management; Faculty Director, Impact@Anderson
This Behavioral Scientist Studied Chinese Factories and Found Surprising Keys to Productivity
What motivates employees extends into the U.S. as well, according to Sherry Wu.
Featuring: Sherry Wu, Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations
Lobbying and Influence on the Law — Is It Actually for the Public Good?
As Henry Friedman explains to Warren Olney, it can be.
Featuring: Henry Friedman, Associate Professor of Accounting
Would You Rather Have an Award or Some Cash?
The answer might surprise you, as Jana Gallus tells Warren Olney.
Featuring: Jana Gallus, Assistant Professor of Strategy and Behavioral Decision Making
Your Maps App Would Like to Use Your Location
Keith Chen and Elisa Long use that data constructively.
Featuring: Keith Chen, Professor of Behavioral Economics and Strategy; and Elisa Long Associate Professor of Decisions, Operations and Technology Management
Want to Save the Environment? Hope for a Global Treaty
As Ivo Welch and Brad Cornell tell Warren Olney, doing your part will mostly save money.
Featuring: Ivo Welch, Distinguished Professor of Finance, J. Fred Weston Chair in Finance, and Brad Cornell, Professor Emeritus
When Something We Need Goes Scarce, How Do We Decide Who Has Dibs?
Warren Olney interviews Franklin Shaddy about how to allocate precious items, even vaccines.
Featuring: Franklin Shaddy, Assistant Professor of Marketing and Behavioral Decision Making
What’s the Key Ingredient to a Successful Startup?
As Olav Sorenson tells host Warren Olney, it’s your longtime location.
Featuring: Olav Sorenson, Joseph Jacobs Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies; Professor of Strategy; Faculty Research Director, Price Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Forecasting the Economy When the President Is Sick and Unpredictable
Jerry Nickelsburg talks with Warren Olney about how economists forge ahead with predictions in a time of sheer unpredictability.
Featuring: Jerry Nickelsburg, Adjunct Full Professor; Director, UCLA Anderson Forecast
The Systemic Suppression of Native Americans’ Economic Outcomes
Christian Dippel found that the property rights on reservations have cost generations of Indigenous peoples their fair shot at economic opportunity.
Featuring: Christian Dippel, Assistant Professor of Economics
How Politicians Handle Uncertainty
Craig Fox explained to Warren Olney that when leaders can discern situations with random variables from those with knowable variables, they can better influence and communicate the outcomes.
Featuring: Craig Fox, Harold Williams Chair and Professor of Management
What Baseball Teaches Us about Our Own Performance
Hengchen Dai gleaned data from baseball to show that instances of “fresh starts” boost performance — and can be applied to our lives as well.
Featuring: Hengchen Dai, Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations and Behavioral Decision Making
If You Think Time Is Money, You’re Forfeiting Happiness
Warren Olney interviewed Sanford Devoe about his critical research on hourly versus salaried earners. The findings are simple — but they explain a great deal about our behaviors.
Featuring: Sanford Devoe, Associate Professor of Management and Organizations
Organizations Have Committed to Better Representation, but Really?
Miguel Unzueta, expert on equity, racial discrimination, biases and microaggressions in the workplace, asks, at a time of higher consciousness about equitable representation, how can we make our organizations better?
Featuring: Miguel Unzueta, Senior Associate Dean of MBA Programs; Professor of Management and Organizations
The Power of the Immigrant Mindset in America
Economist and researcher Paola Giuliano tells Warren Olney how different waves of immigrants to the U.S. have leaned politically and influenced policy.
Featuring: Paola Giuliano, Professor of Economics, Justice Elwood Lui Endowed Term Chair in Management
The Housing Shortage and Homelessness: A Researcher’s Perspective
Leading real estate researcher Stuart Gabriel examines how the housing shortage and homelessness in California have been exacerbated by redlining, systemic failures and now COVID-19. What are possible solutions?
Featuring: Stuart Gabriel, Arden Realty Chair, Professor of Finance and Director, Richard S. Ziman Center for Real Estate at UCLA
It’s Not Just What You Say or How You Say It
Heather Caruso discusses how listening to understand is the key to averting conflicts, particularly among people of different backgrounds and cultures.
Featuring: Heather Caruso, Assistant Dean of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations and Behavioral Decision Making
Leadership (or the Lack Thereof) in This Global Crisis
Warren Olney and economist Sebastian Edwards look into the failures of leadership (and one success) as different leading nations navigate the pandemic.
Featuring: Sebastian Edwards, Henry Ford II Chair in International Management; Faculty Director, Center for Global Management
The Global Economic … Recession?
Warren Olney and renowned economic forecaster Ed Leamer look into what’s ahead in the wake of this pandemic, from an economic and sociological perspective.
Featuring: Ed Leamer, Professor Emeritus
Happiness in COVID Times
Cassie Mogilner Holmes examines happiness during the COVID-19 crisis. Is it achievable? How does research show happiness is within your control?
Featuring: Cassie Mogilner Holmes, Donnalisa ’86 and Bill Barnum Endowed Term Chair in Management; Professor of Behavioral Decision Making and Marketing
The Difference Between Thinking You’ll Do Something and Doing It
Hal Hershfield delves into our consumer and life decisions, uncovering valuable nuggets about why we decide to make changes — but often never follow through.
Featuring: Hal Hershfield, Professor of Behavioral Decision Making and Marketing