# Economics Matters with Laurence Kotlikoff Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/economics-matters-with-laurence-kotlikoff-6614501 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/economics-matters-with-laurence-kotlikoff-6614501.md RSS feed: https://anchor.fm/s/e8bfdf7c/podcast/rss Official site: https://larrykotlikoff.substack.com/ Author: Economics Matters Episodes: 149 ## Resource Economics Matters is a podcast hosted by Professor Laurence Kotlikoff, one of the most influential economists in the world, a Global Economics Advisor, NY Times Best Selling Author, President of Economic Security Planning, Inc., and Director of the Fiscal Analysis Center. In each episode, Professor Kotlikoff talks to experts about the power of economics in our modern day society. From personal finance and fiscal policy, to social security and income inequality, Economics Matters delves into much of the economic challenges of modern society. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/economics-matters-with-laurence-kotlikoff-6614501 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/economics-matters-with-laurence-kotlikoff-6614501.md ## Episodes - [Dead Men Are Running America's Budget, and Their Policies Are Bankrupting Your Kids](https://stenobird.com/podcast/economics-matters-with-laurence-kotlikoff-6614501/dead-men-are-running-america-s-budget-and-their-policies-are-bankrupting-your-kids) — 2026-09-11T14:57:29+00:00 - [The Race Against Time: Can Argentina's Economy Recover Before the Election Kills the Reform?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/economics-matters-with-laurence-kotlikoff-6614501/the-race-against-time-can-argentina-s-economy-recover-before-the-election-kills-the-reform) — 2026-09-02T10:00:00+00:00 - [34% of Gen Z Is Gambling Online. They Think It's Investing](https://stenobird.com/podcast/economics-matters-with-laurence-kotlikoff-6614501/34-of-gen-z-is-gambling-online-they-think-it-s-investing) — 2026-08-29T15:48:14+00:00 - [Is AI the End of Mathematics, or Its Most Exciting New Beginning?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/economics-matters-with-laurence-kotlikoff-6614501/is-ai-the-end-of-mathematics-or-its-most-exciting-new-beginning) — 2026-08-20T18:50:19+00:00 - [Your Medicare Premium Is Rising Twice as Fast as Your Social Security Check — Here's What to Do About It](https://stenobird.com/podcast/economics-matters-with-laurence-kotlikoff-6614501/your-medicare-premium-is-rising-twice-as-fast-as-your-social-security-check-here-s-what-to-do-about-it) — 2026-08-19T03:42:27+00:00 - [Why Putin Can't Win, China Won't Fold, and Trump Is Running Out of Options](https://stenobird.com/podcast/economics-matters-with-laurence-kotlikoff-6614501/why-putin-can-t-win-china-won-t-fold-and-trump-is-running-out-of-options) — 2026-08-06T14:32:23+00:00 - [The Illiquid Jenga Tower: Inside the Private Credit Timebomb Nobody's Talking About](https://stenobird.com/podcast/economics-matters-with-laurence-kotlikoff-6614501/the-illiquid-jenga-tower-inside-the-private-credit-timebomb-nobody-s-talking-about) — 2026-08-02T10:00:00+00:00 - [Why the Most Important Economic Story of Our Time Isn't the Tariffs — It's the Institutions](https://stenobird.com/podcast/economics-matters-with-laurence-kotlikoff-6614501/why-the-most-important-economic-story-of-our-time-isn-t-the-tariffs-it-s-the-institutions) — 2026-07-31T10:00:00+00:00 - [Social Security Is Broke. Here's What That Actually Means for Your Check](https://stenobird.com/podcast/economics-matters-with-laurence-kotlikoff-6614501/social-security-is-broke-here-s-what-that-actually-means-for-your-check) — 2026-07-29T10:00:00+00:00 - [The Man Who Beat Goldman Sachs at Stock Picking — From a Trading Desk in Memphis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/economics-matters-with-laurence-kotlikoff-6614501/the-man-who-beat-goldman-sachs-at-stock-picking-from-a-trading-desk-in-memphis) — 2026-07-23T18:44:33+00:00 - [The Man Who Invented the HSA Thinks We're Still Doing Healthcare All Wrong](https://stenobird.com/podcast/economics-matters-with-laurence-kotlikoff-6614501/the-man-who-invented-the-hsa-thinks-we-re-still-doing-healthcare-all-wrong) — 2026-07-09T10:00:00+00:00 - ["We're Running a 20th Century Operating System on a 21st Century Economy — And It's Crashing"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/economics-matters-with-laurence-kotlikoff-6614501/we-re-running-a-20th-century-operating-system-on-a-21st-century-economy-and-it-s-crashing) — 2026-07-02T10:00:00+00:00 - [The Man Who Turned Down $1.3 Million to Stay in School — And Changed Medicine Forever](https://stenobird.com/podcast/economics-matters-with-laurence-kotlikoff-6614501/the-man-who-turned-down-1-3-million-to-stay-in-school-and-changed-medicine-forever) — 2026-06-25T10:00:00+00:00 - [The Regime We Were Supposed to Topple Just Got Stronger](https://stenobird.com/podcast/economics-matters-with-laurence-kotlikoff-6614501/the-regime-we-were-supposed-to-topple-just-got-stronger) — 2026-06-25T05:30:57+00:00 - [The $83 Billion Scam Hidden Inside Medicare (And the Economist Who Proved It)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/economics-matters-with-laurence-kotlikoff-6614501/the-83-billion-scam-hidden-inside-medicare-and-the-economist-who-proved-it) — 2026-06-09T18:49:48+00:00 - [Are Netanyahu's Policies Reshaping Israel For the Better Or Worse?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/economics-matters-with-laurence-kotlikoff-6614501/are-netanyahu-s-policies-reshaping-israel-for-the-better-or-worse) — 2026-05-21T10:00:00+00:00 - [Andrew Fesiak's Update on the Ukraine War](https://stenobird.com/podcast/economics-matters-with-laurence-kotlikoff-6614501/andrew-fesiak-s-update-on-the-ukraine-war) — 2026-05-08T04:32:51+00:00 - [Economics-Based Financial Planning with Wade Pfau's Retirement Income Institute](https://stenobird.com/podcast/economics-matters-with-laurence-kotlikoff-6614501/economics-based-financial-planning-with-wade-pfau-s-retirement-income-institute) — 2026-04-27T17:43:03+00:00 - [Kevin Esler Returns to Build You A TIPS Ladder](https://stenobird.com/podcast/economics-matters-with-laurence-kotlikoff-6614501/kevin-esler-returns-to-build-you-a-tips-ladder) — 2026-03-30T19:00:44+00:00 - [Fixing Personal Finance With John Campbell](https://stenobird.com/podcast/economics-matters-with-laurence-kotlikoff-6614501/fixing-personal-finance-with-john-campbell) — 2026-03-20T04:14:02+00:00 - [Can the Republican Party Survive the Trump Administration](https://stenobird.com/podcast/economics-matters-with-laurence-kotlikoff-6614501/can-the-republican-party-survive-the-trump-administration) — 2026-03-11T18:59:08+00:00 - [Glenn Loury on the Country and Race Relations](https://stenobird.com/podcast/economics-matters-with-laurence-kotlikoff-6614501/glenn-loury-on-the-country-and-race-relations) — 2026-02-26T19:37:34+00:00 - [The Domestic and Global Impacts of America's Fascist in Chief](https://stenobird.com/podcast/economics-matters-with-laurence-kotlikoff-6614501/the-domestic-and-global-impacts-of-america-s-fascist-in-chief) — 2026-02-24T18:55:49+00:00 - [World Class Economist on the Chances of a Crash in the Near Future](https://stenobird.com/podcast/economics-matters-with-laurence-kotlikoff-6614501/world-class-economist-on-the-chances-of-a-crash-in-the-near-future) — 2026-02-10T19:02:17+00:00 - [Anders Åslund, the Premiere Global Economist, Is Back to Discuss Geopolitics Under Trump](https://stenobird.com/podcast/economics-matters-with-laurence-kotlikoff-6614501/anders-slund-the-premiere-global-economist-is-back-to-discuss-geopolitics-under-trump) — 2026-01-27T23:33:30+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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