{"podcast":{"title":"Harvard Business Review","slug":"harvard-business-review-7777387","podcast_index_feed_id":7777387,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/VG7900701114","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/980142f0-0d9c-11f1-9b6f-b39130a8b54a/image/fd144eac00da8bd04368206590cf5ad8.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"HBR","episode_count":511,"summary":"At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the world’s organizations and institutions were run more effectively, if our leaders made better decisions, if people worked more productively, we believe that all of us — employees, bosses, customers, our families, and the people our businesses affect — would be better off. We try to arm our readers with ideas that help them become smarter, more creative, and more courageous in their work. We encourage comments, critiques, and questions. We expect our community to be a safe space for respectful, constructive, and thought-provoking discussion. We reserve the right to remove or turn off comments at our discretion. We do not tolerate bullying, name-calling, or abusive language related to identity, including race, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, age, or region; spam; copyright violation; extreme profanity; or p*rnography.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T12:22:10.972032+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387"},"episode":{"title":"We Need to Reimagine Econ 101: It May Constrain Your Business Perspective","slug":"we-need-to-reimagine-econ-101-it-may-constrain-your-business-perspective","published_at":"2026-05-24T23:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387/we-need-to-reimagine-econ-101-it-may-constrain-your-business-perspective","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG1008722347.mp3?updated=1778675772","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG1008722347.mp3?updated=1778675772","summary":"We Need to Revamp Econ 101: It May Limit Your Business Thinking 4 Apr 2024 --- Treating economics like a natural science can limit its scope and give corporations permission to look the other way on harms they may be causing. The New Yorker's Nick Romeo reports on the case for bringing the humanities–including ethics and philosophy–back into the curriculum. Romeo is the author of The Alternative: How to Build a Just Economy (https://www.amzn.com/1541701593). 00:00 An “acceptable” rate of joblessness? 01:00 Economics is not a natural science 01:39 Distorted business thinking 02:30 But isn’t economics essential? 03:10 The real cost of cheap stuff 04:10 One alternative: true pricing 05:04 An alternative to Econ 101? Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #Work #Business #Economy #Economics #Education #Economics101 #Harvard #HarvardBusinessSchool Copyright © 2024 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"We Need to Revamp Econ 101: It May Limit Your Business Thinking 4 Apr 2024 --- Treating economics like a natural science can limit its scope and give corp…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":516,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/harvard-business-review-7777387/episodes/we-need-to-reimagine-econ-101-it-may-constrain-your-business-perspective/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387/we-need-to-reimagine-econ-101-it-may-constrain-your-business-perspective.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}