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When will the Fed start cutting interest rates? Feb 21, 2024

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Inflation in the US has proved remarkably stubborn. The most recent figures show it fell less than expected in January, to 3.1 percent, well above the Federal Reserve's target rate of 2 percent. In response, the futures markets slashed their expectations that the Fed will lower interest rates any time soon from its current level of 5.25-5.5 percent. The labor market is still relatively tight, and consumers keep spending. Many observers think a recession is increasingly unlikely, but a soft landing is hardly guaranteed. In this episode, Charles Evans, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago from 2007 to 2023, and Chicago Booth's Anil Kashyap, discuss how the Fed is thinking about the US economy.

Is it fair to charge people different prices? Feb 14, 2024

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We are used to paying different prices for airline tickets, Uber rides, and hotel rooms, but can you imagine a time when all sorts of retailers use data to tailor their marketing and pricing for each individual customer? Does fairness require prices to be equal for everyone, or do certain groups and individuals deserve discounts? In this episode, Chicago Booth's Jean-Pierre Dubé and EngineBI's Jon Morris discuss the ethics and practicalities of personalizing pricing.

Why AI may be your best strategist Feb 07, 2024

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More than 90 percent of business leaders say their organizations use AI to help manage people, money, or both. But how many companies are using AI to develop strategy? In this episode of the Chicago Booth Review podcast, Chicago Booth's Greg Bunch discusses how founders and companies could be making better use of AI to develop, test and operationalize their strategies.

How should you deliver negative feedback? Jan 31, 2024

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How would you tell one of your direct reports that their work isn't good enough? Especially if that person seems blissfully unaware that they are underperforming? In this episode of the Chicago Booth Review podcast, we're launching a new podcast miniseries, the audio version of our popular Business Practice column, where we asked people to script what they would say in a challenging workplace scenario, and Chicago Booth behavioral science professor George Wu analyzes the responses.

Would you call out a workplace bully? Jan 24, 2024

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Many of us have seen bullying behavior at work. And though we might not like to admit it, many of us have failed to do anything about it. That can reflect the difficult trade-offs that come with calling out bullying: subjecting ourselves and others to scrutiny, completely changing the dynamic between colleagues, and potentially damaging your own career. In this episode, Chicago Booth's John Paul Rollert reflects on "the precarious relationship between ethics and expediency" when it comes to blowing the whistle on workplace bullying.

A Nobel laureate on the limits of evidence-based policy Jan 17, 2024

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In recent years, there's been a strong push to elevate the use of data in public decision-making by using evidence-based policymaking. Not everyone is enamored of the idea. In a 2019 essay for Chicago Booth Review, Lars Peter Hansen, of Chicago Booth and the University of Chicago, said the notion of evidence-based policymaking was "a misleading portrayal of academic discourse and the advancement of understanding." In this episode, Hansen and his Chicago Booth and University of Chicago colleague Kevin Murphy to discuss the issue.

Challenge your assumptions, and embrace ambiguity Jan 10, 2024

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What's so scary about uncertainty and ambiguity? Could it be that they're unnerving because they threaten to upend our understanding of the world? And might letting go of your assumptions help you to navigate through uncertain times? In this episode of the Chicago Booth Review podcast, Chicago Booth's Linda Ginzel offers her insights and advice on these critical topics for leaders.

Why a soft landing is so hard Jan 03, 2024

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Imagine trying to land a jet on the deck of an aircraft carrier in the middle of a raging storm. That's how Chicago Booth's Raghuram Rajan describes the main task this year for the US Federal Reserve as it attempts a soft landing for the US economy. Is it doable? This episode of the Chicago Booth Review podcast features the second of our two conversations with Rajan about his recent book, Monetary Policy and Its Unintended Consequences.

How to keep your New Year's Resolutions Dec 27, 2023

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How long do you stick to your New Year's resolutions? Why is it so hard to keep them going? How can you make 2024 that exceptional year when you actually keep your New Year's resolutions? In this episode, we get advice from Chicago Booth's Ayelet Fishbach, a professor of behavioral science, and author of the book, Get it Done: Surprising Lessons from the Science of Motivation.

Steve Jobs' Ghost Haunts Silicon Valley Dec 20, 2023

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Streaming services love a good tech startup business story, preferably one featuring a quirky CEO devoid of self-awareness, with an oversized ego and grandiose sense of ambition and purpose, and one finger always resting on the self-destruct button. Hence Super Pumped, the story of Travis Kalanick and Uber, The Dropout, about Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos, and WeCrashed, the tale of Adam Neumann and WeWork. In this episode of the Chicago Booth Review podcast, Chicago Booth's John Paul Rollert reads his 2023 essay that saw one common thread between the three series: the echoes of the legendary Steve Jobs.

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