Economist Interviews and Weekly Insights — A Front-Row Seat to Fresh Thinking

What Economist Interviews and Weekly Insights Mean Here

Our Weekly Promise

Every week, we bring you one in-depth economist interview and highlight the three most actionable insights, so you finish informed and energized rather than overwhelmed by headlines or tangled charts.

Preparing Each Economist Interview

We seek economists whose current research intersects with real-time issues—think inflation dynamics, labor churn, or climate risk. Relevance beats fame, ensuring each Weekly Insight answers questions you actually have.

Preparing Each Economist Interview

Questions start specific, travel broader, and circle back practical. We ask for the assumption that would change their view, the data they distrust, and the signal they watch when noise gets loud.

A Studio Anecdote: When an Economist Changed Our Question

Midway through, our guest paused and asked to redraw a chart on a whiteboard, flipping our focus from averages to distributions. That shift uncovered why median households felt stress despite improving aggregates.

Engage: Shape Next Week’s Economist Interviews and Weekly Insights

Propose a concise claim you want tested—about wages, housing, or energy. We will challenge our guest economist with it and report back in the Weekly Insights with clarity and sources.

Turning Interviews into Actionable Weekly Insights

We track a small dashboard suggested by interviewees: real wages, vacancy-to-unemployment ratios, credit spreads, and shelter measures. This shared compass keeps Weekly Insights consistent and comparable week to week.

When an economist flags rising rate sensitivity, we translate it into practical steps for borrowers and savers. Weekly Insights close with clear next actions, not just elegant explanations.

If a forecast misses, we say so, revisit assumptions, and learn in public. That openness strengthens trust and makes future interviews bolder, generating more useful Weekly Insights for everyone.