Policy Paycheck

In today's flashback episode, host Serena Allen revisits the challenges, policies, and economic principles surrounding aging and her interview with PhD candidate Gerson Galdamez.

Our special today summarizes a conversation with Dr. Richard Green on the economics of the housing market.

Netflix revolutionized television by providing a subscription based experience. What if the pharmaceutical industry did the same? A conversation with USC Price School's Interim Dean, and Director of the Scheaffer Center, Dana Goldman.  

How will innovation play into a post covid economy? What new industries will stimulus money spur? How does the current economic recovery align with 2008s?

This episode discusses economic influences to hate crimes.

This episode explains the economic drivers and limitations of nuclear energy.

Our special today summarizes a conversation with Dr. Christine Beckman on the economics of Charter Schools.

What is the potential future economic impact of federal legalization of marijuana? This episode explores not only this question, but also provides a sneak peek intro for an upcoming Expert Talk.

Value based care, the current state of healthcare, what Walmart is doing right, & more is covered in this hour long episode with Mason Matalon.

In this episode Serena discusses Earth Day, climate destabilization, the Environmental Kuznets Curve, and economic projections for the future state of our planet.

This episode covers major highlights from Season 1 Episode 5 with expert Roberto Suro.

I've had a really hard time picking what to talk about this week because there's so many important things going on (the trial around the death of George Floyd, President Biden's new infrastructure plan, Asian American hate)... I think each of these issues need a deeper dive and I hope to have an Expert Talk covering each of them soon, but today we're going to talk about what's happening in Hong Kong.

Today's Tuesday Tidbit discusses the Suez Canal freight blockage and the state of global trade in a post Covid society.

This episode summarizes key points about environmental economics in America from Season 1 Episode 3 with Dr. Monalisa Chatterjee.

President Biden announced in a recent press release that vaccines will be available to all come May 1st. Is that a violation of state powers? How may it impact the economy?

In 2020, Ireland had the largest growth in GDP. This episode examines how that happened.

This Flashback covers a Los Angeles-centric analysis of homelessness with expert Dr. Gary Painter.

This episode discusses the Covax global distribution model the world has decided on, and questions if game theory played a role in its design.

The people of Myanmar have flocked to the streets to protest against a military coup. Why did this happen? Why does it matter to America? What is a sanction?

In the first Expert Talk of Season 3, host Serena Allen sits down with expert Dr. Catherine Burke to discuss the future of transportation, personal rapid transit, the difference between the Trump Administration's Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao and the Biden Secretary Pete Buttigeg, and more. For more on the topics covered in this show, visit bedrosian.usc.edu/paycheck.

Our special today summarizes a conversation from early 2020 with health policy expert Neeraj Sood.

Lives have been lost in the Texas electricity crisis due to freezing temperatures and snowfall. In this episode, Serena explains the root cause of this crisis: economics. Check out the showpage for resources.  

Today's tidbit episodes covers the costs and history of federal holidays, even President's Day.

Our special today summarizes a conversation from early 2020 with tax expert Edward Kleinbard, providing a foundation for why The Policy Paycheck exists: to give listeners easy access to information on the policies and programs they pay for. The transcript and link to Kleinbard's book is available at bedrosian.usc.edu/paycheck

This week's episode discusses the V and K shaped post pandemic economic recovery theories, most notably mentioned in the 2020 Presidential Debates. Host Serena Allen examines the limited research on potential outcomes and suggests her own more complex recovery theory, the "Funky K" type graph. The transcript and research for this episode is available at http://bedrosian.usc.edu/paycheck

We're changing things up in Season 3 of The Policy Paycheck, Serena Allen gives your all the updates here in the launch episode.

In today's episode of The Policy Paycheck, host Serena Allen discusses the recent legislation and typical arguments surrounding transgender healthcare with Professor LaVonna Lewis. What type of data collection problems are there with this issue? How would making healthcare a public good impact healthcare for transgender people? What is the impact of policy?    

In today's episode of The Policy Paycheck, host Serena Allen discusses the economic problems of the United States Postal Service with expert Chris Edwards. How does the USPS make money? Why is it a government agency? How do other countries approach their mail services? >> Please note this episode has a modified introduction to reflect the argument for the USPS, which was not originally included in the original recording.

In today's episode of The Policy Paycheck, host Serena Allen discusses the historical and future implications of transportation development with Tamika Butler. What is a self-help city? Why are conversations around transportation becoming more partisan? How does transit tie into race? For links to some of the things discussed, see the showpage.

In today's episode of The Policy Paycheck, host Serena Allen discusses the relationship between development and gentrification with spatial science expert Dr. Robert Vos. What is urban acupuncture and eco gentrification? How does transit oriented development impact gentrification? Can we develop areas without gentrifying them? If you are interested in learning more about the topics covered, email Dr. Vos at vos@usc.edu.   For links and more, see the showpage.

In today's episode of The Policy Paycheck, host Serena Allen and expert Dr. Erroll Southers discuss policy change in light of the worldwide protests sparked by the death of George Floyd. Who polices the police? How much money are taxpayers giving for police malpractice lawsuits? What does it mean to defund the police? Is America a police state? For links and more, see the showpage.

In today's episode of The Policy Paycheck, host Serena Allen discusses the challenges, policies,and economic principles surrounding aging with PhD candidate Gerson Galdamez. What do you need to do to prepare for retirement? How will your parents be cared for by the state? How much of our taxes is used to care for the elderly? Showpage

In today's episode of The Policy Paycheck, host Serena Allen discusses when young adults should buy over rent and the impact of home ownership with expert Dr. Richard Green. How much money does the government spend on housing assistance? What is the impact of population density on the real estate market? What is the relationship between home ownership and equity? For links and more, see the showpage.

In today's episode of The Policy Paycheck, host Serena Allen compares charter schools in comparison to local district schools with expert Dr. Christine Beckman. What is the difference between a traditional and charter school? How does the creation of charter schools economically impact local district schools? What are the controversies associated with charter schools? For links and more, check out the showpage.

In today's episode of The Policy Paycheck, host Serena Allen discusses how the U.S.immigration system works and the economic principles behind it with expert Roberto Suro. Is the immigration system self funded? What are U.S. immigration goals? Who are the people immigrating? How can we avoid human right violations? For links and more, see the showpage.

In today's episode of The Policy Paycheck, host Serena Allen discusses the environmental budget of the U.S. and the controversies of government funded environmental initiatives with expert Dr. Monalisa Chatterjee. What threats to environmental infrastructure does America currently face? What is the EPA and what do they do? How is U.S. environmental policy affected by the tragedy of the commons? For links and more, see the showpage.

In today's episode of The Policy Paycheck, host Serena Allen discusses the economics of homelessness with expert Dr. Gary Painter. How did homelessness become such a large policy issue? How much does the state pay to combat homelessness? What are non-economic costs of homelessness? For links, see the showpage.

In today's episode of The Policy Paycheck, host Serena Allen explores Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act (ACA or "Obamacare") with Neeraj Sood. What is the difference between Medicare and Medicaid? What did the ACA change, and what makes Medicaid For All different? How do we balance the market costs while also making sure everyone has access to good health care? For links to some of the things we discuss, check out the showpage.

In today's episode of The Policy Paycheck, host Serena Allen discusses taxes and government spending with Edward Kleinbard (USC Gould). What is the relationship between good governance, the taxes we pay, and the public good? Who benefits from our system of taxation? What does our system of taxing and spending say about our society?   For links and to leave a question or comment for Serena, check out the showpage.