Hey, Pitchfork economics listeners, Goldie here. We covered a lot of important topics over the

previous year, like the need for universal health care, what happened to overtime pay, how to repair

the housing crisis, and more. But out of all the economic discussions we've had, one seemed to

be the most zeitgeisty and, well, prescient for 2022. And that's the economics of abortion.

We spoke to Professor Caitlin Myers in February of this year, months before the Supreme Court

overturned Roe vs. Wade. She shared data from her research and provided some important examples

of the causal links between abortion access and economic outcomes in women's lives.

It's an illuminating episode and one we think everybody needs to listen to again.

In this country, we tend to frame the question of abortion around religious or moral questions

or bodily autonomy and stuff like that. But this is a policy that has enormous economic implications

for women and particularly for poor women. As it happens economists actually have a lot of

objective answers about abortion. We know a lot about how abortion access impacts people's lives.

At the end of the day denying abortion is about power.

Yes.

From the home offices of civic ventures in downtown Seattle, this is pitchfork economics,

with Nick Hanauer, the best place to get the truth about who gets what and why.

I'm Nick Hanauer, founder of Civic Ventures.

I'm Jessyn Farrell, and I'm Senior Vice President at Civic Ventures and a former state legislator.

So, Jessyn, today on pitchfork economics, we get to talk to a super interesting woman,

Caitlin Myers, is the John Jean McCullough Professor of Economics at Middlebury College and

specializes in research on the impact of contraception and abortion policies

on economic outcomes in the United States. And in this country, we tend to frame the question

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