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Back to SearchDaron Acemoglu on Innovation and Shared Prosperity
Episode 904
Economist and author Daron Acemoglu of MIT discusses his book Power and Progress with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Acemoglu argues that the productivi…
3 years, 3 months ago
Erik Hoel on Consciousness, Free Will, and the Limits of Science
Episode 903
Neuroscientist and author Erik Hoel talks about his book, The World Behind the World, with EconTalk's Russ Roberts. Is it possible to reconcile the s…
3 years, 3 months ago
Lydia Dugdale on the Lost Art of Dying
Episode 902
Physician and author Lydia Dugdale wants to teach us a better way to die. She argues that this will help us find a better way to live. Listen as she …
3 years, 3 months ago
Marc Andreessen on Why AI Will Save the World
Episode 901
Marc Andreessen thinks AI will make everything better--if only we get out of the way. He argues that in every aspect of human activity, our ability t…
3 years, 3 months ago
James Rebanks on the Shepherd's Life
Episode 900
James Rebanks's family has raised sheep in the same small English village for at least four centuries. There are records of people with his same last…
3 years, 4 months ago
Jacob Howland on the Hidden Human Costs of AI
Episode 899
In the early 1900s, the philosopher Henry Adams expressed concern about the rapid rate of social change ushered in by new technologies, from the rail…
3 years, 4 months ago
Michael Munger on Obedience to the Unenforceable
Episode 898
Civilization and the pleasantness of everyday life depend on unwritten rules. Early in the 20th century, an English mathematician and government offi…
3 years, 4 months ago
Rebecca Struthers on Watches, Watchmaking, and the Hands of Time
Episode 897
Called "a poem in clockwork," the self-winding Breguet watch made for Marie Antoinette was meant to be the most beautiful example of mechanical art i…
3 years, 4 months ago
Les Snead on Risk, Decisions, and Football
Episode 896
After nearly 12 years as general manager for the L.A. Rams, Les Snead has learned the power of humility when it comes to making big decisions--who to…
3 years, 5 months ago
Luca Dellanna on Risk, Ruin, and Ergodicity
Episode 895
Author and consultant Luca Dellanna talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the importance of avoiding ruin when facing risk. Along the way Della…
3 years, 5 months ago