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Back to SearchRichard Gunderman on Greed, Adam Smith, and Leo Tolstoy
Episode 835
Physician and careful reader Richard Gunderman of Indiana University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about how Adam Smith and Leo Tolstoy looke…
4 years, 4 months ago
Pano Kanelos on Education and UATX
Episode 834
What is real education? What can colleges provide their students? Pano Kanelos, president of the new college-to-be in Austin, UATX, talks with EconTa…
4 years, 5 months ago
Robert Pindyck on Averting and Adapting to Climate Change
Episode 833
Economist Robert Pindyck of MIT talks about his book, Climate Future, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Pindyck lays out what we know and do not know …
4 years, 5 months ago
Maxine Clark on Building the Build-a-Bear Workshop
Episode 832
Stuff it, fluff it, stitch it, dress it: Build-a-Bear Founder and former CEO Maxine Clark built a retail-entertainment empire by letting people make …
4 years, 5 months ago
Angela Duckworth on Character
Episode 831
Many people think schools are no place for teaching character. Psychologist Angela Duckworth of the University of Pennsylvania and founder of Charact…
4 years, 5 months ago
Tamar Haspel on First-Hand Food
Episode 830
What did author and Washington Post columnist Tamar Haspel learn from her quest to eat at least one thing she'd grown, caught, or killed every day? F…
4 years, 6 months ago
Luca Dellanna on Compulsion, Self-deception, and the Brain
Episode 829
Why do people eat too much even when they don't want to? Why are there so many bad managers? And why might anti-vaxxers be useful? Luca Dellanna, aut…
4 years, 6 months ago
Michael Eisenberg on the Start-Up Nation, Storytelling, and the Power of Technology
Episode 828
Michael Eisenberg, venture capitalist and the author of The Tree of Life and Prosperity talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the secret of the…
4 years, 6 months ago
John Taylor on Inflation, the Fed, and the Taylor Rule
Episode 827
What's so bad about rising inflation? Why should we aim for a rate of 2 percent? Why is it a problem if interest rates are too low--and what do we me…
4 years, 6 months ago
Moshe Koppel on Norms, Tradition, and Resilient Societies
Episode 826
Traditions and norms can seem at best out-of-touch and at worst offensive to many a modern mind. But Israeli computer scientist and Talmud scholar Mo…
4 years, 7 months ago