Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchLisa Cook on Racism, Patents, and Black Entrepreneurship
Episode 755
How much has racism held back the U.S. economy? What would the country look like today if Black entrepreneurs and inventors had been welcomed and enc…
6 years, 1 month ago
Robert Chitester on Milton Friedman and Free to Choose
Episode 754
Once upon a time, a man had an idea for a documentary on free-market ideas. Then that man was introduced to Milton Friedman. The result of their coll…
6 years, 1 month ago
Margaret Heffernan on Uncharted
Episode 753
How do we prepare for a future that is unpredictable? That's the question at the heart of Margaret Heffernan's new book, Uncharted: How to Navigate …
6 years, 2 months ago
Matt Ridley on How Innovation Works
Episode 752
What's the difference between invention and innovation? Could it be that innovation--the process of making a breakthrough invention available, afford…
6 years, 2 months ago
Franklin Zimring on When Police Kill
Episode 751
Franklin Zimring's 2017 book, When Police Kill, starts with an alarming statistic: Roughly 1,000 Americans die each year at the hands of police. Zimr…
6 years, 2 months ago
Michael Munger on the Future of Higher Education
Episode 750
In this c750th (!) episode, Duke University's Michael Munger talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about whether the pandemic might create an opportu…
6 years, 2 months ago
Ben Cohen on the Hot Hand
Episode 749
Journalist and author Ben Cohen talks about his book, The Hot Hand, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. At times in sports and elsewhere in life, a pers…
6 years, 2 months ago
John Kay and Mervyn King on Radical Uncertainty
Episode 748
John Kay and Mervyn King talk about their book, Radical Uncertainty, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. This is a wide-ranging discussion based on the …
6 years, 3 months ago
Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the Pandemic
Episode 747
Nassim Nicholas Taleb talks about the pandemic with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Topics discussed include how to handle the rest of this pandemic and …
6 years, 3 months ago
Glenn Loury on Race, Inequality, and America
Episode 746
Economist and author Glenn Loury of Brown University talks about race in America with EconTalk host Russ Roberts.
6 years, 3 months ago