Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBjorn Lomborg on the Costs and Benefits of Attacking Climate Change
Episode 686
Bjorn Lomborg, President of the Copenhagen Consensus Center, talks about the costs and benefits of attacking climate change with EconTalk host Russ R…
7 years, 2 months ago
Alain Bertaud on Cities, Planning, and Order Without Design
Episode 685
Urbanist and author Alain Bertaud of NYU talks about his book Order Without Design with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Bertaud explores the role of zoni…
7 years, 3 months ago
David Epstein on Mastery, Specialization, and Range
Episode 684
Journalist and author David Epstein talks about his book Range with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Epstein explores the costs of specialization and the …
7 years, 3 months ago
Mary Hirschfeld on Economics, Culture, and Aquinas and the Market
Episode 683
Author, economist, and theologian Mary Hirschfeld of Villanova University talks about her book, Aquinas and the Market, with EconTalk host Russ Rober…
7 years, 3 months ago
Robert Burton on Being Certain
Episode 682
Neurologist and author Robert Burton talks about his book, On Being Certain, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Burton explores our need for certainty …
7 years, 3 months ago
Mauricio Miller on Poverty, Social Work, and the Alternative
Episode 681
Poverty activist, social entrepreneur and author, Mauricio Miller, talks about his book The Alternative with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Miller, a Ma…
7 years, 3 months ago
Emily Oster on Cribsheet
Episode 680
Economist and author Emily Oster of Brown University talks about her book Cribsheet with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Oster explores what the data and…
7 years, 4 months ago
Paul Romer on Growth, Cities, and the State of Economics
Episode 679
Nobel Laureate Paul Romer of New York University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the nature of growth, the role of cities in the economy,…
7 years, 4 months ago
Jill Lepore on Nationalism, Populism, and the State of America
Episode 678
Historian and author Jill Lepore talks about nationalism, populism, and the state of America with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Lepore argues that we n…
7 years, 4 months ago
Robin Feldman on Drugs, Money, and Secret Handshakes
Episode 677
Law professor and author Robin Feldman of UC Hastings College of the Law talks about her book Drugs, Money, and Secret Handshakes with EconTalk host …
7 years, 4 months ago