Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchGabriel Zucman on Inequality, Growth, and Distributional National Accounts
Episode 595
Gabriel Zucman of the University of California, Berkeley talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his research on inequality and the distribution …
9 years, 1 month ago
Gillian Hadfield on Law and Rules For a Flat World
Episode 594
Law professor Gillian Hadfield of the University of Southern California and author of Rules for a Flat World talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts ab…
9 years, 1 month ago
Rob Reich on Foundations and Philanthropy
Episode 593
Is private charity always a good thing? Do large foundations have too much power? Political Scientist Rob Reich of Stanford University talks with Eco…
9 years, 2 months ago
Benedict Evans on the Future of Cars
Episode 592
Benedict Evans of Andreessen Horowitz talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about two important trends for the future of personal travel--the increas…
9 years, 2 months ago
John McWhorter on the Evolution of Language and Words on the Move
Episode 591
How did bad come to mean good? Why is Shakespeare so hard to understand? Is there anything good about "like" and "you know?" Author and professor Joh…
9 years, 2 months ago
Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Work, Slavery, the Minority Rule, and Skin in the Game
Episode 590
Nassim Nicholas Taleb talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the manuscript version of his forthcoming book, Skin in the Game. Topics discussed …
9 years, 2 months ago
Tyler Cowen on Stubborn Attachments, Prosperity, and the Good Society
Episode 589
Tyler Cowen of George Mason University and the co-host of the blog Marginal Revolution talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about Stubborn Attachmen…
9 years, 3 months ago
Alex Guarnaschelli on Food
Episode 588
Alex Guarnaschelli, Food Channel star and chef at Butter in midtown Manhattan, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about what it's like to run a re…
9 years, 3 months ago
Sally Satel on Organ Donation
Episode 587
Sally Satel, psychiatrist and resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the challenges of in…
9 years, 3 months ago
Tamar Haspel on Food Costs, Animal Welfare, and the Honey Bee
Episode 586
Tamar Haspel, who writes "Unearthed," a column on food and agriculture at the Washington Post, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about a wide var…
9 years, 3 months ago