Podcast Episodes

Terry Anderson on Native American Economics

Episode 556

Terry Anderson of PERC talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about economic life for Native Americans. Anderson discusses economic life before the ar…

9 years, 8 months ago

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Bruce Bueno de Mesquita on the Spoils of War

Episode 555

There is a fascinating and depressing positive correlation between the reputation of an American president and the number of people dying in wars whi…

9 years, 8 months ago

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Thomas Leonard on Race, Eugenics, and Illiberal Reformers

Episode 554

Were the first professional economists racists? Thomas Leonard of Princeton University and author of Illiberal Reformers talks with EconTalk host Rus…

9 years, 9 months ago

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Doug Lemov on Reading

Episode 553

Doug Lemov of Uncommon School and co-author of Reading Reconsidered talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about reading. Lemov makes the case for the…

9 years, 9 months ago

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Erik Hurst on Work, Play, and the Dynamics of U.S. Labor Markets

Episode 552

Erik Hurst of the University of Chicago talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the state of the labor market in the United States. Hurst notes d…

9 years, 9 months ago

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Tim Harford on the Virtues of Disorder and Messy

Episode 551

Tim Harford, journalist and author, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his latest book, Messy. Harford argues that we have a weakness for or…

9 years, 9 months ago

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David Gelernter on Consciousness, Computers, and the Tides of Mind

Episode 550

David Gelernter, professor of computer science at Yale University and author of The Tides of Mind, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about consci…

9 years, 9 months ago

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Judith Donath on Signaling, Design, and the Social Machine

Episode 549

Judith Donath, author of The Social Machine, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the ideas in her book--an examination of signaling, online i…

9 years, 10 months ago

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Casey Mulligan on Cuba

Episode 548

Casey Mulligan of the University of Chicago talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about life in Cuba. Mulligan, who recently returned from a trip to …

9 years, 10 months ago

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Chris Arnade on the Mexican Crisis, TARP, and American Poverty

Episode 547

Chris Arnade, former Wall Street trader turned photographer and social chronicler, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about what he learned from t…

9 years, 10 months ago

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