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Back to SearchCathy O'Neil on Weapons of Math Destruction
Episode 545
Cathy O'Neil, data scientist and author of Weapons of Math Destruction talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the ideas in her book. O'Neil argu…
10 years, 1 month ago
John Cochrane on Economic Growth and Changing the Policy Debate
Episode 544
How are those in favor of bigger government and those who want smaller government like a couple stuck in a bad marriage? Economist John Cochrane of S…
10 years, 1 month ago
Eric Wakin on Archiving, Preservation, and History
Episode 543
What does an x-ray of Hitler's skull have in common with a jar of Ronald Reagan's jelly beans? They are both part of the Hoover Institution archives.…
10 years, 1 month ago
Susan Athey on Machine Learning, Big Data, and Causation
Episode 542
Can machine learning improve the use of data and evidence for understanding economics and public policy? Susan Athey of Stanford University talks wit…
10 years, 1 month ago
Terry Moe on the Constitution, the Presidency, and Relic
Episode 541
Are there many Americans today who wish the President of the United States had more power relative to the other branches of Congress? Terry Moe is on…
10 years, 2 months ago
Leo Katz on Why the Law is So Perverse
Episode 540
Leo Katz, professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his book, Why the Law Is So Perverse. Katz …
10 years, 2 months ago
Michael Munger on Slavery and Racism
Episode 539
Michael Munger of Duke University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about how attitudes in the American South toward slavery evolved over time an…
10 years, 2 months ago
Chuck Klosterman on But What If We're Wrong
Episode 538
Chuck Klosterman, author of But What If We're Wrong, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the possibility that things we hold to be undeniably…
10 years, 2 months ago
Adam D'Angelo on Knowledge, Experimentation, and Quora
Episode 537
Adam D'Angelo, CEO of the question and answer website, Quora, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the history, evolution, and challenges of Q…
10 years, 3 months ago
Matthew Futterman on Players and the Business of Sports
Episode 536
Fifty years ago, many of the best players in the National Football League took jobs in the off-season to augment the salaries they earned playing foo…
10 years, 3 months ago