Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDavid Beckworth on Money, Monetary Policy, and the Great Recession
Episode 527
Was the Financial Crisis of 2008 caused by a crisis in the housing market? Or did the Federal Reserve turn a garden-variety recession into the Great …
10 years, 3 months ago
James Bessen on Learning by Doing
Episode 526
Are workers being left behind when the economy grows? Is technology making the human workforce obsolete? James Bessen, author of Learning by Doing, t…
10 years, 3 months ago
Leif Wenar on Blood Oil
Episode 525
Should the United States allow its citizens to buy oil from countries run by bad men? Is this a case where morality trumps the usual case for free tr…
10 years, 3 months ago
Pedro Domingos on Machine Learning and the Master Algorithm
Episode 524
What is machine learning? How is it transforming our lives and workplaces? What might the future hold? Pedro Domingos of the University of Washington…
10 years, 3 months ago
Arnold Kling on Specialization and Trade
Episode 523
Arnold Kling, economist and author, speaks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his latest book, Specialization and Trade: A Reintroduction to Econo…
10 years, 4 months ago
Alberto Alesina on Fiscal Policy and Austerity
Episode 522
Alberto Alesina of Harvard University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his research on fiscal policy and austerity. Alesina's research sho…
10 years, 4 months ago
Gary Belsky on the Origins of Sports
Episode 521
Gary Belsky, co-author of On the Origins of Sports and former editor-in-chief of ESPN the Magazine, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the o…
10 years, 4 months ago
Robert Frank on Success and Luck
Episode 520
Is your success in life your own doing? Robert Frank of Cornell University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his latest book, Success and L…
10 years, 4 months ago
Richard Jones on Transhumanism
Episode 519
Will our brains ever be uploaded into a computer? Will we live forever? Richard Jones, physicist at the University of Sheffield and author of Against…
10 years, 5 months ago
Jayson Lusk on Food, Technology, and Unnaturally Delicious
Episode 518
How bad is pink slime? Are free-range chickens happier? Can robots cook? Jayson Lusk of Oklahoma State University and the author of Unnaturally Delic…
10 years, 5 months ago