Podcast Episodes
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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, 5 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, 5 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 7 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, 7 months ago
Marina Krakovsky on the Middleman Economy
Episode 517
Why would anyone want to hire a middleman, like a wedding planner, especially if you have time to take care of the planning yourself? Marina Krakovsk…
10 years, 7 months ago
David Autor on Trade, China, and U.S. Labor Markets
Episode 516
David Autor of MIT talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the fundamentals of trade and his research on the impact on workers and communities fr…
10 years, 7 months ago