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Back to SearchMartin Weitzman on Climate Change
Episode 475
Is climate change the ultimate Black Swan? Martin Weitzman of Harvard University and co-author of Climate Shock talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts…
11 years, 5 months ago
Bent Flyvbjerg on Megaprojects
Episode 474
Bent Flyvbjerg of Oxford University speaks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the political economy of megaprojects--massive investments of a bill…
11 years, 5 months ago
Nicholas Vincent on the Magna Carta
Episode 473
Did an 800-year old piece of parchment really change the world? Nicholas Vincent of the University of East Anglia talks with EconTalk host Russ Rober…
11 years, 5 months ago
Eric Topol on the Power of Patients in a Digital World
Episode 472
We're in the middle of a healthcare revolution but it's about more than marvelous life-saving and life-enhancing apps on our smartphone. Eric Topol o…
11 years, 5 months ago
Michael O'Hare on Art Museums
Episode 471
Michael O'Hare of the University of California, Berkeley talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the management of art museums. O'Hare suggests a…
11 years, 6 months ago
Leonard Wong on Honesty and Ethics in the Military
Episode 470
Leonard Wong of the Strategic Studies Institute at the U.S. Army War College talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about honesty in the military. Bas…
11 years, 6 months ago
Scott Sumner on Interest Rates
Episode 469
Scott Sumner, of Bentley University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about interest rates. Sumner suggests that professional economists sometime…
11 years, 6 months ago
Phil Rosenzweig on Leadership, Decisions, and Behavioral Economics
Episode 468
Phil Rosenzweig, professor of strategy and international business at IMD in Switzerland and author of the book Left Brain, Right Stuff: How Leaders M…
11 years, 6 months ago
Vernon Smith and James Otteson on Adam Smith
Episode 467
Vernon Smith and James Otteson talk with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about Adam Smith in front of a live audience at Ball State University. Topics dis…
11 years, 7 months ago
David Skarbek on Prison Gangs and the Social Order of the Underworld
Episode 466
David Skarbek of King's College London and author of The Social Order of the Underworld: How Prison Gangs Govern The American Penal System talks with…
11 years, 7 months ago