Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchGreg Page on Food, Agriculture, and Cargill
Episode 455
Greg Page, former CEO of Cargill, the largest privately-held company in America, talks to EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the global food supply and…
11 years, 9 months ago
Joshua Greene on Moral Tribes, Moral Dilemmas, and Utilitarianism
Episode 454
Joshua Greene, of Harvard University and author of Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them, talks with EconTalk host Russ Robe…
11 years, 10 months ago
James Tooley on Private Schools for the Poor and the Beautiful Tree
Episode 453
James Tooley, Professor of Education at Newcastle University, talks to EconTalk host Russ Roberts about low-cost for-profit private schools in the sl…
11 years, 10 months ago
Joshua Angrist on Econometrics and Causation
Episode 452
Joshua Angrist of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology talks to EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the craft of econometrics--how to use economic …
11 years, 10 months ago
Gary Marcus on the Future of Artificial Intelligence and the Brain
Episode 451
Gary Marcus of New York University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the future of artificial intelligence (AI). While Marcus is concerned …
11 years, 10 months ago
James Otteson on the End of Socialism
Episode 450
James Otteson of Wake Forest University talks to EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his new book, The End of Socialism. Otteson argues that socialism (…
11 years, 10 months ago
Nick Bostrom on Superintelligence
Episode 449
Nick Bostrom of the University of Oxford talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his book, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies. Bostrom…
11 years, 11 months ago
Emily Oster on Infant Mortality
Episode 448
Emily Oster of the University of Chicago talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about why U.S. infant mortality is twice that in Finland and high rela…
11 years, 11 months ago
Vernon Smith on Adam Smith and the Human Enterprise
Episode 447
Nobel Laureate Vernon L. Smith of Chapman University talks to EconTalk host Russ Roberts about how Adam Smith's book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments …
11 years, 11 months ago
Becky Liddicoat Yamarik on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Medical Issues
Episode 446
Becky Liddicoat Yamarik, Hospice Palliative Care Physician, talks to EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the joys and challenges of providing care for t…
11 years, 11 months ago