Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDaron Acemoglu on Inequality, Institutions, and Piketty
Episode 445
Daron Acemoglu, the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about h…
12 years ago
Robert Solow on Growth and the State of Economics
Episode 444
Robert Solow, Professor Emeritus at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Nobel Laureate, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his hugely …
12 years ago
Luigi Zingales on Incentives and the Potential Capture of Economists by Special Interests
Episode 443
Luigi Zingales of the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about Zingales's essay, "Preventing Econ…
12 years ago
Russ Roberts and Michael Munger on How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life
Episode 442
EconTalk host Russ Roberts is interviewed by long-time EconTalk guest Michael Munger about Russ's new book, How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life: An U…
12 years ago
David Autor on the Future of Work and Polanyi's Paradox
Episode 441
David Autor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the future of work and the role that automation …
12 years, 1 month ago
Martha Nussbaum on Creating Capabilities and GDP
Episode 440
Martha Nussbaum of the University of Chicago and author of Creating Capabilities talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about an alternative to GDP fo…
12 years, 1 month ago
Thomas Piketty on Inequality and Capital in the 21st Century
Episode 439
Thomas Piketty of the Paris School of Economics and author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century talks to Econtalk host Russ Roberts about the book.…
12 years, 1 month ago
Elizabeth Green on Education and Building a Better Teacher
Episode 438
Elizabeth Green, author of the new book Building a Better Teacher: How Teaching Works (and How to Teach it to Anyone), talks with EconTalk host Russ …
12 years, 1 month ago
Paul Pfleiderer on the Misuse of Economic Models
Episode 437
Paul Pfleiderer, C.O.G. Miller Distinguished Professor of Finance at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, talks with EconTalk host…
12 years, 1 month ago
Nathan Blecharczyk on Airbnb and the Sharing Economy
Episode 436
Nathan Blecharczyk, co-founder and chief technology officer of Airbnb, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about Airbnb, one of the earliest compan…
12 years, 2 months ago