Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchJoel Mokyr on Growth, Innovation, and Stagnation
Episode 396
Joel Mokyr of Northwestern University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the future of the American economy. Mokyr rejects the claims that t…
12 years, 11 months ago
Angus Deaton on Health, Wealth, and Poverty
Episode 395
Angus Deaton of Princeton University and author of the Great Escape talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the book--the vast improvements in he…
12 years, 11 months ago
Edmund Phelps on Mass Flourishing
Episode 394
Edmund Phelps of Columbia University, Nobel Laureate in economics, and author of Mass Flourishing talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the ide…
13 years ago
John Ralston Saul on Reason, Elites, and Voltaire's Bastards
Episode 393
John Ralston Saul, author and head of PEN International, speaks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his book, Voltaire's Bastards, and the role of …
13 years ago
Don Boudreaux on Coase
Episode 392
Don Boudreaux of George Mason University and Cafe Hayek talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the intellectual legacy of Ronald Coase. The conv…
13 years ago
Guillermo Calvo on the Crisis, Money, and Macro
Episode 391
Guillermo Calvo of Columbia University and the National Bureau of Economic Research talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the nature of macroec…
13 years ago
Cliff Winston on Transportation
Episode 390
Cliff Winston of the Brookings Institution talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his recent article in the Journal of Economic Literature on th…
13 years, 1 month ago
Emily Oster on Pregnancy, Causation, and Expecting Better
Episode 389
Emily Oster of the University of Chicago and author of Expecting Better talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about her book on pregnancy and the cha…
13 years, 1 month ago
Tyler Cowen on Inequality, the Future, and Average is Over
Episode 388
Tyler Cowen of George Mason University and blogger at Marginal Revolution talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his latest book, Average is Ove…
13 years, 1 month ago
David Epstein on the Sports Gene
Episode 387
David Epstein, writer for ProPublica and author of The Sports Gene, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the book. Epstein discusses a number …
13 years, 1 month ago