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Back to SearchGarett Jones on Fisher, Debt, and Deflation
Episode 336
Garett Jones of George Mason University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the ideas of Irving Fisher on debt and deflation. In a book, Boom…
13 years, 10 months ago
Robert Skidelsky on Money, the Good Life, and How Much is Enough
Episode 335
Robert Skidelsky, noted biographer of John Maynard Keynes and author (with his son Edward) of the recently published How Much is Enough, talks with E…
13 years, 11 months ago
Robert Frank and Russ Roberts on Infrastructure
Episode 334
Robert Frank of Cornell University and EconTalk host Russ Roberts debate the merits of a large increase of infrastructure spending. In the summer of …
13 years, 11 months ago
Paul Tough on How Children Succeed
Episode 333
Paul Tough, author of How Children Succeed, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about why children succeed and fail in school and beyond school. He…
13 years, 11 months ago
Brian Nosek on Truth, Science, and Academic Incentives
Episode 332
Brian Nosek of the University of Virginia talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about how incentives in academic life create a tension between truth-…
13 years, 11 months ago
Neil Barofsky on Bailouts
Episode 331
Neil Barofsky, author of Bailout and the former Special Inspector General for the TARP program, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his book …
14 years ago
Roger Noll on the Economics of Sports
Episode 330
Roger Noll of Stanford University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the economics of sports. Noll discusses the economic effects of stadium…
14 years ago
Lee Ohanian on the Great Recession and the Labor Market
Episode 329
Lee Ohanian of UCLA talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the recession, the recovery, and the state of labor market. Ohanian describes the unu…
14 years ago
Tammy Frisby on Tax Reform
Episode 328
Tammy Frisby of Stanford University's Hoover Institution talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the likelihood of U.S. tax reform in the near fu…
14 years ago
Josiah Ober on the Ancient Greek Economy
Episode 327
Josiah Ober of Stanford University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the economy of ancient Greece, particularly Athens. Ober notes that th…
14 years ago