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Back to SearchRonald Coase on Externalities, the Firm, and the State of Economics
Episode 316
Nobel Laureate Ronald Coase of the University of Chicago talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his career, the current state of economics, and …
14 years, 3 months ago
David Owen on Parenting, Money, and the First National Bank of Dad
Episode 315
David Owen, author of The First National Bank of Dad, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about how to educate our children about money and finance…
14 years, 3 months ago
David Schmidtz on Rawls, Nozick, and Justice
Episode 314
David Schmidtz of the University of Arizona talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the work of John Rawls and Robert Nozick. The conversation co…
14 years, 3 months ago
John Taylor on Rules, Discretion, and First Principles
Episode 313
John Taylor of Stanford University's Hoover Institution talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his new book, First Principles: Five Keys to Rest…
14 years, 4 months ago
Tyler Cowen on Food
Episode 312
Tyler Cowen of George Mason U. and author of An Economist Gets Lunch, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about food, the economics of food, and hi…
14 years, 4 months ago
David Autor on Disability
Episode 311
David Autor of MIT talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program. SSDI has grown dramatically i…
14 years, 4 months ago
Richard Burkhauser on the Middle Class
Episode 310
Richard Burkhauser of Cornell University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the state of the middle class. Drawing on recently published pap…
14 years, 4 months ago
Eugene White on Bank Regulation
Episode 309
Eugene White of Rutgers University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the regulation of banks and financial crises. White argues that most r…
14 years, 5 months ago
Don Boudreaux on Public Debt
Episode 308
Don Boudreaux of George Mason University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the nature of public debt. One view is that there is no burden o…
14 years, 5 months ago
Daron Acemoglu on Why Nations Fail
Episode 307
Daron Acemoglu of MIT and author (with James Robinson) of Why Nations Fail talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the ideas in his book: why som…
14 years, 5 months ago