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Back to SearchScott Sumner on Growth and Economic Policy
Episode 216
Scott Sumner of Bentley University and the blog, The Money Illusion, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the last 30 years of economic policy…
16 years, 2 months ago
Johanna Blakley on Fashion and Intellectual Property
Episode 215
Johanna Blakley of the University of Southern California talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the fashion industry and the role of intellectua…
16 years, 2 months ago
Daniel Okrent on Prohibition and His Book, Last Call
Episode 214
Daniel Okent, author of Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition, talks about the book with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. They discuss how the 18th …
16 years, 2 months ago
Louis Menand on Psychiatry
Episode 213
Louis Menand of Harvard University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the state of psychiatry. Drawing on a recent article of his in the New…
16 years, 3 months ago
Gary Belsky on Journalism, Editing, and Trivia
Episode 212
Gary Belsky, Editor-in-Chief at ESPN The Magazine, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his career path in journalism and the day-to-day life …
16 years, 3 months ago
Russ Roberts on the Crisis
Episode 211
Russ Roberts, host of EconTalk, discusses his paper, "Gambling with Other People's Money: How Perverted Incentives Created the Financial Crisis." Rob…
16 years, 3 months ago
Ed Leamer on the State of Econometrics
Episode 210
Ed Leamer of UCLA talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the state of econometrics. He discusses his 1983 article, "Let's Take the 'Con' Out of …
16 years, 3 months ago
Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Black Swans, Fragility, and Mistakes
Episode 209
Nassim Taleb, author of The Black Swan and Fooled by Randomness, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his latest thoughts on robustness, fragi…
16 years, 4 months ago
Paul Romer on Charter Cities
Episode 208
Paul Romer of Stanford University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about charter cities, Romer's idea for helping the poorest of the poor around…
16 years, 4 months ago
Michael Munger on Love, Money, Profits, and Non-profits
Episode 207
Mike Munger of Duke University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the world of profit, money, love, gifts, and incentives. What motivates pe…
16 years, 4 months ago