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Back to SearchDaniel 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, 4 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 6 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, 6 months ago
Diane Ravitch on Education
Episode 206
Diane Ravitch of NYU talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the ideas in her new book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System: H…
16 years, 6 months ago
Yochai Benkler on Net Neutrality, Competition, and the Future of the Internet
Episode 205
Yochai Benkler of Harvard University talks to EconTalk host Russ Roberts about net neutrality, access to the internet, and innovation. Benkler argues…
16 years, 6 months ago