Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchNassim Nicholas Taleb on the Financial Crisis
Episode 146
Nassim Taleb talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the financial crisis, how we misunderstand rare events, the fragility of the banking system,…
17 years, 5 months ago
Dan Klein on Truth, Bias, and Disagreement
Episode 145
Dan Klein, of George Mason University, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts on truth in economics, bias, and groupthink in academic life. Along the …
17 years, 5 months ago
Jimmy Wales on Wikipedia
Episode 144
Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the birth and growth of Wikipedia. He talks about the role of Hayek's …
17 years, 5 months ago
Todd Zywicki on Debt and Bankruptcy
Episode 143
Todd Zywicki, of George Mason University Law School, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the evolving world of consumer debt and how institut…
17 years, 6 months ago
Allan Meltzer on Inflation
Episode 142
Allan Meltzer, of Carnegie Mellon University, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the current state of monetary policy and the potential for …
17 years, 6 months ago
Amar Bhide on Outsourcing, Uncertainty, and the Venturesome Economy
Episode 141
Amar Bhide, of Columbia University and author of The Venturesome Economy, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the role of entrepreneurship an…
17 years, 6 months ago
Daron Acemoglu on the Financial Crisis
Episode 140
Daron Acemoglu, of MIT, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the financial crisis and the lessons that need to be learned from the crisis. He …
17 years, 6 months ago
John Cochrane on the Financial Crisis
Episode 139
John Cochrane, of the University of Chicago, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the financial crisis. He talks about the origins of the cris…
17 years, 7 months ago
Russ Roberts (and Robin Hanson) on Truth and Economics
Episode 138
EconTalk host Russ Roberts talks about the role of empirical evidence and bias in economics and why economists disagree. Roberts talks about how his …
17 years, 7 months ago
Eric Raymond on Hacking, Open Source, and the Cathedral and the Bazaar
Episode 137
Eric Raymond, author of The Cathedral and the Bazaar, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the ideas in the book--why open source software dev…
17 years, 7 months ago