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Back to SearchMichael Munger on Middlemen
Episode 126
Mike Munger of Duke University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the often-vilified middleman--someone who buys cheap, sells dear and does …
17 years, 10 months ago
Clay Shirky on Coase, Collaboration and Here Comes Everybody
Episode 125
Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations, talks about the economics of organizations with EconTalk …
17 years, 10 months ago
Patri Friedman on Seasteading
Episode 124
Patri Friedman, Executive Director of the Seasteading Institute, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about seasteading, the creation of autonomous …
17 years, 10 months ago
William Bernstein on Inequality
Episode 123
William Bernstein, author of A Splendid Exchange, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about inequality. Bernstein is worried about it; Roberts is n…
17 years, 10 months ago
Arnold Kling on Freddie and Fannie and the Recent History of the U.S. Housing Market
Episode 122
Arnold Kling of EconLog talks with host Russ Roberts about the economics of the housing market with a focus on the role of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac…
17 years, 11 months ago
Karol Boudreaux on Wildlife, Property, and Poverty in Africa
Episode 121
Karol Boudreaux, Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about wildlife manag…
17 years, 11 months ago
Robert Shiller on Housing and Bubbles
Episode 120
Robert Shiller of Yale University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the current housing mess and related financial market problems. Shiller…
17 years, 11 months ago
Joseph Ellis on American Creation and the Founding
Episode 119
Joseph Ellis, of Mt. Holyoke College and author of American Creation, talks about the triumphs and tragedies of the founding of the United States. Hi…
17 years, 11 months ago
Jonathan Rauch on the Volt, Risk, and Corporate Culture
Episode 118
Jonathan Rauch, of the Brookings Institution and the Atlantic Monthly, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the evolution of the Chevy Volt, G…
18 years ago
Russ Roberts on the Price of Everything
Episode 117
Russ Roberts, host of EconTalk and author of the economics novel, The Price of Everything, talks with guest host Arnold Kling about the ideas in The …
18 years ago