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Back to SearchJohn Taylor on Monetary Policy
Episode 116
John Taylor of Stanford University talks about the Taylor Rule, his description of what the Fed ought to do and what it sometimes actually does, to k…
18 years ago
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita on Iran and Threats to U.S. Security
Episode 115
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita of Stanford University's Hoover Institution and New York University talks to EconTalk host Russ Roberts about threats to U.S.…
18 years ago
Robert Barro on Disasters
Episode 114
Robert Barro of Harvard University and Stanford University's Hoover Institution talks about disasters--significant national and international catastr…
18 years ago
Hal Varian on Technology
Episode 113
Hal Varian, Google's Chief Economist and University of California at Berkeley professor, talks with Russ Roberts about Google, the role of technology…
18 years, 1 month ago
Doug Rivers on Polling
Episode 112
Doug Rivers of Stanford University and YouGov.com talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the world of political polling. Rivers explains why pub…
18 years, 1 month ago
Eric Hanushek on Education and School Finance
Episode 111
Eric Hanushek of Stanford University's Hoover Institution talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the strange evolution of school finance in the …
18 years, 1 month ago
Michael Munger on the Political Economy of Public Transportation
Episode 110
Michael Munger of Duke University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about Munger's recent trip to Chile and the changes Chile has made to Santiag…
18 years, 1 month ago
Arnold Kling on Hospitals and Health Care
Episode 109
Arnold Kling of EconLog talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the death of his father and the lessons to be learned for how hospitals treat pat…
18 years, 2 months ago
Richard McKenzie on Prices
Episode 108
Richard McKenzie of the University California, Irvine and the author of Why Popcorn Costs So Much at the Movies and Other Pricing Puzzles, talks with…
18 years, 2 months ago
Don Boudreaux on Energy Prices
Episode 107
Don Boudreaux of George Mason University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the recent surge in energy prices. They talk about why prices ha…
18 years, 2 months ago