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Back to SearchDon Boudreaux on Globalization and Trade Deficits
Episode 86
Don Boudreaux, of George Mason University, talks about the ideas in his book, Globalization. He discusses comparative advantage, the winners and lose…
18 years, 7 months ago
Michael Munger on the Nature of the Firm
Episode 85
Mike Munger, of Duke University, talks about why firms exist. If prices and markets work so well (and they do) in steering economic resources, then w…
18 years, 7 months ago
Edward Castronova on the Exodus to the Virtual World
Episode 84
Edward Castronova, of Indiana University and author of Exodus to the Virtual World, talks about his provocative thesis that a growing number of peopl…
18 years, 7 months ago
William Duggan on Strategic Intuition
Episode 83
William Duggan, professor of management at Columbia Business School at Columbia University, talks about his latest book, Strategic Intuition. Duggan …
18 years, 8 months ago
Karol Boudreaux on Property Rights and Incentives in Africa
Episode 82
Karol Boudreaux, Senior Research Fellow at George Mason University's Mercatus Center, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about her field work and …
18 years, 8 months ago
Peter Boettke on Austrian Economics
Episode 81
Pete Boettke, of George Mason University, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the origins and tenets of Austrian economics. This is a wonderf…
18 years, 8 months ago
Michael Munger on Fair Trade and Free Trade
Episode 80
Mike Munger, frequent guest and longtime Econlib contributor, speaks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about fair trade coffee and free trade agreement…
18 years, 8 months ago
Daniel Botkin on Nature, the Environment and Global Warming
Episode 79
Daniel Botkin, ecologist and author, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about how we think about our role as humans in the natural world, the dyna…
18 years, 9 months ago
Cass Sunstein on Worst-case Scenarios
Episode 78
Cass Sunstein of the University of Chicago talks about the ideas in his latest book, Worst-Case Scenarios. How should individuals and societies cope …
18 years, 9 months ago
Henry Aaron on Health Care Costs
Episode 77
In this bonus middle-of-the-week podcast, Henry Aaron of the Brookings Institution talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about health care costs. Res…
18 years, 9 months ago