Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBob Litterman (Kepos Capital) on Quantitative Investing, Liquidity Risk and Climate Policy
Episode 34
Bob and Jon discuss Bob’s role in the history of the development of quantitative finance at Goldman Sachs, including his seminal work with Fischer Bl…
2 years, 1 month ago
Greg Mankiw (Harvard Econ Prof) on New Keynesian Macro, Growth and Econ Policy
Episode 33
Greg and Jon discuss Greg’s career and main contributions to economics. This includes the development and limitations of New Keynesian models in the …
2 years, 1 month ago
Daron Acemoglu (MIT Economics Prof) on Institutions, Economic Growth, and AI
Episode 32
Daron Acemoglu and Jon Hartley discuss Daron’s career and main contributions to economics, including the study of institutions as a fundamental contr…
2 years, 2 months ago
Economic Growth, Macro-Models, and a Move to the Hoover Institution
Episode 31
Jon Hartley and John Cochrane introduce the Capitalism and Freedom in the 21st Century podcast to the Hoover audience. They speak on a number of topi…
2 years, 2 months ago
Peter Ireland (Boston College Econ Prof) on Monetary Policy, Monetarism and New Keynesian Models
Season 1 Episode 30
Peter Ireland (Boston College Economics Professor) joins the podcast to discuss his career as a monetary economist, his views on the history of monet…
2 years, 4 months ago
Dani Rodrik (Harvard Kennedy School Economics Professor) on Industrial Policy, Globalization and His Career
Season 1 Episode 29
Dani Rodrik (Harvard Kennedy School Economics Professor) joins the podcast to discuss his career, the best case for industrial policy, the labor mark…
2 years, 5 months ago
Steven D. Levitt (Freakonomics co-author and U Chicago Econ Prof) on His Career and Decision to Retire From Academic Economics
Season 1 Episode 28
Steven D. Levitt (Freakonomics co-author and University of Chicago Economics Professor) joins the podcast to discuss his career, including being an e…
2 years, 6 months ago
Larry Summers (Harvard Economics Professor) on His Career In Academic Economics, Government, University Leadership and Corporate America
Season 1 Episode 27
Larry Summers, Harvard economics professor and 71st US Secretary of the Treasury, joins the podcast for an in-depth discussion of his career at the h…
2 years, 8 months ago
Doug Ducey (Former Arizona Governor) on Passing Universal School Choice and Universal Licensing Recognition
Season 1 Episode 26
Doug Ducey, 23rd Governor of Arizona, joins the podcast to discuss how he made Arizona the first state to pass Universal School Choice and Universal …
2 years, 8 months ago
Jennifer Burns on the Life and Lasting Influence of Milton Friedman
Season 1 Episode 24
Jennifer Burns (Hoover Reserch Fellow and Stanford Associate Professor of History) joins the podcast to discuss her career as well as her new biograp…
2 years, 10 months ago