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Matt Yglesias on Why the Population is Too Damn Low
Episode 104
Matt Yglesias joined Tyler for a wide-ranging conversation on his vision for a bigger, less politically polarized America outlined in his new book O…
5 years, 6 months ago
Jason Furman on Productivity, Competition, and Growth
Episode 103
Note: This conversation was recorded in January 2020.
Tyler credits Jason Furman's intellectual breadth, real-world experience, and emphasis on polic…
5 years, 6 months ago
Nicholas Bloom on Management, Productivity, and Scientific Progress
Episode 102
What might the electrification of factories teach us about how quickly we'll adapt to remote work? What gives American companies an edge over their c…
5 years, 7 months ago
Nathan Nunn on the Paths to Development
Episode 101
Nathan Nunn's work history includes automotive stores, a freight company, a paint factory, a ski hill, photography, book publishing, private tutoring…
5 years, 7 months ago
Melissa Dell on the Significance of Persistence
Episode 100
Explaining 10 percent of something is not usually cause for celebration. And yet when it comes to economic development, where so many factors are in …
5 years, 8 months ago
Annie Duke on Poker, Probabilities, and How We Make Decisions
Episode 99
For Annie Duke, the poker table is a perfect laboratory to study human decision-making — including her own. "It really exposes you to the way that yo…
5 years, 8 months ago
Rachel Harmon on Policing
Episode 98
Long before becoming a legal scholar focused on police reform, Rachel Harmon studied engineering at MIT and graduate philosophy at LSE. "You could ca…
5 years, 9 months ago
Ashley Mears on Status and Beauty
Episode 97
Ashley Mears is a former fashion model turned academic sociologist, and her book Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circui…
5 years, 9 months ago
Paul Romer on a Culture of Science and Working Hard
Episode 96
Paul Romer makes his second appearance to discuss the failings of economics, how his mass testing plan for COVID-19 would work, what aspects of epide…
5 years, 10 months ago
Adam Tooze on our Financial Past and Future
Episode 95
Adam Tooze is best known for his highly-regarded books on the economic history of Nazi Germany, the remaking of the global economic and political ord…
5 years, 10 months ago