Erik Hurst's guest appearances

Erik Hurst

EconTalk

UChicago Economics Events and Conversations

EconTalk at the Hoover Institution

Cass Sunstein

James Heckman

Edward Lazear

Richard Thaler

Abhijit Banerjee

David Zetland

Chuck Klosterman

Alison Wolf

Erica Sandberg

Yuval Levin

David Epstein

Jason Zweig

Michael Pollan

Thomas Sowell

John Locke

OwlTail

Erik Hurst of the University of Chicago talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the state of the labor market in the United States. Hurst notes dramatic changes in employment rates for men and speculates about the causes. Two factors discussed in detail are declines in the manufacturing sector and the rise of high-end video games as a form of leisure.

<p>Erik Hurst of the University of Chicago talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the state of the labor market in the United States. Hurst notes dramatic changes in employment rates for men and speculates about the causes. Two factors discussed in detail are declines in the manufacturing sector and the rise of high-end video games as a form of leisure.</p>

Erik Hurst on Work, Play, and the Dynamics of U.S. Labor Markets

Kevin Murphy

In this episode, Murphy talks with Erik Hurst, V. Duane Rath Professor of Economics and the John E. Jeuck Faculty Fellow at Chicago Booth, to explore Hurst's perspective on the possible common ground between macro- and micro- economic perspectives and to evaluate labor market trends from the early 2000s leading up to today on the employee side of the manufacturing and housing industries.

Discussion Section with Kevin Murphy and Erik Hurst