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EconTalk Archives, 2008

EconTalk is an award-winning weekly talk show about economics in daily life. Featured guests include renowned economics professors, Nobel Prize winners, and exciting speakers on all kinds of topical m... Read more

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Srour on Education, African Schools, and Building Tomorrow

Srour on Education, African Schools, and Building Tomorrow

George Srour, founder of Building Tomorrow, a non-profit that builds schools in Uganda, talks with EconTalk host Russ Ro... Read more

22 Dec 2008

55mins

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Higgs on the Great Depression

Higgs on the Great Depression

Robert Higgs, of the Independent Institute, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the Great Depression, the New De... Read more

15 Dec 2008

1hr 7mins

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Lipstein on Hospitals

Lipstein on Hospitals

Steven Lipstein, President and CEO of BJC HealthCare--a $3 billion hospital system in St. Louis, Missouri--talks with Ec... Read more

8 Dec 2008

1hr 5mins

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Rauchway on the Great Depresson and the New Deal

Rauchway on the Great Depresson and the New Deal

Eric Rauchway of the University of California at Davis and the author of The Great Depression and the New Deal: A Very S... Read more

1 Dec 2008

1hr 3mins

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Hazlett on Telecommunications

Hazlett on Telecommunications

Thomas Hazlett of George Mason University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about a number of key issues in telecomm... Read more

24 Nov 2008

1hr 3mins

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Selgin on Free Banking

Selgin on Free Banking

George Selgin of West Virginia University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about free banking, where government tre... Read more

17 Nov 2008

1hr 13mins

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Kling on Credit Default Swaps, Counterparty Risk, and the Political Economy of Financial Regulation

Kling on Credit Default Swaps, Counterparty Risk, and the Political Economy of Financial Regulation

Arnold Kling of EconLog talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the role of credit default swaps and counterparty ri... Read more

10 Nov 2008

1hr 3mins

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Richard Epstein on Happiness, Inequality, and Envy

Richard Epstein on Happiness, Inequality, and Envy

Richard Epstein of the University of Chicago talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the relationship between happin... Read more

3 Nov 2008

56mins

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Munger on Middlemen

Munger on Middlemen

Mike Munger of Duke University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the often-vilified middleman--someone who buy... Read more

27 Oct 2008

1hr 12mins

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Shirky on Coase, Collaboration and Here Comes Everybody

Shirky on Coase, Collaboration and Here Comes Everybody

Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations, talks about the economics of... Read more

20 Oct 2008

1hr 5mins

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