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Taleb on Black Swans
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Nassim Taleb talks about the challenges of coping with uncertainty, predicting events, and understanding history. This w... Read more
30 Apr 2007
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Michael Lewis on the Hidden Economics of Baseball and Football
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Michael Lewis talks about the economics of sports--the financial and decision-making side of baseball and football--usin... Read more
29 Jan 2007
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Deborah M. Gordon, Professor of Biological Sciences at Stanford University, is an authority on ants and order that emerg... Read more
21 Aug 2007
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Paul Romer, Stanford University professor and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts abo... Read more
27 Aug 2007
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Bryan Caplan, of George Mason University and blogger at EconLog, talks about his book, The Myth of the Rational Voter: W... Read more
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Amity Shlaes, Bloomberg columnist and visiting senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, talks about her new bo... Read more
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Richard Epstein on Property Rights and Drug Patents
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2 Jul 2007
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Boudreaux on the Economics of "Buy Local"
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Proponents of buying local argue that it is better to buy from the local hardware store owner and nearby farmer than fro... Read more
16 Apr 2007
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Sunstein on Worst-case Scenarios
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Cass Sunstein of the University of Chicago talks about the ideas in his latest book, Worst-Case Scenarios. How should in... Read more
19 Nov 2007
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Lucas on Growth and Poverty
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Bob Lucas, Nobel Laureate and professor of economics at the University of Chicago talks about wealth and poverty, what a... Read more
5 Feb 2007
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Yandle on the Tragedy of the Commons and the Implications for Environmental Regulation
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Bruce Yandle of Clemson University and George Mason University's Mercatus Center looks at the tragedy of the commons and... Read more
29 Oct 2007
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McCraw on Schumpeter, Innovation, and Creative Destruction
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Thomas McCraw of Harvard University talks about the ideas of Joseph Schumpeter from his book, Prophet of Innovation: Jos... Read more
8 Oct 2007
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Easterbrook on the American Standard of Living
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Author Gregg Easterbrook talks about the ideas in his latest book, The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While Peop... Read more
5 Mar 2007
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Arnold Kling on the Economics of Health Care and the Crisis of Abundance
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Arnold Kling of EconLog talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the economics of health care and his book, A Crisis ... Read more
5 Nov 2007
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Tyler Cowen, co-blogger (with Alex Tabarrok) at MarginalRevolution.com, talks about liberty, global warming, using the c... Read more
12 Mar 2007
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Vernon Smith, Professor of Economics at George Mason University and the 2002 Nobel Laureate in Economics, talks about ex... Read more
21 May 2007
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Don Boudreaux of George Mason University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about when market failure can be improved... Read more
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