The Hidden Rules of Ownership with Michael Heller
Michael Heller joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Mine! How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives . This book explores the...
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Economics Detective Radio
Economics Detective Radio is a podcast about markets, ideas, institutions, and all things related to the field of economics. Episodes consist of long-form interviews, and are generally relea...
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20 of 154 episodesThe Wealth of Nations with Sarah Skwire
On today's episode, I discuss Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations with Sarah Skwire. Sarah is part of the team tweeting through the book @AdamSmi...
The Kindness of Strangers with Michael McCullough
Today's guest is Michael McCullough of the University of California, San Diego. We are discussing his book The Kindness of Strangers: How a...
The Gender Salary Ask Gap with Nina Roussille
Today's guest is Nina Roussille of UC Berkeley and we discuss her working paper, The central role of the ask gap in gender pay inequality ....
Arts and Minds with Anton Howes
Anton Howes returns to the podcast to discuss his new book, Arts and Minds: How the Royal Society of Arts Changed a Nation . From its beginn...
Science Fictions with Stuart Ritchie
Today's guest is Stuart Ritchie , psychologist and author of Science Fictions: How Fraud, Bias, Negligence, and Hype Undermine the Search fo...
Social Security and Wealth Inequality with Sylvain Catherine and Natasha Sarin
Today's guests are Sylvain Catherine and Natasha Sarin of the University of Pennsylvania. They discuss their research on wealth inequality,...
BONUS: The Passion Economy
This bonus episode features an interview from The Passion Economy , created by Adam Davidson of NPR's Planet Money. The clip features an int...
Angrynomics with Mark Blyth
Today's episode features my conversation with Mark Blyth , co-author (with Eric Lonergan) of Angrynomics . Why are measures of stress and an...
Free to Move with Ilya Somin
Ilya Somin of George Mason University joins the podcast to discuss his book Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom . Ba...
Climate, Disease, and the Fall of Rome with Kyle Harper
Historian Kyle Harper joins the show to discuss his book The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire . We discuss the fall...
Market Urbanism with Scott Beyer
Today's guest is Scott Beyer , a columnist who writes about urban issues. He is the creator of the Market Urbanism Report . Our discussion a...
Under the Influence with Robert H. Frank
Today's guest is Robert H. Frank of Cornell University. Our topic is his latest book, Under the Influence: Putting Peer Pressure to Work . P...
Ten Percent Less Democracy with Garett Jones
Garett Jones returns to the podcast to discuss his book, 10% Less Democracy: Why You Should Trust Elites a Little More and the Masses a Litt...
The President's Economic Advisers with Simon Bowmaker
Today's guest is Simon Bowmaker. The topic is his book, When the President Calls: Conversations with Economic Policymakers . The book featur...
Maritime Policy and the Merchant Marine with Josh Hendrickson
Today, Josh Hendrickson joins the show to discuss his paper, "U.S. Maritime Policy and Economic Efficiency." The paper discusses the controv...
Cities and Growth with Gilles Duranton and Diego Puga
Today's episode features Gilles Duranton and Diego Puga on their new working paper, "Urban Growth and its Aggregate Implications." This pape...
The Age of Mass Migration and the 1920 Border Closure with Leah Boustan
Today's guest is Leah Boustan of Princeton University. Our discussion centers around her recent working paper, "The Effects of Immigration o...
Emissions Cheating, Air Pollution, and Health with Hannes Schwandt
Today on Economics Detective Radio, I discuss health economics with Hannes Schwandt of Northwestern University. Hannes is the co-author, alo...
Open Borders with Bryan Caplan and Zach Weinersmith
Bryan Caplan and Zach Weinersmith both return to the podcast to discuss their new, non-fiction graphic novel, Open Borders: The Science and...