Duggan on Strategic Intuition
William Duggan, professor of management at Columbia Business School at Columbia University, talks about his latest book, Strategic Intuition...
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EconTalk Archives, 2007
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...
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20 of 52 episodesKarol Boudreaux on Property Rights and Incentives in Africa
Karol Boudreaux, Senior Research Fellow at George Mason University's Mercatus Center, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about her field...
Boettke on Austrian Economics
Pete Boettke, of George Mason University, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the origins and tenets of Austrian economics. This is...
Munger on Fair Trade and Free Trade
Mike Munger, frequent guest and longtime Econlib contributor, speaks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about fair trade coffee and free trade...
Botkin on Nature, the Environment and Global Warming
Daniel Botkin, ecologist and author, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about how we think about our role as humans in the natural world,...
Sunstein on Worst-case Scenarios
Cass Sunstein of the University of Chicago talks about the ideas in his latest book, Worst-Case Scenarios. How should individuals and societ...
Henry Aaron on Health Care Costs
In this bonus middle-of-the-week podcast, Henry Aaron of the Brookings Institution talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about health care c...
Waldfogel on Markets, Choice, and the Tyranny of the Market
Joel Waldfogel of the Wharton School of Business talks about the idea in his new book, The Tyranny of Markets: Why You Can't Always Get What...
Arnold Kling on the Economics of Health Care and the Crisis of Abundance
Arnold Kling of EconLog talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the economics of health care and his book, A Crisis of Abundance: Rethin...
Yandle on the Tragedy of the Commons and the Implications for Environmental Regulation
Bruce Yandle of Clemson University and George Mason University's Mercatus Center looks at the tragedy of the commons and the various ways th...
Ayres on Super Crunchers and the Power of Data
Ian Ayres of Yale University Law School talks about the ideas in his new book, Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-by-Numbers Is the New Way to Be...
Robert Frank on Economics Education and the Economic Naturalist
Author Robert Frank of Cornell University talks about economic education and his recent book, The Economic Naturalist. Frank argues that the...
McCraw on Schumpeter, Innovation, and Creative Destruction
Thomas McCraw of Harvard University talks about the ideas of Joseph Schumpeter from his book, Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and C...
Boudreaux on Market Failure, Government Failure and the Economics of Antitrust Regulation
Don Boudreaux of George Mason University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about when market failure can be improved by government inter...
Grab Bag: Munger and Roberts on Recycling, Peak Oil and Steroids
Mike Munger, of Duke University, and EconTalk host Russ Roberts clean up some loose ends from their previous conversation on recycling, move...
Epstein on Property Rights, Zoning and Kelo
Richard Epstein, of the University of Chicago and Stanford's Hoover Institution, makes the case that many current zoning restrictions are es...
Cowen on Your Inner Economist
Tyler Cowen, of George Mason University, talks about his new book, Discover Your Inner Economist: Use Incentives to Fall in Love, Survive Yo...
George Shultz on Economics, Human Rights and the Fall of the Soviet Union
George Shultz, the Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution and Secretary of State under Ronald Rea...
Romer on Growth
Paul Romer, Stanford University professor and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about growth, China, in...
Gordon on Ants, Humans, the Division of Labor and Emergent Order
Deborah M. Gordon, Professor of Biological Sciences at Stanford University, is an authority on ants and order that emerges without control o...