EconTalk Archives, 2007
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 62 minutes
- Episodes
- 52
- Years Active
- 2007
Kevin Kelly on the Future of the Web and Everything Else
Author Kevin Kelly talks about the role of technology in our lives, the future of the web, how to time travel, the wisdom of the hive, the economics of reputation, the convergence of the biological a…
01:09:53 |
Mon 26 Mar 2007
David Leonhardt on the Media
David Leonhardt, of the New York Times talks with Russ Roberts about media bias, competition between old and new media, global warming, and the role of information as an incentive to provide better h…
00:57:43 |
Mon 19 Mar 2007
Cowen on Liberty, Art, Food and Everything Else in Between
Tyler Cowen, co-blogger (with Alex Tabarrok) at MarginalRevolution.com, talks about liberty, global warming, using the courts vs. regulation to protect people, the challenges of leading a country out…
00:55:31 |
Mon 12 Mar 2007
Easterbrook on the American Standard of Living
Author Gregg Easterbrook talks about the ideas in his latest book, The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse. How has life changed in America over the last century? Is the av…
00:55:22 |
Mon 05 Mar 2007
Viviana Zelizer on Money and Intimacy
Viviana Zelizer, Princeton University sociologist, talks about the ideas in her new book, The Purchase of Intimacy. Does money ruin intimacy? Does intimacy ruin our commercial transactions? Zelizer a…
00:54:58 |
Mon 26 Feb 2007
Richard Epstein on Property Rights and Drug Patents
Richard Epstein of the University of Chicago and Stanford University's Hoover Institution talks about property rights, drug patents, the FDA, and the ideas in his latest book, Overdose: How Excessive…
01:06:12 |
Mon 19 Feb 2007
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita on Democracies and Dictatorships
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita of NYU and Stanford University's Hoover Institution talks about the incentives facing dictators and democratic leaders. Both have to face competition from rivals. Both try to …
01:06:55 |
Mon 12 Feb 2007
Lucas on Growth and Poverty
Bob Lucas, Nobel Laureate and professor of economics at the University of Chicago talks about wealth and poverty, what affects living standards around the world and over time, the causes of business …
00:48:14 |
Mon 05 Feb 2007
Michael Lewis on the Hidden Economics of Baseball and Football
Michael Lewis talks about the economics of sports--the financial and decision-making side of baseball and football--using the insights from his bestselling books on baseball and football: Moneyball a…
01:15:56 |
Mon 29 Jan 2007
Greg Mankiw on Gasoline Taxes, Keynes and Macroeconomics
Greg Mankiw of Harvard University and Greg Mankiw's Blog talks about the state of modern macroeconomics and Keynes vs. the Chicago School. He defends his proposal to raise gasoline taxes and discusse…
01:00:24 |
Mon 22 Jan 2007
Bruce Yandle on Bootleggers and Baptists
Bruce Yandle of Clemson University explains why politics makes such strange bedfellows and the often peculiar alliance of self-interested special interests with more altruistic motives. He uses his i…
01:08:47 |
Mon 15 Jan 2007
Munger on Price Gouging
Mike Munger of Duke University recounts the harrowing (and fascinating) experience of being in the path of a hurricane and the economic forces that were set in motion as a result. One of the most imp…
01:00:08 |
Mon 08 Jan 2007
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