EconTalk Archives, 2011
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 65 minutes
- Episodes
- 52
- Years Active
- 2011
Tabarrok on Innovation
Alex Tabarrok of George Mason University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his new book, Launching the Innovation Renaissance. Tabarrok argues that innovation in the United States is being …
01:08:44 |
Mon 26 Dec 2011
Klein on Knowledge and Coordination
Dan Klein of George Mason University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the ideas in Klein's new book, Knowledge and Coordination. Klein argues that allegory is a powerful way to think about…
01:05:08 |
Mon 19 Dec 2011
Munger on Profits, Entrepreneurship, and Storytelling
Mike Munger of Duke University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about profit. What is profit's role in allocating resources? How should we feel about the people who earn profits or who take them…
01:04:04 |
Mon 12 Dec 2011
Cowen on the European Crisis
Tyler Cowen of George Mason University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the European crisis. Cowen argues that Greece is likely to default either in fact or in spirit but that the key ques…
00:58:01 |
Mon 05 Dec 2011
Simon Johnson on the Financial Crisis
Simon Johnson of MIT and the author (with James Kwak) of 13 Bankers talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the origins of the financial crisis and how the next one might be prevented. Invoking t…
01:04:49 |
Mon 28 Nov 2011
Taubes on Fat, Sugar and Scientific Discovery
Gary Taubes, author of Good Calories, Bad Calories, talks to EconTalk host Russ Roberts about what we know about the relationship between diet and disease. Taubes argues that for decades, doctors, th…
01:22:46 |
Mon 21 Nov 2011
Baumeister on Gender Differences and Culture
Roy Baumeister of Florida State University and the author of Is There Anything Good About Men talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the differences between men and women in cultural and economi…
01:16:35 |
Mon 14 Nov 2011
Kaplan on the Inequality and the Top 1%
Steven Kaplan of the University of Chicago talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the richest Americans and income inequality. Drawing on work with Joshua Rauh, Kaplan talks about the compositio…
01:06:13 |
Mon 07 Nov 2011
Avent on Cities, Urban Regulations, and Growth
Ryan Avent of the Economist and author of The Gated City talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about The Gated City and how cities have restricted access to land and housing. Avent argues that restri…
01:05:33 |
Mon 31 Oct 2011
Ramey on Stimulus and Multipliers
Valerie Ramey of the University of California, San Diego talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the effect of government spending on output and employment. Ramey's own work exploits the exogenou…
01:02:20 |
Mon 24 Oct 2011
Wapshott on Keynes and Hayek
Nicholas Wapshott, author of Keynes Hayek: The Clash That Defined Modern Economics, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich A. Hayek--their ideas, their disagree…
01:08:54 |
Mon 17 Oct 2011
Frank Rose on Storytelling and the Art of Immersion
Frank Rose, author of The Art of Immersion and correspondent for Wired Magazine, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about how the web has changed the art of storytelling and the interactions betwe…
01:02:43 |
Mon 10 Oct 2011
Bruce Meyer on the Middle Class, Poverty, and Inequality
Bruce Meyer of the University of Chicago talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the middle class, poverty, and inequality. Many economists and pundits argue that the middle class has made little…
00:59:45 |
Mon 03 Oct 2011
Rosenberg on the Nature of Economics
Alex Rosenberg of Duke University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the scientific nature of economics. Rosenberg, a philosopher of science talks about whether economics is a science. He su…
00:57:07 |
Mon 26 Sep 2011
Garett Jones on Stimulus
Garett Jones of George Mason University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the workers who were hired with money from the 2009 American Recovery and Re-investment Act--the stimulus package. …
01:02:22 |
Mon 19 Sep 2011
Frank on Competition, Government, and Darwin
Robert Frank of Cornell University and author of The Darwin Economy talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about competition, government and the relevance of Darwin for economics. In a lively and spir…
01:03:31 |
Mon 12 Sep 2011
Winston on Lawyers
Clifford Winston of the Brookings Institution talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the market for lawyers and the role of lawyers in the political process. Drawing on a new co-authored book, F…
01:01:47 |
Mon 05 Sep 2011
Hanushek on Teachers
Eric Hanushek of Stanford University's Hoover Institution talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the importance of teacher quality in education. Hanushek argues that the standard measures of qua…
00:59:21 |
Mon 29 Aug 2011
O'Donohoe on Potato Chips and Salty Snacks
Brendan O'Donohoe of Frito-Lay talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about how potato chips and other salty snacks get made, distributed, and marketed. The interview follows an hour-long tour of a lo…
01:29:51 |
Mon 22 Aug 2011
Brady on the Electorate and the Elections of 2010 and 2012
David Brady of Stanford University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the lessons of the election of 2010 and what we might expect from the elections of 2012. Brady draws on political histor…
01:07:16 |
Mon 15 Aug 2011
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