Virginia Postrel on Textiles and the Fabric of Civilization

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…

Post date Nov 28, 2011
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Keith Smith on Free Market Health Care

Entrepreneur and Anesthesiologist Keith Smith of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma talks with host Russ Roberts about what it’s like to run a surgery center that posts prices…

Post date Nov 18, 2019
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Scott Sumner on Interest Rates

Scott Sumner, of Bentley University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about interest rates. Sumner suggests that professional economists sometimes confuse cause and effect with respect to prices…

Post date Apr 20, 2015
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Robert Chitester on Milton Friedman and Free to Choose

Once upon a time, a man had an idea for a documentary on free-market ideas. Then that man was introduced to Milton Friedman. The result of their collaboration…

Post date Sep 14, 2020
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Irwin on the Great Depression and the Gold Standard

Douglas Irwin of Dartmouth College talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the role the gold standard played in the Great Depression. Irwin argues that France systematically accumulated…

Post date Oct 11, 2010
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Alberto Alesina on Immigration and Redistribution

Alberto Alesina of Harvard University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about how people in the US and five European countries perceive the population and characteristics of legal…

Post date Jul 30, 2018
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Dan Klein on Coordination and Cooperation

Dan Klein of George Mason University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the marvel of economic coordination that takes place without a coordinator–the sequence of complex tasks…

Post date Feb 04, 2008
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