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Matthew Futterman on Players and the Business of Sports

Fifty years ago, many of the best players in the National Football League took jobs in the off-season to augment the salaries they earned playing football. Matthew Futterman…

Post date Aug 01, 2016
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Sabine Hossenfelder on Physics, Reality, and Lost in Math

Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder talks about her book Lost in Math with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Hossenfelder argues that the latest theories in physics have failed to find empirical…

Post date Sep 30, 2019
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Michael Munger on Crony Capitalism

Michael Munger of Duke University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about whether real capitalism is unstable and leads inevitably to crony capitalism. They also discuss ways to…

Post date Feb 25, 2019
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Ticket Scalping and Opportunity Cost

Michael Munger of Duke University talks with Russ Roberts about the economics of ticket scalping, examining our reactions to free and found goods, gifts, e-Bay, value in use…

Post date Apr 10, 2006
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Rauchway on the Great Depresson and the New Deal

Eric Rauchway of the University of California at Davis and the author of The Great Depression and the New Deal: A Very Short Introduction, talks with EconTalk host…

Post date Dec 01, 2008
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Owen on Parenting, Money, and the First National Bank of Dad

David Owen, author of The First National Bank of Dad, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about how to educate our children about money and finance. Owen explains…

Post date May 14, 2012
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Agnes Callard on Anger

Philosopher Agnes Callard of the University of Chicago talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about anger. Is anger something we should vilify and strive to eradicate in ourselves?…

Post date May 10, 2021
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