Michael Munger on Antitrust

Marina Krakovsky on the Middleman Economy

Why would anyone want to hire a middleman, like a wedding planner, especially if you have time to take care of the planning yourself? Marina Krakovsky, author of…

Post date Mar 21, 2016
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Janine Barchas on the Lost Books of Jane Austen

Author and professor Janine Barchas of the University of Texas talks about her book, The Lost Books of Jane Austen, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. The conversation explores…

Post date Jan 20, 2020
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Janet Golden on Babies Made Us Modern

Historian and author Janet Golden talks about her book, Babies Made Us Modern, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Golden chronicles the transformation of parenting in first half of…

Post date Jun 04, 2018
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Menand on Psychiatry

Louis Menand of Harvard University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the state of psychiatry. Drawing on a recent article of his in the New Yorker, Menand…

Post date May 31, 2010
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Chuck Klosterman on But What If We're Wrong

Chuck Klosterman, author of But What If We’re Wrong, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the possibility that things we hold to be undeniably true may turn…

Post date Aug 15, 2016
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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 essentially "takings" and property owners should receive compensation…

Post date Sep 17, 2007
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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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