Marc Andreessen on Software, Immortality, and Bitcoin

Kling on Prosperity, Poverty, and Economics 2.0

Arnold Kling of EconLog and the author (with Nick Schulz) of From Poverty to Prosperity: Intangible Assets, Hidden Liabilities and the Lasting Triumph over Scarcity talks about the…

Post date Dec 14, 2009
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Anat Admati on the Financial Crisis of 2008

Anat Admati of Stanford’s Graduate School of Business talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the financial crisis of 2008, the lessons she has learned, and how it…

Post date Nov 26, 2018
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Judith Donath on Signaling, Design, and the Social Machine

Judith Donath, author of The Social Machine, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the ideas in her book–an examination of signaling, online identity, and online community. Donath…

Post date Oct 31, 2016
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Adam Davidson on Hollywood and the Future of Work

What’s it like to hang out with Brad Pitt, Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, and Steve Carell for two months? Adam Davidson, who writes for the New York Times…

Post date Jun 15, 2015
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Nicholas Vincent on the Magna Carta

Did an 800-year old piece of parchment really change the world? Nicholas Vincent of the University of East Anglia talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the Magna…

Post date May 18, 2015
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Martha Nussbaum on Alexander Hamilton

Martha Nussbaum, professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about Alexander Hamilton. Nussbaum talks about the tension between acquiring power and…

Post date Jul 10, 2017
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Campbell Harvey on Randomness, Skill, and Investment Strategies

Campbell Harvey of Duke University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his research evaluating various investment and trading strategies and the challenge of measuring their effectiveness. Topics…

Post date Mar 23, 2015
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