Peter Backus's guest appearances

Peter Backus

Data Skeptic

Jeff Stanton

Jackson Pollock

Randy Olson

Karl Mamer

Susan Gerbic

Jay Shankar

Zach Seeskin

Nathan Janos

Niki Athanasiadou

Marick Sinay

Thomas Levi

Sharon Hill

Eugene Goostman

Kate Jones-Smith

Louis Zocchi

OwlTail

 Economist Peter Backus joins me in this episode to discuss a few interesting topics. You may recall Linhda and I previously discussed his paper "The Girlfriend Equation" on a recent mini-episode. We start by touching base on this fun paper and get a follow up on where Peter stands years after writing w.r.t. a successful romantic union. Additionally, we delve in to some fascinating economics topics.  We touch on questions of the role models, for better or for worse, played a role in the ~2008 economic crash, statistics in economics and the difficulty of measurement, and some insightful discussion about the economics charities. Peter encourages listeners to be open to giving money to charities that are good at fundraising, and his arguement is a (for me) suprisingly insightful logic. Lastly, we have a teaser of some of Peter's upcoming work using unconventional data sources.  For his benevolent recommendation, Peter recommended the book The Conquest of Happiness by Bertrand Russell, and for his self-serving recommendation, follow Peter on twitter at @Awesomnomics.

Economist Peter Backus joins me in this episode to discuss a few interesting topics. You may recall Linhda and I previously discussed his paper "<a href="http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/staff/pbackus/girlfriend" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Girlfriend Equation</a>" on a recent mini-episode. We start by touching base on this fun paper and get a follow up on where Peter stands years after writing w.r.t. a successful romantic union. Additionally, we delve in to some fascinating economics topics. We touch on questions of the role models, for better or for worse, played a role in the ~2008 economic crash, statistics in economics and the difficulty of measurement, and some insightful discussion about the economics charities. Peter encourages listeners to be open to giving money to charities that are good at fundraising, and his arguement is a (for me) suprisingly insightful logic. Lastly, we have a teaser of some of Peter's upcoming work using unconventional data sources. For his benevolent recommendation, Peter recommended the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Conquest-Happiness-Bertrand-Russell/dp/0871401622" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Conquest of Happiness</a> by Bertrand Russell, and for his self-serving recommendation, follow Peter on twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/Awesomnomics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@Awesomnomics</a>.

Economic Modeling and Prediction, Charitable Giving, and a Follow Up with Peter Backus