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Daphne Koller on Education, Coursera, and MOOCs
Daphne Koller on Education, Coursera, and MOOCs
Daphne Koller of Coursera talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about online educational website Coursera and the future... Read more
25 Aug 2014
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1hr 2mins
Ranked #2
Martha Nussbaum on Creating Capabilities and GDP
Martha Nussbaum on Creating Capabilities and GDP
Martha Nussbaum of the University of Chicago and author of Creating Capabilities talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts a... Read more
29 Sep 2014
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How many pairs of sneakers do you own? Josh Luber of Campless and StockX talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the... Read more
18 Jan 2016
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1hr 2mins
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Virginia Postrel on Textiles and the Fabric of Civilization
Virginia Postrel on Textiles and the Fabric of Civilization
Author and journalist Virginia Postrel talks about her book The Fabric of Civilization and How Textiles Made the World w... Read more
16 Nov 2020
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1hr 6mins
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Jordan Peterson on 12 Rules for Life
Jordan Peterson on 12 Rules for Life
Jordan Peterson, author of 12 Rules for Life, talks about the book with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Topics covered inclu... Read more
19 Feb 2018
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1hr 18mins
Ranked #6
Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Work, Slavery, the Minority Rule, and Skin in the Game
Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Work, Slavery, the Minority Rule, and Skin in the Game
Nassim Nicholas Taleb talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the manuscript version of his forthcoming book, Skin i... Read more
14 Aug 2017
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1hr 24mins
Ranked #7
Michael Pollan on Psychedelic Drugs and How to Change Your Mind
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Journalist and author Michael Pollan talks about his book, How to Change Your Mind, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Pol... Read more
25 Jun 2018
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1hr 12mins
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Yuval Harari on Sapiens
Yuval Harari on Sapiens
Yuval Harari of Hebrew University and author of Sapiens talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the history of human... Read more
19 Oct 2015
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1hr 12mins
Ranked #9
James Bessen on Learning by Doing
James Bessen on Learning by Doing
Are workers being left behind when the economy grows? Is technology making the human workforce obsolete? James Bessen, a... Read more
23 May 2016
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1hr 4mins
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Emily Oster on the Pandemic
Emily Oster on the Pandemic
Economist and author Emily Oster of Brown University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the challenge of reopen... Read more
30 Nov 2020
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1hr 4mins
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Charles Calomiris and Stephen Haber on Fragile by Design
Charles Calomiris and Stephen Haber on Fragile by Design
Charles Calomiris of Columbia University and Stephen Haber of Stanford University, co-authors of Fragile by Design: The ... Read more
17 Feb 2014
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1hr 17mins
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Steven Teles on Kludgeocracy
Steven Teles on Kludgeocracy
Steven Teles of Johns Hopkins talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about kludgeocracy, a term Teles coined in a Nationa... Read more
14 Apr 2014
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1hr 2mins
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Michael Matheson Miller on Poverty, Inc
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Michael Matheson Miller of the Acton Institute and the Director of the documentary Poverty, Inc., talks with EconTalk ho... Read more
2 Nov 2015
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1hr 9mins
Ranked #14
Bjorn Lomborg on the Costs and Benefits of Attacking Climate Change
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Bjorn Lomborg, President of the Copenhagen Consensus Center, talks about the costs and benefits of attacking climate cha... Read more
10 Jun 2019
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1hr 10mins
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Patrick Deneen on Why Liberalism Failed
Patrick Deneen on Why Liberalism Failed
Political Scientist and author Patrick Deneen of the University of Notre Dame talks about his book Why Liberalism Failed... Read more
9 Jul 2018
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1hr 14mins
Ranked #16
Phil Rosenzweig on Leadership, Decisions, and Behavioral Economics
Phil Rosenzweig on Leadership, Decisions, and Behavioral Economics
Phil Rosenzweig, professor of strategy and international business at IMD in Switzerland and author of the book Left Brai... Read more
13 Apr 2015
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1hr 2mins
Ranked #17
Tyler Cowen on the COVID-19 Pandemic
Tyler Cowen on the COVID-19 Pandemic
Economist and infovore Tyler Cowen of George Mason University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the political,... Read more
19 Mar 2020
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1hr 19mins
Ranked #18
Sebastian Junger on Tribe
Sebastian Junger on Tribe
Journalist and author Sebastian Junger talks about his book Tribe with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Junger explores the h... Read more
31 Dec 2018
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1hr 16mins
Ranked #19
David Autor on Trade, China, and U.S. Labor Markets
David Autor on Trade, China, and U.S. Labor Markets
David Autor of MIT talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the fundamentals of trade and his research on the impact ... Read more
14 Mar 2016
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1hr 12mins
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Chuck Klosterman on But What If We're Wrong
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 th... Read more
15 Aug 2016
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1hr 2mins