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发表于 2015-06-29 ridley matt policy

Science writer and author Matt Ridley discusses climate change with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Based on his reading of the scientific evidence, Ridley describe…

Summer Brennan on Wilderness, Politics and the Oyster War

发表于 2015-08-10 brennan oyster farming

Summer Brennan, author of The Oyster War, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about her book and the fight between the Drakes Bay Oyster Company and the feder…

Rachel Laudan on the History of Food and Cuisine

发表于 2015-08-17 cuisine laudan concludes

Rachel Laudan, visiting scholar at the University of Texas and author of Cuisine and Empire, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the history of food. To…

Mitch Weiss on the Business of Broadway

发表于 2015-09-14 blockbuster weiss mitch

Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes at a Broadway show? This week's EconTalk lifts the curtain on the magical world of Broadway: Mitch Weiss, co-author o…

Yuval Harari on Sapiens

发表于 2015-10-19 gathering agriculture sapiens

Yuval Harari of Hebrew University and author of Sapiens talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the history of humanity. Topics discussed include the move f…

Cesar Hidalgo on Why Information Grows

发表于 2015-10-26 networks grows cesar

Cesar Hidalgo of MIT and the author of Why Information Grows talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the growth of knowledge and know-how in the modern econ…

Robert Aronowitz on Risky Medicine

发表于 2015-11-09 reduction risky aronowitz

Should women get routine mammograms? Should men get regular PSA exams? Robert Aronowitz of the University of Pennsylvania and the author of Risky Medicine talks…

Adam Cifu on Ending Medical Reversal

发表于 2016-02-15 ineffective harmful practices

Why do so many medical practices that begin with such promise and confidence turn out to be either ineffective at best or harmful at worst? Adam Cifu of the Uni…

Will Davies on the Economics, Economists, and the Limits of Neoliberalism

发表于 2016-03-07 perspective neoliberalism davies

Will Davies of Goldsmith's, University of London and author of The Limits of Neoliberalism talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the ideas in his book. Da…

Jayson Lusk on Food, Technology, and Unnaturally Delicious

发表于 2016-03-28 unnaturally jayson delicious

How bad is pink slime? Are free-range chickens happier? Can robots cook? Jayson Lusk of Oklahoma State University and the author of Unnaturally Delicious talks …