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Dan Klein on The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Episode 4--A Discussion of Part III

发表于 2009-04-29 sentiments klein theory

This is the fourth podcast in the EconTalk Book Club discussion of The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith. In this episode, Dan Klein of George Mason Univ…

Dan Klein on The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Episode 6--A Discussion of Parts VI and VII, and Summary

发表于 2009-05-27 vi sentiments klein

This is the sixth and concluding podcast in the EconTalk Book Club discussion of The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith. In this episode, Dan Klein of Geo…

Paul Collier on Democracy and Violence

发表于 2009-07-06 collier ideas paul

Paul Collier of Oxford University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the ideas in his new book, Wars, Guns, and Votes, a study of democracy and violenc…

Justin Fox on the Rationality of Markets

发表于 2009-07-13 justin rationality fox

Justin Fox, author of The Myth of the Rational Market, talks about the ideas in his book with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Fox traces the history of the applicat…

Christopher Hitchens on George Orwell

发表于 2009-08-17 courage christopher hitchens

Christopher Hitchens talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about George Orwell. Drawing on his book Why Orwell Matters, Hitchens talks about Orwell's opposition…

Daniel Willingham on Education, School, and Neuroscience

发表于 2009-10-12 abstract neuroscience willingham

Daniel Willingham of the University of Virginia and author of the book Why Don't Students Like School? talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about how the brain…

Richard Posner on the Financial Crisis

发表于 2009-11-16 posner recent capitalism

Richard Posner, federal judge and prolific author, discusses the financial crisis with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Posner (despite the title of his recent book …

Carmen Reinhart on Financial Crises

发表于 2009-11-23 possibility reinhart crises

Carmen Reinhart of the University of Maryland talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the ideas in her book This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Finan…

Daniel Okrent on Prohibition and His Book, Last Call

发表于 2010-06-07 1920 amendment okrent

Daniel Okent, author of Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition, talks about the book with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. They discuss how the 18th Amendment b…

Robert Laughlin on the Future of Carbon and Climate

发表于 2010-08-09 laughlin 1998 robert

Robert Laughlin of Stanford University and the 1998 co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about energy use and the fu…