economy

Jeffrey Sachs on the Crisis, the Recovery, and the Future

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Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University and author of The Price of Civilization talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the state of the American economy. Sach…

Michael Munger on the Sharing Economy

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Mike Munger of Duke University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the sharing economy--companies like Uber, AirBnB, FlightApp, and DogVacay that let pe…

Nathan Blecharczyk on Airbnb and the Sharing Economy

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Nathan Blecharczyk, co-founder and chief technology officer of Airbnb, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about Airbnb, one of the earliest companies to use …

Daniel Sumner on the Political Economy of Agriculture

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Daniel Sumner of the University of California talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about agricultural subsidies in the United States, the winners and losers fr…

Cesar Hidalgo on Why Information Grows

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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…

George Selgin on Monetary Policy and the Great Recession

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Did Ben Bernanke and the Fed save the U.S. economy from disaster in 2008 or did the Fed make things worse? Why did the Fed reward banks that kept reserves rathe…

Marina Krakovsky on the Middleman Economy

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Why would anyone want to hire a middleman, like a wedding planner, especially if you have time to take care of the planning yourself? Marina Krakovsky, author o…

Casey Mulligan on Cuba

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Casey Mulligan of the University of Chicago talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about life in Cuba. Mulligan, who recently returned from a trip to Cuba, discu…

Rana Foroohar on the Financial Sector and Makers and Takers

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Journalist and author Rana Foroohar of the Financial Times talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about her book, Makers and Takers. Foroohar argues that finance…

Tim Harford on Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy

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Financial Times columnist and author Tim Harford talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about Harford's latest book, Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Econ…