

EconTalk
EconTalk: Conversations for the Curious is an award-winning weekly podcast hosted by Russ Roberts of Shalem College in Jerusalem and Stanford's Hoover Institution. The eclectic guest list includes authors, doctors, psychologists, historians, philosophers, economists, and more. Learn how the health care system really works, the serenity that comes from humility, the challenge of interpreting data, how potato chips are made, what it's like to run an upscale Manhattan restaurant, what caused the 2008 financial crisis, the nature of consciousness, the conflicts and history of the Middle East, and more. EconTalk has been taking the Monday out of Mondays since 2006. All 1000+ episodes are available in the archive. Go to EconTalk.org for transcripts, related resources, and comments.
Episodes


Scott Sumner on Interest Rates

Phil Rosenzweig on Leadership, Decisions, and Behavioral Economics

Vernon Smith and James Otteson on Adam Smith

David Skarbek on Prison Gangs and the Social Order of the Underworld

Campbell Harvey on Randomness, Skill, and Investment Strategies

Paul Romer on Urban Growth

Lawrence H. White on Monetary Constitutions

David Zetland on Water

Michael Munger on Choosing in Groups

Benn Steil on the Battle of Bretton Woods

Daniel Sumner on the Political Economy of Agriculture

Luigi Zingales on the Costs and Benefits of the Financial Sector

Alex Tabarrok on Private Cities

Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the Precautionary Principle and Genetically Modified Organisms

Greg Page on Food, Agriculture, and Cargill

Joshua Greene on Moral Tribes, Moral Dilemmas, and Utilitarianism

James Tooley on Private Schools for the Poor and the Beautiful Tree

Joshua Angrist on Econometrics and Causation

Gary Marcus on the Future of Artificial Intelligence and the Brain
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