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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


George Selgin on Free Banking

Arnold Kling on Credit Default Swaps, Counterparty Risk, and the Political Economy of Financial Regulation

Richard Epstein on Happiness, Inequality, and Envy

Michael Munger on Middlemen

Clay Shirky on Coase, Collaboration and Here Comes Everybody

Patri Friedman on Seasteading

William Bernstein on Inequality

Arnold Kling on Freddie and Fannie and the Recent History of the U.S. Housing Market

Karol Boudreaux on Wildlife, Property, and Poverty in Africa

Robert Shiller on Housing and Bubbles

Joseph Ellis on American Creation and the Founding

Jonathan Rauch on the Volt, Risk, and Corporate Culture

Russ Roberts on the Price of Everything

John Taylor on Monetary Policy

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita on Iran and Threats to U.S. Security

Robert Barro on Disasters

Hal Varian on Technology

Doug Rivers on Polling

Eric Hanushek on Education and School Finance
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