EconTalk

By: Russ Roberts
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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, and more. EconTalk has been taking the Monday out of Mondays since 2006. All 900+ episodes are available in the archive. Go to EconTalk.org for transcripts, related resources, and comments.
    Copyright 2006-2023
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Episodes
  • Fixing Sick Cities (with Alain Bertaud)

    Fixing Sick Cities (with Alain Bertaud)
    Dec 23 2024

    Why are European cities charming and American cities often so charmless? Simple, says urbanist Alain Bertaud: most American cities are zoned for single-family housing. The result is not enough customers within walking distance of a business, and not enough parking for the customers who drive. Why American cities are zoned that way is related to culture and history. Hear Bertaud and EconTalk's Russ Roberts talk about urban problems and how to solve them--not through urban design or planning, but by respecting what makes each place unique.
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Is This War With Lebanon Different? (with Matti Friedman)

    Is This War With Lebanon Different? (with Matti Friedman)
    Dec 16 2024

    Is Israel's war with Lebanon going to end differently from past attempts to secure Israel's northern border? Journalist Matti Friedman, who recounted his experience as a soldier in Lebanon in his book Pumpkinflowers, reflects on that experience in light of current events and looks to the future in this conversation with EconTalk's Russ Roberts.
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Why Industrial Policy Is (Almost) Always a Bad Idea (with Scott Sumner)

    Why Industrial Policy Is (Almost) Always a Bad Idea (with Scott Sumner)
    Dec 9 2024

    Tariffs are in the air. Will they help or hurt Americans? Listen as economist Scott Sumner makes the case against tariffs and various other forms of government intervention that go by the name of industrial policy. Along the way he looks at some of the history of worrying about the economic and military dangers posed by foreign countries.
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    1 hr and 29 mins

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