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Hanushek on Education and Prosperity 26 Aug 2013 | 04:30 pm
Eric Hanushek of Stanford University's Hoover Institution talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his new book, Endangering Prosperity (co-authored with Paul Peterson and Ludger Woessmann). Hanush...
Bhagwati on India 19 Aug 2013 | 04:30 pm
Jagdish Bhagwati of Columbia University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the economy of India based on his book with Arvind Panagariya, Why Growth Matters. Bhagwati argues that the economic...
Weingast on the Violence Trap 12 Aug 2013 | 04:30 pm
Barry Weingast, the Ward C. Krebs Family Professor of Political Science at Stanford University and a Senior Fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the role...
Pindyck on Climate Change 5 Aug 2013 | 04:30 pm
Robert Pindyck of MIT talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the challenges of global warming for policy makers. Pindyck argues that while there is little doubt about the existence of human-cause...
Narlikar on Fair Trade and Free Trade 29 Jul 2013 | 04:30 pm
Amrita Narlikar of the University of Cambridge talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about fair trade and policy issues related to trade. Narlikar argues--based on a recent article with Dan Kim--that ...
Michael Lind on Libertarianism 22 Jul 2013 | 04:30 pm
Michael Lind of the New American Foundation talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about two recent articles by Lind at Salon.com. In the first article, Lind argues that libertarians are wrong about ho...
Clemens on Aid, Migration, and Poverty 15 Jul 2013 | 04:30 pm
Michael Clemens of the Center for Global Development talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the effects of aid and migration on world poverty. Clemens argues that the effects of aid are positive ...
Morris Fiorina on Polarization, Stability, and the State of the Electorate 8 Jul 2013 | 04:30 pm
Morris Fiorina, the Wendt Family Professor of Political Science and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow at Stanford University, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the state of the American elect...
Munger on Sports, Norms, Rules, and the Code 1 Jul 2013 | 04:30 pm
Michael Munger of Duke University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the role of formal rules and informal rules in sports. Many sports restrain violence and retaliation through formal rules ...
Stevenson and Wolfers on Happiness, Growth, and the Reinhart-Rogoff Controversy 24 Jun 2013 | 04:30 pm
Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers, of the University of Michigan talk with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about their work on the relationship between income and happiness. They argue that there is a po...
