EconTalk
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EconTalk is a weekly podcast hosted by professor Russell Roberts at George Mason University. The talk consists of Roberts interviewing a guest--often a profesional economist--while discussing popular economic topics. Each episode lasts roughly an hour, but it varies widely.
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[edit] Episode List
[edit] 2006
- Don Cox on The Economics of Parenting (3/16/2006)
- Mike Munger on Ticket Scalping and Opportunity Cost (4/10/2006)
- Skip Sauer on The Economics of Sports (4/18/2006)
- Don Cox on The Economics of Inheritance (5/4/2006)
- Alex Tabarrok on The Economics of Medical Malpractice (5/30/2006)
- Richard Epstein on The Economics of Organ Donations (6/5/2006)
- Russ Roberts on Intermittent Explosive Disorder: Mental Illness or Made-Up Malady? (6/16/2006)
- Mike Munger on Giving Away Money: An Economist's Guide to Political Life (6/23/2006)
- Gary Becker* (7/10/2006)
- Robert Barro on Growth (7/17/2006)
- Eric Hanushek on Making Schools Better (7/24/2006)
- John Cogan on Improving the Health Care System (7/31/2006)
- Chris Anderson on the Long Tail (8/07/2006)
- Bruce Bueno de Mesquita on The Political Economy of Power (8/14/2006)
- Milton Friedman* on Money (8/28/2006)
- Milton Friedman* on Capitalism and Freedom (9/4/2006)
- Richard Epstein on Legislators v. Wal-Mart (9/11/2004)
- Edward Glaeser on the Economics of Paternalism (9/18/2006)
- Darius Lakdawalla on the Economics of Obesity (9/25/2006)
- Mike Munger on Private v. Public Risk-Taking (10/3/2006)
- Larry Iannaccone on the Economics of Religion (10/9/2006)
- Walter Williams on Life, Liberty, and Economics (10/16/2006)
- Skip Sauer on the Economics of MoneyBall (10/23/2006)
- Clint Bolick on Judicial Activism (10/31/2006)
- Richard Thaler on Libertarian Parentalism (11/6/2006)
- Sam Peltzman on Regulation (11/13/2006)
- Stanley Engerman* on Slavery (11/20/2006)
- Virginia Postrel on Style (11/27/2006)
- Bryan Caplan on Discrimination and Labor Markets (12/4/2006)
- Don Boudreaux on Law, Legislation and Liberty (12/11/2006)
- Pete Boettke on Katrina and the Economics of Disaster (12/18/2006)
[edit] 2007
- Mike Munger on Price Gouging (1/8/2007)
- Bruce Yandle on the Bootleggers and Baptists (1/15/2007)
- Greg Mankiw on Gasoline Taxes, Keynes and Macroeconomics (1/22/2007)
- Michael Lewis on the Hidden Economics of Baseball and Football (1/29/2007)
- Robert Lucas* on Growth and Poverty (2/5/2007)
- Bruce Bueno de Mesquita on Democracies and Dictatorships (2/12/2007)
- Richard Epstein on property rights and drug patents (2/19/2007)
* denotes a Nobel Prize winner.
