EconTalk Archives, 2013

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Date Title & Description Contributors
2013-12-30

  Richard Fisher on Too Big to Fail and the Fed

Richard Fisher, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the problems with "too big to fail"--the policy idea that certain financial institutions are too large to face the bankruptcy or failure and ne... 		  EconTalk: Russ Roberts author
2013-12-23

  Judith Curry on Climate Change

Judith Curry of the Georgia Institute of Technology and blogger at Climate Etc. talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about climate change. Curry argues that climate change is a "wicked problem" with a great deal of uncertainty surrounding the expected... 		  EconTalk: Russ Roberts author
2013-12-16

  Wally Thurman on Bees, Beekeeping, and Coase

Wally Thurman of North Carolina State University and PERC talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the world of bees, beekeepers, and the market for pollination. Thurman describes how farmers hire beekeepers to pollinate their crops and how that mar... 		  EconTalk: Russ Roberts author
2013-12-09

  Doug Lemov on Teaching

Doug Lemov of Uncommon Schools and author of Teach Like a Champion talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about teaching and education. Drawing on his experience working in charter schools with children in poverty, Lemov discusses what makes a great tea... 		  EconTalk: Russ Roberts author
2013-12-02

  Lant Pritchett on Education in Poor Countries

Lant Pritchett of Harvard University and author of The Rebirth of Education talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the ideas in the book. Pritchett argues that increases in years of schooling for students in poor countries do not translate into ga... 		  EconTalk: Russ Roberts author
2013-11-25

  Joel Mokyr on Growth, Innovation, and Stagnation

Joel Mokyr of Northwestern University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the future of the American economy. Mokyr rejects the claims that the we are entering an area of stagnation or permanently lower economic growth. He argues that measured ... 		  EconTalk: Russ Roberts author
2013-11-18

  Deaton on Health, Wealth, and Poverty

Angus Deaton of Princeton University and author of the Great Escape talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the book--the vast improvements in health and standard of living in recent times. Deaton surveys the improvements in life expectancy and inc... 		  EconTalk: Russ Roberts author
2013-11-11

  Edmund Phelps on Mass Flourishing

Edmund Phelps of Columbia University, Nobel Laureate in economics, and author of Mass Flourishing talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the ideas in the book. Phelps argues that human flourishing requires challenges, struggles, and success and go... 		  EconTalk: Russ Roberts author
2013-11-04

  John Ralston Saul on Reason, Elites, and Voltaire's Bastards

John Ralston Saul, author and head of PEN International, speaks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his book, Voltaire's Bastards, and the role of reason in the modern world. Saul argues that the illegitimate offspring of the champions of reason have... 		  EconTalk: Russ Roberts author
2013-10-28

  Boudreaux on Coase

Don Boudreaux of George Mason University and Cafe Hayek talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the intellectual legacy of Ronald Coase. The conversation centers on Coase's four most important academic articles. Most of the discussion is on two of ... 		  EconTalk: Russ Roberts author