Episodes (Page 13)
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Michael Faye and Paul Niehaus advocate for unconditional cash transfers via GiveDirectly.
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Nina Kraus discusses the underappreciated impact of sound and noise on well-being.
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Eric Jacobus explores the art and science of violence and its biological basis.
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Emily Oster proposes managing family life like a business for better outcomes.
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Sandra Faber expresses concern over economic growth's impact on the Earth.
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Jennifer Frey critiques the modern university's focus on career over virtue.
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Paul Bloom argues that suffering is an underrated component of happiness.
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Rowan Jacobsen discusses his book "Truffle Hound" and the world of underground fungi.
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Sam Quinones discusses the devastating impact of meth and fentanyl in his book "The Least of Us".
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Arnold Kling proposes reforms for government regulation and the administrative state.
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Noreena Hertz explores the rise of loneliness in "The Lonely Century".
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David Henderson discusses the "Essential UCLA School of Economics" and its key figures.
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Glen Weyl proposes radical reforms to capitalism to address corporate power concentration.
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Johann Hari critiques the medical establishment's view of depression in "Lost Connections".
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Bret Devereaux discusses the reality of ancient Greece and Rome versus popular portrayals.
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Michael Heller and James Salzman examine the complexities of ownership in "Mine!".
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Nicholas Wapshott discusses the influential economists Samuelson and Friedman.
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Michael Munger discusses free markets, acknowledging their flaws but championing them as the best system for poverty reduction and wealth creation.
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Jonathan Rauch explores how the internet and social media have altered the 'Constitution of Knowledge,' our norms for testing ideas.
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James Heckman examines inequality and economic mobility, finding little difference between the US and Denmark despite welfare state efforts.