Episodes (Page 37)
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Geography of voting patterns explored.
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Kling on internet's impact on education.
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Irving Fisher's debt-deflation theory.
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Skidelsky on materialism and the good life.
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Debate on increasing infrastructure spending.
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Tough on factors driving children's success.
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Nosek on academic incentives and truth.
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Neil Barofsky discusses his book 'Bailout' and TARP program oversight.
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Roger Noll examines stadium subsidies and athlete labor markets.
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Lee Ohanian analyzes the Great Recession's labor market impact.
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Tammy Frisby assesses the prospects for U.S. tax reform.
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Josiah Ober challenges the view of ancient Greece as poor.
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Scott Atlas defends the U.S. healthcare system's quality.
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David Brady analyzes the 2012 U.S. election dynamics.
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Gary Taubes questions the 'eat less, move more' obesity theory.
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Joseph Stiglitz critiques the U.S. economy's inequality.
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Luigi Zingales distinguishes capitalism from crony capitalism.
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Cities thrive when workers have higher education levels.
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Social science struggles with complex systems and limited controlled experiments.
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Creativity involves focusing, ignoring, and even mindless relaxation.