Episodes (Page 39)
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Financial sector captured regulators, leading to policies benefiting industry over public.
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Gary Taubes questions decades of low-fat dietary advice.
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Roy Baumeister explores gender differences in cultural and economic roles.
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Steven Kaplan analyzes the composition of the richest 1% and 1/10 of 1%.
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Ryan Avent argues cities restrict land and housing, raising prices.
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Valerie Ramey discusses government spending's effect on output and employment.
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Nicholas Wapshott details the intellectual clash between Keynes and Hayek.
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Frank Rose discusses how the web transforms storytelling and immersion.
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Bruce Meyer challenges common views on middle class, poverty, and inequality.
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Alex Rosenberg examines economics as a scientific discipline.
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Garett Jones studied stimulus-funded jobs, finding 42% of new hires were previously unemployed.
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Robert Frank discusses Darwinian economics and relative status concerns.
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Clifford Winston advocates for deregulating the legal profession.
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Eric Hanushek questions standard teacher quality metrics.
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Brendan O'Donohoe explains Frito-Lay's production and marketing.
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David Brady analyzes the 2010 elections and predicts 2012 outcomes.
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Debra Satz argues some markets should have moral limits.
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Anat Admati advocates for higher capital requirements in finance.
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Keith Hennessey explains the debt ceiling and budget process.
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John Taylor critiques current fiscal and monetary policies.