Episodes (Page 39)
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Nassim Taleb introduces the concept of antifragility.
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Dean Baker links the financial crisis to inequality and declining unionization.
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Scott Sumner argues monetary policy has been too tight, causing the crisis.
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Alex Tabarrok argues patent law, legal system, and immigration hinder innovation.
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Dan Klein uses allegory to discuss emergent order and the invisible hand.
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Michael Munger examines the role of profit in resource allocation.
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Tyler Cowen discusses the European crisis, likely Greek default.
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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.