Botkin on Nature, the Environment and Global Warming

November 26, 2007, Featuring Daniel Botkin

Daniel Botkin, ecologist and author, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about how we think about our role as humans in the natural world, the dynamic nature of environmental...

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Sunstein on Worst-case Scenarios

November 19, 2007, Featuring Cass Sunstein

Cass Sunstein of the University of Chicago talks about the ideas in his latest book, Worst-Case Scenarios. How should individuals and societies cope with low-probability events with potentially catastrophic...

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Henry Aaron on Health Care Costs

November 15, 2007, Featuring Henry Aaron

In this bonus middle-of-the-week podcast, Henry Aaron of the Brookings Institution talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about health care costs. Researchers in a New England Journal of Medicine...

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Waldfogel on Markets, Choice, and the Tyranny of the Market

November 12, 2007, Featuring Joel Waldfogel

Joel Waldfogel of the Wharton School of Business talks about the idea in his new book, The Tyranny of Markets: Why You Can't Always Get What You Want. He...

Categories and Featured Speakers: Joel Waldfogel on Books Theory of Markets

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Arnold Kling on the Economics of Health Care and the Crisis of Abundance

November 05, 2007, Featuring Arnold Kling

Arnold Kling of EconLog talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the economics of health care and his book, A Crisis of Abundance: Rethinking How We Pay for Health...

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