Collier on the Bottom Billion
January 28, 2008, Featuring Paul Collier
Paul Collier of Oxford University talks about the ideas in his recent book, The Bottom Billion, an analysis of why the poorest countries in the world fail to grow....Categories and Featured Speakers: Paul Collier on Books Growth Law and Institutions
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Don Boudreaux on Globalization and Trade Deficits
January 21, 2008, Featuring Don Boudreaux
Don Boudreaux, of George Mason University, talks about the ideas in his book, Globalization. He discusses comparative advantage, the winners and losers from trade, trade deficits, and inequality with...Categories and Featured Speakers: Don Boudreaux on Books Favorites Trade and Exchange
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Munger on the Nature of the Firm
January 14, 2008, Featuring Mike Munger
Mike Munger, of Duke University, talks about why firms exist. If prices and markets work so well (and they do) in steering economic resources, then why does so much...Categories and Featured Speakers: Mike Munger on Information Law and Institutions Theory of Markets
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Edward Castronova on the Exodus to the Virtual World
January 07, 2008, Featuring Edward Castronova
Edward Castronova, of Indiana University and author of Exodus to the Virtual World, talks about his provocative thesis that a growing number of people around the world will be...Categories and Featured Speakers: Edward Castronova on Books Theory of Markets
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