Sowell on Economic Facts and Fallacies
February 25, 2008, Featuring Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell of Stanford University's Hoover Institution talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the ideas in his new book, Economic Facts and Fallacies. He discusses the misleading nature...Categories and Featured Speakers: Thomas Sowell on Books Interviews
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Brook on Vermeer's Hat and the Dawn of Global Trade
February 19, 2008, Featuring Timothy Brook
Timothy Brook, professor of history at the University of British Columbia and author of Vermeer's Hat: The Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World, talks with EconTalk...Categories and Featured Speakers: Timothy Brook on Books Trade and Exchange
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Easterly on Growth, Poverty, and Aid
February 11, 2008, Featuring William Easterly
William Easterly of NYU talks about why some nations escape poverty while others do not, why aid almost always fails to create growth, and what can realistically be done...Categories and Featured Speakers: William Easterly on Favorites Growth Law and Institutions
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Dan Klein on Coordination and Cooperation
February 04, 2008, Featuring Daniel Klein
Dan Klein of George Mason University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the marvel of economic coordination that takes place without a coordinator--the sequence of complex tasks done...Categories and Featured Speakers: Daniel Klein on Information Theory of Markets
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