Causes and Consequences of Economic Growth and Economic Development
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Coyle on the Soulful ScienceApril 14, 2008, Featuring Diane CoyleDiane Coyle talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the ideas in her new book, The Soulful Science: What Economists Really Do and Why it Matters. The discussions starts with the issue of growth--measurement issues and what economists have learned and have yet to learn about why some nations grow faster than others and some don't grow at all. Subsequent topics include happiness research, the politics and economics of inequality, the role of math in economics, and policy areas where economics has made the greatest contribution. Time: 1:04:15
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MORE: Posted by Russ Roberts. Permanent Link | Comments (10) Easterly on Growth, Poverty, and AidFebruary 11, 2008, Featuring William EasterlyWilliam 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 to help the poorest people in the world. Time: 1:01:38
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MORE: Posted by Russ Roberts. Permanent Link | Comments (18) Collier on the Bottom BillionJanuary 28, 2008, Featuring Paul CollierPaul 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. He talks about conflict, natural resources, being landlocked, and bad governance, four factors he identifies as causes of the desperate poverty and stagnation in the countries where 1/6 of the world's poorest peoples live. Time: 1:08:47
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MORE: Posted by Russ Roberts. Permanent Link | Comments (13) Karol Boudreaux on Property Rights and Incentives in AfricaDecember 17, 2007, Featuring Karol BoudreauxKarol Boudreaux, Senior Research Fellow at George Mason University's Mercatus Center, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about her field work and research in Rwanda and South Africa. In Rwanda, she studied how a change in incentives and property rights for coffee farmers has allowed the coffee bean growers to improve quality and prosper. In South Africa's Langa Township, she looked at how renters were allowed to become homeowners and how the ability to own changed their lives. Time: 1:00:27
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MORE: Posted by Russ Roberts. Permanent Link | Comments (8) Botkin on Nature, the Environment and Global WarmingNovember 26, 2007, Featuring Daniel BotkinDaniel 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 reality and the implications for how we react to global warming. Time: 1:06:18
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MORE: Posted by Russ Roberts. Permanent Link | Comments (18) McCraw on Schumpeter, Innovation, and Creative DestructionOctober 08, 2007, Featuring Thomas McCrawThomas McCraw of Harvard University talks about the ideas of Joseph Schumpeter from his book, Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction. McCraw and EconTalk host Russ Roberts discuss innovation, business strategy, the role of mathematics in economics, and Schumpeter's vision of competition embodied in his most important idea--creative destruction. Time: 1:06:43
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MORE: Posted by Russ Roberts. Permanent Link | Comments (5) Romer on GrowthAugust 27, 2007, Featuring Paul Romer
Time: 1:17:08
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MORE: Posted by Russ Roberts. Permanent Link | Comments (13) Weingast on Violence, Power and a Theory of Nearly EverythingAugust 13, 2007, Featuring Barry WeingastBarry Weingast, Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and the Ward C. Krebs Family Professor in the Department of Political Science at Stanford University, talks about the ideas in his forthcoming book with Doug North and John Wallis, A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History. Weingast talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about how violence shapes political institutions, the role of competition in politics and economics, and why most development advice from successful nations fails to lift poor nations out of poverty. Time: 1:05:22
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MORE: Posted by Russ Roberts. Permanent Link | Comments (10) Hanushek on Educational Quality and Economic GrowthAugust 06, 2007, Featuring Eric HanushekHoover Institution Senior Fellow Eric Hanushek talks about his research on the impact of educational quality on economic growth. Past efforts to increase the economic growth rate of poor countries have focused on years of schooling, neglecting the quality and true education that needs to take place. Hanushek presents dramatic findings about the decisive nature of cognitive ability and knowledge in driving economic growth. Join us as Hanushek talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his findings and the implications for public policy around the world and in the United States. Time: 1:03:09
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MORE: Posted by Russ Roberts. Permanent Link | Comments (13) Easterbrook on the American Standard of LivingMarch 05, 2007, Featuring Gregg EasterbrookAuthor Gregg Easterbrook talks about the ideas in his latest book, The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse. How has life changed in America over the last century? Is the average person getting ahead or are the rich taking all the gains? Easterbrook argues that life is better for the average American in almost every dimension. The paradox is that despite those gains, we don't seem much happier. Time: 55:22
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MORE: Posted by Russ Roberts. Permanent Link | Comments (8) Lucas on Growth, Poverty and Business CyclesFebruary 05, 2007, Featuring Bob LucasBob Lucas, Nobel Laureate and professor of economics at the University of Chicago talks about wealth and poverty, what affects living standards around the world and over time, the causes of business cycles and the role of the money in our economy. Along the way, he talks about Jane Jacobs, immigration, and Milton Friedman's influence on his career. Time: 48:14
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MORE: Posted by Russ Roberts. Permanent Link | Comments (2) Barro on GrowthJuly 17, 2006, Featuring Robert BarroRuss Roberts interviews Robert Barro, Harvard University Professor and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow, on the economics of growth, what the developed world can do to help poor people around the world, and the role of US assets and the dollar in world finance. Time: 47.2
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