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Chris Anderson on FreeMay 12, 2008, Featuring Chris AndersonChris Anderson talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his next book project based on the idea that many delightful things in the world are increasingly free--internet-based email with infinite storage, on-line encyclopedias and even podcasts, to name just a few. Why is this trend happening? Is it restricted to the internet? Is there really any such thing as a free lunch? Is free a penny cheaper than a penny or a lot cheaper than that? The conversation also covers whether economics has anything to say about free. Time: 1:11:44
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MORE: Posted by Russ Roberts. Permanent Link | Comments (40) Weinberger on Everything is Miscellaneous and the Wonderful World of Digital InformationJune 18, 2007, Featuring David WeinbergerAuthor David Weinberger, a fellow at Harvard's Berkman Institute for Internet and Society, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the ideas in his latest book, Everything is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder. Topics include the differences between how we organize and think about physical and digital information, the power of the internet to let us consume information in unique and customized ways and the implications for retailing, politics and education. Time: 1:14:52
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MORE: Posted by Russ Roberts. Permanent Link | Comments (2) Dan Pink on How Half Your Brain Can Save Your JobJune 11, 2007, Featuring Dan PinkAuthor Dan Pink talks about the ideas in his book, A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future. He argues that the skills of the right side of the brain--skills such as creativity, empathy, contextual thinking and big picture thinking--are going to become increasingly important as a response to competition from low-wage workers overseas and our growing standard of living. Time: 1:07:13
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MORE: Posted by Russ Roberts. Permanent Link | Comments (5) Postrel on StyleNovember 27, 2006, Featuring Virginia PostrelAuthor and journalist Virginia Postrel talks about how business competes for customers using style and beauty, going beyond price and the standard measures of quality. She looks at the role of appearance in our daily lives and the change from earlier times when style and beauty were luxuries accessible only to the wealthy. She also talks about her donation of a kidney to a friend and how that affected the intensity of her feelings about the policies surrounding organ donations. Time: 58:30
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MORE: Posted by Russ Roberts. Permanent Link | Comments (3) Chris Anderson and the Long TailAugust 07, 2006, Featuring Chris AndersonRuss Roberts talks with Chris Anderson of Wired Magazine about the ideas in his new book, The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More. Topics include the weird world of internet distribution and production, how the Sears catalog of the 1890s was the predecessor to Amazon books in the 1990s, the economics of choice and the role of filters, and the challenges of wrapping our minds around emergent phenomena. Time: 52.4
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