Money supply, money demand, interest rates, and the Federal Reserve

Cowen on Monetary Policy

March 17, 2008, Featuring Tyler Cowen

cowen.jpg Tyler Cowen of George Mason University and Marginal Revolution talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about money, inflation, the Federal Reserve and the gold standard. Cowen argues that alternatives to the current Federal Reserve system promise more risk than return.

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Viviana Zelizer on Money and Intimacy

February 26, 2007, Featuring Viviana Zelizer

Viviana Zelizer, Princeton University sociologist, talks about the ideas in her new book, The Purchase of Intimacy. Does money ruin intimacy? Does intimacy ruin our commercial transactions? Zelizer and host Russ Roberts have a lively conversation on the sometimes contentious border between economics and sociology.

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Milton Friedman on Money

August 28, 2006, Featuring Milton Friedman

Russ Roberts talks with Milton Friedman about his research and views on inflation, the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke, and what the future holds.

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