Interviews with winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics, with their co-writers, and on their research
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Vernon Smith on Rationality in EconomicsMarch 03, 2008, Featuring Vernon SmithNobel Laureate Vernon Smith of Chapman University and George Mason University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the ideas in his new book, Rationality in Economics: Constructivist and Ecological Forms. They discuss the social and human sides of exchange, the robust nature of equilibrium in experiments and the real world, the seeming contradiction between Adam Smith's two great works, the unpredictability of how innovation emerges and its rationality, what neuroscience might tell us about economic decision-making, and the challenges of small-group intimate exchange and our interactions with strangers in the extended order of the marketplace. Time: 1:01:03
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MORE: Posted by Russ Roberts. Permanent Link | Comments (13) Vernon Smith on Markets and Experimental EconomicsMay 21, 2007, Featuring Vernon Smith
Time: 1:06:13
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MORE: Posted by Russ Roberts. Permanent Link | Comments (3) 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) Engerman on SlaveryNovember 21, 2006, Featuring Stanley EngermanStanley Engerman of the University of Rochester talks about slavery throughout world history, the role it played (or didn't play) in the Civil War and the incentives facing slaves and slave owners. This is a wide-ranging, fascinating conversation with the co-author of the classic Time on the Cross (co-authored with Robert Fogel) and the forthcoming Slavery, Emancipation, and Freedom (LSU Press, 2007). Engerman knows as much as anyone alive about the despicable human arrangement called slavery and the vastness and precision of his knowledge is on display in this interview. Time: 1:10:51
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MORE: Posted by Russ Roberts. Permanent Link | Comments (3) Friedman on Capitalism and FreedomSeptember 04, 2006, Featuring Milton FriedmanRuss Roberts talks to Milton Friedman about the radical ideas he put forward almost 50 years ago in Capitalism and Freedom. Listen to the most influential economist of the past 50 years discuss the principles of liberty, social responsibility of business, the inertia behind bad legislation and his career as economist and public intellectual. Time: 43.3
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MORE: Posted by Russ Roberts. Permanent Link | Comments (9) Milton Friedman on MoneyAugust 28, 2006, Featuring Milton FriedmanRuss 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. Time: 26.4
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MORE: Posted by Russ Roberts. Permanent Link | Comments (0) An Interview with Gary BeckerJuly 10, 2006, Featuring Gary BeckerRuss Roberts interviews Gary Becker on the challenges of being an intellectual maverick, the economic approach to human behavior, the influences of Adam Smith and Alfred Marshall on Becker's work and Becker's optimism for the future of economics. Time: 29.5
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