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Kevin Kelly on the Future of the Web and Everything Else

March 26, 2007, Featuring Kevin Kelly

Author Kevin Kelly talks about the role of technology in our lives, the future of the web, how to time travel, the wisdom of the hive, the economics of reputation, the convergence of the biological and the mechanical, and his impact on the movies The Matrix and Minority Report.

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David Leonhardt on the Media

March 19, 2007, Featuring David Leonhardt

David Leonhardt of the New York Times talks with Russ Roberts about media bias, competition between old and new media, global warming, and the role of information as an incentive to provide better health care.

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Walter Williams on Life, Liberty and Economics

October 16, 2006, Featuring Walter Williams

Professor, Radio Host, and Syndicated Columnist Walter Williams of George Mason University talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about his early days as an economist, his controversial view of the Civil War, the insights of Adam Smith and Friedrich Hayek, and some deep but simple economic principles.

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