Azra Raza on The First Cell
Author and oncologist Azra Raza talks about her book The First Cell with EconTalk host…
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Conversation and Society
We live in an age of competing monologues. We talk, but we do not listen.…
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The Human Side of Trade
Free trade is on the run. The president-elect of the United States calls the free…
Joe Posnanski on the Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini
Journalist and author Joe Posnanski talks about his book, The Life and Afterlife of Harry…
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An Introduction to It’s a Wonderful Loaf
Understanding Emergent Order in Our Daily Lives We have desires we achieve through taking action.…
Adam Smith, Loneliness, and the Limits of Mainstream Economics
Big data is all the rage. We have become increasingly obsessed in economics and in…
Stephen Kotkin on Solzhenitsyn
Historian and author Stephen Kotkin of Princeton University and Stanford University’s Hoover Institution talks with EconTalk host Russ…
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Anja Shortland on Kidnap
Anja Shortland of King’s College London talks about her book Kidnap with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Kidnapping is relatively…
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