Price Gouging Could Actually Fix Our Face Mask Shortage
If we don’t let prices for essential goods rise, we can’t incentivize making more of…
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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Amy Webb on Artificial Intelligence, Humanity, and the Big Nine
Futurist and author Amy Webb talks about her book, The Big Nine, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Webb observes…
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Wanting to Want What We Want
I have been thinking about consciousness recently. What is the source of human consciousness? Is it…
Adam Cifu on the Case for Being a Medical Conservative
Physician and author Adam Cifu of the University of Chicago talks about being a medical…
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Adam Smith, Loneliness, and the Limits of Mainstream Economics
Big data is all the rage. We have become increasingly obsessed in economics and in…
It’s a Wonderful Loaf
A whimsical animated short film based on Russ Roberts’s poem about emergent order and the…
Do the Rich Get All the Gains from Economic Growth?
Adjusted for inflation, the US economy has more than doubled in real terms since 1975.…