Michael Munger on How Adam Smith Solved the Trolley Problem
In the original version of a now classic thought experiment, five people are about to be…
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Life as Conversation | The Pathless Path Podcast
Life as Conversation – Russ Roberts on his relationship with his father, starting the EconTalk…
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Richard Gunderman on Greed, Adam Smith, and Leo Tolstoy
Physician and careful reader Richard Gunderman of Indiana University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts…
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Moral Sentiments and the Mythical Homo Economicus with Russ Roberts
In this episode, we discuss Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments, and how character is…
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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…
Guest Russ Roberts on Adam Smith and Libertarian Economics
The host of Econtalk provides his take on our ep. 174 on The Wealth of…
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Dennis Rasmussen on Hume and Smith and The Infidel and the Professor
How did the friendship between David Hume and Adam Smith influence their ideas? Why do…
ListenVernon Smith and James Otteson on Adam Smith
Vernon Smith and James Otteson talk with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about Adam Smith in front of a live audience…
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This is my poetic homage to Adam Smith, Frederic Bastiat, and F.A. Hayek–my attempt to…