February 20, 2019Historically ThinkingRuss Roberts on the 2008 Financial Crisis, Changing Your Mind, and Intellectual HumilityRuss Roberts is not a philosopher but an economist, as the many listeners to his…Listen
November 26, 2018Anat Admati on the Financial Crisis of 2008Anat Admati of Stanford’s Graduate School of Business talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about…Listen
June 6, 2016Jason Zweig on Finance and the Devil’s Financial DictionaryJason Zweig of the Wall Street Journal and author of The Devil’s Financial Dictionary talks…Listen
May 30, 2016David Beckworth on Money, Monetary Policy, and the Great RecessionWas the Financial Crisis of 2008 caused by a crisis in the housing market? Or…Listen
April 25, 2016Alberto Alesina on Fiscal Policy and AusterityAlberto Alesina of Harvard University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his research on…Listen
January 11, 2016Greg Ip on FoolproofWhen does the pursuit of safety lead us into danger? Greg Ip, of the Wall…Listen
December 14, 2015George Selgin on Monetary Policy and the Great RecessionDid Ben Bernanke and the Fed save the U.S. economy from disaster in 2008 or…Listen
February 17, 2014Charles Calomiris and Haber on Fragile by DesignCharles Calomiris of Columbia University and Stephen Haber of Stanford University, co-authors of Fragile by…Listen
December 30, 2013Richard Fisher on Too Big to Fail and the FedRichard Fisher, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, talks with EconTalk host Russ…Listen
February 11, 2013Cathy O’Neil on Wall St and Occupy Wall StreetCathy O’Neil, data scientist and blogger at mathbabe.org, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about…Listen