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…
“A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats”: The Economics of Human Flourishing Amidst a Pandemic, with Dr. Russ Roberts
While considerations of health are of the utmost importance during a pandemic, they may not…
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Vinay Prasad on Cancer Drugs, Medical Ethics, and Malignant
Oncologist, author, and podcaster Vinay Prasad talks about his book Malignant with EconTalk host Russ…
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Coronavirus: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of The Economic Shutdown
One of the prominent economic debates to emerge during the coronavirus outbreak has been whether…
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Health Care, Free Markets, and Viruses
Our guest is Russ Roberts, host of EconTalk, the award-winning weekly podcast about economics and…
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Marty Makary on the Price We Pay
Physician and author Marty Makary of Johns Hopkins University talks about his book The Price…
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Health Care Without (much) Government
I’m going to imagine what health care would look like if government played a much…
Health Care Lessons from Dr. Keith Smith
This week’s EconTalk with Keith Smith of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma has provoked a…
Keith Smith on Free Market Health Care
Entrepreneur and Anesthesiologist Keith Smith of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma talks with host Russ…
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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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