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Alain de Botton on the Pleasures and Sorrows of Work

发表于 2010-09-13 workplace sorrows pleasures

Author Alain de Botton talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his latest book, The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work. How has the nature of work changed with t…

Gary Greenberg on Depression, Addiction, and the Brain

发表于 2010-09-27 strong greenberg depression

Gary Greenberg, psychologist and author of The Noble Lie and Manufacturing Depression , talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the nature of addiction, dep…

John Quiggin on Zombie Economics

发表于 2010-11-01 zombie quiggin roberts

John Quiggin of Crooked Timber and the author of Zombie Economics talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about ideas in economics that should stay dead and burie…

Joe Nocera on the Crisis and All the Devils Are Here

发表于 2010-12-20 angels securitization nocera

Joe Nocera, New York Times columnist and co-author with Bethany McLean of All the Devils Are Here, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the origins of th…

George Will on America, Politics, and Baseball

发表于 2011-02-28 4th baseball changed

Author and syndicated columnist George Will talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the state of the country, the nature of politics, and at the end, a litt…

James Otteson on Adam Smith

发表于 2011-06-27 otteson behavior adam

James Otteson of Yeshiva University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about Adam Smith. The conversation begins with a brief sketch of David Hume and his in…

Robert Frank on Competition, Government, and Darwin

发表于 2011-09-12 darwin conclusions argues

Robert Frank of Cornell University and author of The Darwin Economy talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about competition, government and the relevance of Dar…

Frank Rose on Storytelling and the Art of Immersion

发表于 2011-10-10 movies immersion storytelling

Frank Rose, author of The Art of Immersion and correspondent for Wired Magazine, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about how the web has changed the art of …

Nicholas Wapshott on Keynes and Hayek

发表于 2011-10-17 disagreements defined keynes

Nicholas Wapshott, author of Keynes Hayek: The Clash That Defined Modern Economics, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about John Maynard Keynes and Friedric…

Simon Johnson on the Financial Crisis

发表于 2011-11-28 banks simon risk

Simon Johnson of MIT and the author (with James Kwak) of 13 Bankers talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the origins of the financial crisis and how the …