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Russ Roberts on Ticket Prices and Scalping

发表于 2007-07-16 ticket scalping baseball

EconTalk host Russ Roberts talks about scalping and visits AT&T Park hours before Major League Baseball's All-Star Game to talk with a scalper, a merchandiser, …

Ariel Rubinstein on Game Theory and Behavioral Economics

发表于 2011-04-25 60th ariel rubinstein

Ariel Rubinstein of Tel Aviv University and New York University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the state of game theory and behavioral economics, t…

Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Skin in the Game

发表于 2013-09-09 nassim taleb nicholas

Nassim Taleb of NYU-Poly talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his recent paper (with Constantine Sandis) on the morality and effectiveness of "skin in th…

Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Work, Slavery, the Minority Rule, and Skin in the Game

发表于 2017-08-14 nassim taleb rule

Nassim Nicholas Taleb talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the manuscript version of his forthcoming book, Skin in the Game. Topics discussed include the…

Bill James on Baseball, Facts, and the Rules of the Game

发表于 2018-01-14 baseball understanding challenges

Baseball stats guru and author Bill James talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the challenges of understanding complexity in baseball and elsewhere. Jame…

Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Rationality, Risk, and Skin in the Game

发表于 2018-03-05 rationality nassim taleb

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of Skin in the Game, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the ideas in the book. This is the third episode of EconTalk with…

Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the Pandemic

发表于 2020-07-27 handle geronticide discussed

Nassim Nicholas Taleb talks about the pandemic with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Topics discussed include how to handle the rest of this pandemic and the next on…

Coase, the Rules of the Game, and the Costs of Perfection (with Daisy Christodoulou)

发表于 2025-02-04 improve imperfection coase

Surely perfection is better than imperfection. But applying technology to improve decision-making can backfire. Listen as ed-tech innovator Daisy Christodoulou …

The Status Game (with Will Storr)

发表于 2025-11-25 choose recognition storr

Will Storr talks about his book The Status Game with EconTalk host Russ Roberts, exploring how our deep need for respect and recognition shapes our behavior. Th…

The Economics of Scarcity and the UNC-Duke Basketball Game (with Michael Munger)

发表于 2026-03-17 scarcity question unc

Duke University leaves millions of dollars on the table every year by giving away free tickets to the most sought-after game in college basketball. The bizarre …