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Marc Andreessen on Software, Immortality, and Bitcoin

What's the single best thing happening in technology right now? According to entrepreneur and...

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Chris Blattman on Why We Fight

It's tempting to explain Russia's invasion of Ukraine with Putin's megalomania. Economist Chris...

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Dwayne Betts on Ellison, Levi, and Human Suffering

In his memoir of his time in Auschwitz, Primo Levi describes Jewish prisoners bathing in freezing...

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Michael Munger on Antitrust

Are tech giants such as Google, Amazon, or Facebook dangerous? Do they have too much power? Dive...

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Tyler Cowen on Reading

Intellectual omnivore Tyler Cowen of George Mason University and EconTalk host Russ Roberts talk...

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Russ Roberts on Education

What do crossing rivers and investing in stocks have in common? Real education is seeing the...

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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...

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Pano Kanelos on Education and UATX

What is real education? What can colleges provide their students? Pano Kanelos, president of the...

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Robert Pindyck on Averting and Adapting to Climate Change

Economist Robert Pindyck of MIT talks about his book, Climate Future, with EconTalk host Russ...

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Maxine Clark on Building the Build-a-Bear Workshop

Stuff it, fluff it, stitch it, dress it: Build-a-Bear Founder and former CEO Maxine Clark built a...

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Angela Duckworth on Character

Many people think schools are no place for teaching character. Psychologist Angela Duckworth of...

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Tamar Haspel on First-Hand Food

What did author and Washington Post columnist Tamar Haspel learn from her quest to eat at least...

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Luca Dellanna on Compulsion, Self-deception, and the Brain

Why do people eat too much even when they don't want to? Why are there so many bad managers? And...

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Michael Eisenberg on the Start-Up Nation, Storytelling, and the Power of Technology

Michael Eisenberg, venture capitalist and the author of The Tree of Life and Prosperity talks...

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John Taylor on Inflation, the Fed, and the Taylor Rule

What's so bad about rising inflation? Why should we aim for a rate of 2 percent? Why is it a...

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Moshe Koppel on Norms, Tradition, and Resilient Societies

Traditions and norms can seem at best out-of-touch and at worst offensive to many a modern mind....

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Penny Lane on Loving and Loathing Kenny G

Love it or hate it, but you've definitely heard it: the so-called "smooth jazz" of saxophonist...

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Penny Lane on Loving and Loathing Kenny G

Love it or hate it, but you've definitely heard it: the so-called "smooth jazz" of saxophonist...

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Penny Lane on Loving and Loathing Kenny G

Love it or hate it, but you've definitely heard it: the so-called "smooth jazz" of saxophonist...

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Tyler Cowen and Russ Roberts on Nation, Immigration, and Israel

Can Israeli society survive the loss of universal military service? Will the deregulation of...

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