Author Archive
Link: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2014/08/terry_anderson.html
Summary:Terry Anderson, distinguished Fellow at the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institute talks about free-market environmentalism and property rights that can protect natural resources. One of the main points of his book Free Market Environmentalism which is currently being revised for its third addition, revolves around the idea of what makes market successful and how can the success of the free market model be applied to the protection of the environment.
Original Air Date: August 18, 2014
Length: 63 min
Link: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2014/08/daphne_koller_o.html
Summary: Host Russ Roberts of Econtalk interviews Daphne Koller of Coursera about the rise of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Course) and the impact online learning will have on universities and learning in general.
Original Air Date: August 25, 2014
Length: 63 min
Link: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2014/07/chris_blattman.html
Summary: Russ Roberts interviews Chris Blattman of Columbia University on the subject of radical poverty and how the infusion of cash affects growth, education and political behavior.
Original Air Date: July 21, 2014
Length: 71 min
Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2014/08/15/340669390/episode-561-how-the-future-looked-50-years-ago
Summary: Planet Money Podcast visits the year 1964 in order to see how people thought the future would turn out. It is amazing how difficult it is to predict the future and how technology changes throughout the years.
Original Air Date: August 15, 2014
Length: 22 min
Link: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2014/07/sam_altman_on_s.html
Summary: Russ Roberts, host of EconTalk talks with Sam Altman, president of accelerating firm Y Combinator about the nature of entrepreneurship, funding companies, the potentials of start-ups, and the innovation that spills from technological advancement.
Original Air Date: July 28, 2014
Length: 61 min
Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2014/08/01/336910418/episode-558-spending-big-money-to-fight-big-money
Summary: What is the role of money in politics? What is campaign finance and what is the Super PAC? How is it that the 1% fraction of the US population have the ability to spend as much as they want in order to influence political power? Planet Money interviews Lawrence Lessing of Harvard University on his idea to create a super PAC in order to fight Super PACs.
Original Air Date: August 1, 2014
Length: 16 min
Link: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2014/06/gregory_zuckerm.html
Summary: Russ Roberts, host of Econtalk, interviews Gregory Zuckerman, author of The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters about the rise of the hydraulic fracturing, its developmental stages and the eventual energy revolution.
Original Air Date: June 26, 2014
Length: 61 min
Link: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2014/06/13/321666662/episode-546-fear-negativity-and-pawn-shops-for-the-rich
Summary: Planet Money presents three stories regarding the financial market; the stock market’s sluggish performance, a negative interest rates in the banking sector, and pawn shops exchanges for the rich.
Original Air Date: June 13, 2014
Length: 13 min
Links: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2014/05/30/317030992/episode-543-a-world-without-banks
Summary: What would the world look like without its financial institutions? Without its banks? Thats the very thought that has been circulating since the Great Recession. The Planet Money team considers a world without banks.
Original Air Date: May 30, 2014
Length: 14 min
Link: http://freakonomics.com/2014/05/15/the-three-hardest-words-in-the-english-language-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast/ Summary: What are the three most difficult words in the English language? According to Amanda Waterman, professor of Psychology at the University of Leeds, the words “I don’t know” are difficult for people, especially for children to fully express and admit.
Original Air Date: May 15, 2014
Length: 30 min
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