Last week I recorded an interview with Erin Ade of RTTV’s “Boom and Bust.” She put me through the paces, and showed that she had obviously read, or at least scanned, some of my writing, which is better than some other interviewers do.
It starts at about 3:40 and ends at about 12:30.
May 11 2014
Last year I wrote a series of posts (here, here, and here) arguing that Martin Gilens' evidence on the disproportionate influence of the rich on U.S. public policy is very good news indeed. Long story short:I find Gilens' results not only intellectually satisfying, but hopeful. If his results hold up, we k...
May 10 2014
Stagnationists often complain about the "hollowing out" of the economy: Well-paid middle-income jobs are disappearing. Normally, they only look at the United States and other developed countries. As a cosmopolitan, however, I'd rather discover what's been happening to incomes at the global level. Bran...
May 9 2014
Last week I recorded an interview with Erin Ade of RTTV's "Boom and Bust." She put me through the paces, and showed that she had obviously read, or at least scanned, some of my writing, which is better than some other interviewers do. It starts at about 3:40 and ends at about 12:30.
READER COMMENTS
CC
May 9 2014 at 6:28pm
Good interviewer and outstanding interviewee! I can’t believe how at ease you were, especially when you had to quickly explain why cronyism is negative-sum. I’m not even sure I could explain what negative-sum *means* in that amount of time! Nice work.
David R. Henderson
May 9 2014 at 6:51pm
Thanks, CC.
Paul Ralley
May 10 2014 at 3:35am
David, great interview – you looked totally on top of the material, I would have taken twice as long to come up with half as good answers (on a good day). I don’t often click through to your video links, but I’m glad I did today.
David R. Henderson
May 10 2014 at 9:24am
@Paul Ralley,
Thanks. Yes, I felt pretty good afterwards. The thing about it is that I had no real clue about what they would ask me about. The booker had mentioned Piketty briefly, which I haven’t read yet, and so I came prepared to say the one thing I knew about that, which was Solow’s insight that I posted about.
If you look carefully, you’ll see me playing for time while I’m trying to access the hard drive in my head when she asks me about current instances of crony capitalism. I had no idea she would ask me about crony capitalism at all.
Mr. Econotarian
May 10 2014 at 11:53am
Good job, but perhaps you should have added something about current crony capitalism in Russia?
(I also noted that the graphic for your interview had red barred circles in front of the White House and Supreme Court, but not the Kremlin).
David R. Henderson
May 10 2014 at 12:32pm
@Mr. Econotarian,
Good job, but perhaps you should have added something about current crony capitalism in Russia?
I probably should have. But check my answer to Paul Ralley above. Given that I had no idea that she would ask me about crony capitalism, I went with what I knew. I didn’t know any details about crony capitalism in Russia. Of course, those details are easily accessible but not while I’m staring at a camera and trying to come up with answers in seconds.
Jen Log
May 10 2014 at 3:47pm
David, did you catch that, during the woman’s introduction of you prior to the interview, “Econlog” is misspelled as “Econolog?”
David R. Henderson
May 10 2014 at 10:17pm
@Jen Log,
I did.
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