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Michael Munger on Desires, Morality, and Self-Interest

Economist and author Michael Munger of Duke University talks about human wants and desires with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Human beings have desires about our...

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Dean Baker

Dean Baker on the Crisis

Money, Banking, Monetary Policy Jan 9 2012

Abhijit Bannerjee

Banerjee on Poverty and Poor Economics

Altruism and Charity Jul 11 2011

Janine Barchas

Janine Barchas on the Lost Books of Jane Austen

Biography, Intellectual History Jan 20 2020

Neil Barofsky

Barofsky on Bailouts

Public Choice Sep 3 2012

Jason Barr

Jason Barr on Building the Skyline and the Economics of Skyscrapers

Books Mar 27 2017

Robert Barro

Barro on Disasters

Money, Banking, Monetary Policy Aug 4 2008

Barro on Growth

Growth Jul 17 2006

Roy Baumeister

Baumeister on Gender Differences and Culture

Books Nov 14 2011

Gary Becker

An Interview with Gary Becker

Nobel Prize Winners Jul 10 2006

David Beckworth

David Beckworth on Money, Monetary Policy, and the Great Recession

Business Cycles, Recessions, and the Great Depression May 30 2016

Julia Belluz

Julia Belluz on Epidemiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism

Agriculture and Food Nov 12 2018

Michael Belongia

Belongia on the Fed

Political Science Jan 11 2010

Gary Belsky

Gary Belsky on the Origins of Sports

Books Apr 18 2016

Belsky on Journalism, Editing, and Trivia

The Media May 24 2010

Yochai Benkler

Benkler on Net Neutrality, Competition, and the Future of the Internet

Regulation Apr 5 2010

Roger Berkowitz

Roger Berkowitz on Fish, Food, and Legal Sea Foods

Agriculture and Food Aug 3 2015

Peter Berkowitz

Peter Berkowitz on Locke, Liberty, and Liberalism

Biography, Intellectual History Dec 10 2018

William Bernstein

Bernstein on Communication, Power and the Masters of the Word

Books May 6 2013

Bernstein on Inequality

Happiness and Behavioral Economics Oct 6 2008

Bernstein on the History of Trade

Agriculture and Food Apr 28 2008

Alain Bertaud

Alain Bertaud on Cities, Planning, and Order Without Design

Books Jun 3 2019

James Bessen

James Bessen on Learning by Doing

Labor May 23 2016

Reginald Dwayne Betts

Dwayne Betts on Reading, Prison, and the Million Book Project

Books Oct 19 2020

Jagdish Bhagwati

Bhagwati on India

Poverty and Development Aug 19 2013

Jay Bhattacharya

Jay Bhattacharya on the Pandemic

Family and Self-Help Dec 21 2020

Amar Bhide

Bhide on Outsourcing, Uncertainty, and the Venturesome Economy

Trade and Exchange Feb 16 2009

William Black

William Black on Financial Fraud

Books Feb 6 2012

Johanna Blakley

Blakley on Fashion and Intellectual Property

Family and Self-Help Jun 14 2010

Michael Blastland

Michael Blastland on the Hidden Half

Altruism and Charity Dec 28 2020

Chris Blattman

Chris Blattman on Chickens, Cash, and Development Economics

Altruism and Charity Jul 3 2017

Chris Blattman on Sweatshops

Altruism and Charity Dec 26 2016

Chris Blattman on Cash, Poverty, and Development

Altruism and Charity Jul 21 2014

Nathan Blecharczyk

Nathan Blecharczyk on Airbnb and the Sharing Economy

Entrepreneurship Sep 1 2014

Paul Bloom

Paul Bloom on Cruelty

Altruism and Charity Sep 17 2018

Paul Bloom on Empathy

Altruism and Charity Feb 27 2017

David Boaz

David Boaz, P.J. O'Rourke, and George Will on the State of Liberty

Law and Institutions May 29 2017

Pete Boettke

Peter Boettke on Public Administration, Liberty, and the Proper Role of Government

Political Science May 14 2018

Pete Boettke on Katrina, Ten Years After

Regulation Oct 12 2015

Boettke on Living Economics

Books Jan 28 2013

Boettke on Mises

Biography, Intellectual History Dec 27 2010

Boettke on Elinor Ostrom, Vincent Ostrom, and the Bloomington School

Biography, Intellectual History Nov 30 2009

Boettke on the Austrian Perspective on Business Cycles and Monetary Policy

Business Cycles, Recessions, and the Great Depression Jan 5 2009

Boettke on Austrian Economics

Public Choice Dec 10 2007

Boettke on Katrina and the Economics of Disaster

Theory of Markets Dec 18 2006

John Bogle

Bogle on Investing

Finance Apr 9 2007

Michele Boldrin

Boldrin on Intellectual Property

Books May 18 2009

Clint Bolick

Clint Bolick Defends Judicial Activism

Law and Institutions Oct 31 2006

George Borjas

George Borjas on Immigration and We Wanted Workers

Books Jan 30 2017

Nick Bostrom

Nick Bostrom on Superintelligence

Artificial Intelligence Dec 1 2014

Daniel Botkin

Botkin on Nature, the Environment and Global Warming

Education Nov 26 2007

Don Boudreaux

Don Boudreaux on Buchanan

Biography, Intellectual History Jan 11 2021

Don Boudreaux, Michael Munger, and Russ Roberts on Emergent Order

Law and Institutions Jun 12 2017

Boudreaux on Coase

Biography, Intellectual History Oct 28 2013

Boudreaux on Reading Hayek

Biography, Intellectual History Dec 17 2012

Boudreaux on Public Debt

Books Mar 26 2012

Boudreaux on Monetary Misunderstandings

Money, Banking, Monetary Policy Jan 17 2011

Don Boudreaux on China, Currency Manipulation, and Trade Deficits

Money, Banking, Monetary Policy Nov 8 2010

Don Boudreaux on Public Choice

Political Science Mar 15 2010

Don Boudreaux on Macroeconomics and Austrian Business Cycle Theory

Business Cycles, Recessions, and the Great Depression Apr 13 2009

Don Boudreaux on Energy Prices

Regulation Jun 16 2008

Don Boudreaux on Globalization and Trade Deficits

Books Jan 21 2008

Boudreaux on Market Failure, Government Failure and the Economics of Antitrust Regulation

Law and Institutions Oct 1 2007

Boudreaux on the Economics of "Buy Local"

Trade and Exchange Apr 16 2007

Boudreaux on Law and Legislation

Biography, Intellectual History Dec 11 2006

Karol Boudreaux

Karol Boudreaux on Wildlife, Property, and Poverty in Africa

Growth Sep 22 2008

Karol Boudreaux on Property Rights and Incentives in Africa

Agriculture and Food Dec 17 2007

David Brady

Brady on the 2012 US Election

Public Choice Jul 23 2012

Brady on the Electorate and the Elections of 2010 and 2012

Public Choice Aug 15 2011

Brady on the State of the Electorate

Public Choice Aug 2 2010

Brady on Health Care Reform, Public Opinion, and Party Politics

Political Science Aug 24 2009

Summer Brennan

Summer Brennan on Wilderness, Politics and the Oyster War

Regulation Aug 10 2015

Timothy Brook

Brook on Vermeer's Hat and the Dawn of Global Trade

Books Feb 19 2008

Rodney Brooks

Rodney Brooks on Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence Sep 24 2018

Arthur C. Brooks

Arthur Brooks on Love Your Enemies

Books Jul 8 2019

Erik Brynjolfsson

Brynjolfsson on the Second Machine Age

Artificial Intelligence Feb 3 2014

Paul Buchheit

Buchheit on Google, Friendfeed, and Start-ups

Information and Technology Sep 21 2009

Todd Buchholz

Buchholz on Competition, Stress, and the Rat Race

Books Jun 13 2011

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita on the Spoils of War

Books Dec 12 2016

Bueno de Mesquita on Iran and Threats to U.S. Security

Law and Institutions Aug 11 2008

Bueno de Mesquita on Reagan, Yeltsin, and the Strategy of Political Campaigning

Public Choice Jul 23 2007

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita on Democracies and Dictatorships

Public Choice Feb 12 2007

The Political Economy of Power

Public Choice Aug 14 2006

Angus Burgin

Burgin on Hayek, Friedman, and the Great Persuasion

Biography, Intellectual History Mar 18 2013

Richard Burkhauser

Burkhauser on the Middle Class

Data and Evidence Apr 9 2012

Jennifer Burns

Jennifer Burns on Ayn Rand and the Goddess of the Market

Biography, Intellectual History Oct 23 2017

Robert A. Burton

Robert Burton on Being Certain

Artificial Intelligence May 13 2019

William Byers

Byers on the Blind Spot, Science, and Uncertainty

Philosophy and Methodology May 16 2011