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David Laidler

David Laidler on Money

Business Cycles, Recessions, and the Great Depression Sep 16 2013

Darius Lakdawalla

The Economics of Obesity

Health and Health Care Sep 25 2006

Rachel Laudan

Rachel Laudan on Food Waste

Agriculture and Food Dec 4 2017

Rachel Laudan on the History of Food and Cuisine

Agriculture and Food Aug 17 2015

Robert Laughlin

Laughlin on the Future of Carbon and Climate

Nobel Prize Winners Aug 9 2010

Edward Lazear

Edward Lazear on Becker

Education Jun 9 2014

Ed Leamer

Ed Leamer on Manufacturing, Effort, and Inequality

Data and Evidence Apr 13 2020

Leamer on the State of Econometrics

Business Cycles, Recessions, and the Great Depression May 10 2010

Leamer on Macroeconomic Patterns and Stories

Business Cycles, Recessions, and the Great Depression May 4 2009

Leamer on Outsourcing and Globalization

Labor Jul 9 2007

Vivian Lee

Vivian Lee on The Long Fix

Health and Health Care Jun 29 2020

Peter Leeson

Leeson on Pirates and the Invisible Hook

Crime and Punishment May 25 2009

Jonah Lehrer

Jonah Lehrer on Creativity and Imagine

Education Jun 11 2012

Doug Lemov

Doug Lemov on Reading

Education Nov 28 2016

Doug Lemov on Teaching

Education Dec 9 2013

Thomas Leonard

Thomas Leonard on Race, Eugenics, and Illiberal Reformers

Biography, Intellectual History Dec 5 2016

David Leonhardt

David Leonhardt on the Media

Health and Health Care Mar 19 2007

Jill Lepore

Jill Lepore on Nationalism, Populism, and the State of America

History Apr 15 2019

Robert Lerman

Robert Lerman on Apprenticeships

Education Jul 6 2020

Yuval Levin

Yuval Levin on A Time to Build

Immigration and Nationalism Mar 2 2020

Yuval Levin on The Fractured Republic

Family and Self-Help Jul 4 2016

Yuval Levin on Burke, Paine, and the Great Debate

Biography, Intellectual History May 26 2014

Steven Levitt

Steven Levitt on Freakonomics and the State of Economics

Happiness and Behavioral Economics Nov 9 2020

Michael Lewis

Michael Lewis on the Hidden Economics of Baseball and Football

Sports Jan 29 2007

Alan Lightman

Alan Lightman on Stardust, Meaning, Religion, and Science

Family and Self-Help Apr 27 2020

Alan Lightman on Science, Spirituality, and Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine

Artificial Intelligence Nov 5 2018

Michael Lind

Michael Lind on Libertarianism

Philosophy and Methodology Jul 22 2013

James Lindsay

Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay on the Enemies of Modernity

Philosophy and Methodology Feb 5 2018

Brink Lindsey

Brink Lindsey and Steven Teles on the Captured Economy

Finance Dec 18 2017

Brink Lindsey on the Age of Abundance

Political Science Mar 30 2009

Steven Lipstein

Lipstein on Hospitals

Health and Health Care Dec 8 2008

Bjorn Lomborg

Bjorn Lomborg on the Costs and Benefits of Attacking Climate Change

Altruism and Charity Jun 10 2019

Glenn Loury

Glenn Loury on Race, Inequality, and America

Education Jul 20 2020

Josh Luber

Josh Luber on Sneakers, Sneakerheads, and the Second-hand Market

Data and Evidence Jan 18 2016

Bob Lucas

Lucas on Growth, Poverty and Business Cycles

Nobel Prize Winners Feb 5 2007

Jayson Lusk

Jayson Lusk on Food, Technology, and Unnaturally Delicious

Agriculture and Food Mar 28 2016

Katy Milkman on How to Change

Roya Hakakian on A Beginner's Guide to America

Angela Duckworth on Grit