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William MacAskill

William MacAskill on Effective Altruism and Doing Good Better

Altruism and Charity Sep 7 2015

Marty Makary

Marty Makary on the Price We Pay

Books Feb 10 2020

Greg Mankiw

Greg Mankiw on Gasoline Taxes, Keynes and Macroeconomics

Public Choice Jan 22 2007

Jim Manzi

Jim Manzi on the Oregon Medicaid Study, Experimental Evidence, and Causality

Philosophy and Methodology May 27 2013

Manzi on Knowledge, Policy, and Uncontrolled

Philosophy and Methodology Jun 18 2012

Gary Marcus

Gary Marcus on the Future of Artificial Intelligence and the Brain

Artificial Intelligence Dec 15 2014

Stephen Marglin

Marglin on Markets and Community

Theory of Markets Mar 10 2008

Charles Marohn

Charles Marohn on Strong Towns, Urban Development, and the Future of American Cities

City Formation, Urban Issues May 12 2014

Lilliana Mason

Lilliana Mason on Uncivil Agreement

Books Aug 20 2018

Andy Matuschak

Andy Matuschak on Books and Learning

Education Aug 5 2019

Susan Mayer

Susan Mayer on What Money Can't Buy

Books Nov 25 2019

Mariana Mazzucato

Mariana Mazzucato on the Value of Everything

Books Dec 24 2018

Andrew McAfee

Andrew McAfee on More from Less

Books Oct 14 2019

McAfee, McArdle, and Ohanian on the Future of Work

Education Jun 2 2014

Megan McArdle

Megan McArdle on Internet Shaming and Online Mobs

Family and Self-Help Oct 16 2017

McAfee, McArdle, and Ohanian on the Future of Work

Education Jun 2 2014

McArdle on Failure, Success, and the Up Side of Down

Books Apr 21 2014

McArdle on Debt and Self-Restraint

Business Cycles, Recessions, and the Great Depression Dec 7 2009

Deirdre McCloskey

McCloskey on Capitalism and the Bourgeois Virtues

Books Mar 31 2008

Thomas McCraw

McCraw on Schumpeter, Innovation, and Creative Destruction

Biography, Intellectual History Oct 8 2007

Iain McGilchrist

Iain McGilchrist on the Divided Brain and the Master and His Emissary

Books May 28 2018

Kevin McKenna

Kevin McKenna on Characters, Plot, and Themes of In the First Circle

Biography, Intellectual History Oct 18 2018

Kevin McKenna on Solzhenitsyn, the Soviet Union, and In the First Circle

Biography, Intellectual History Sep 10 2018

Richard McKenzie

McKenzie on Prices

Books Jun 23 2008

John McWhorter

John McWhorter on the Evolution of Language and Words on the Move

Books Aug 21 2017

Allan Meltzer

Meltzer on Inflation

Finance Feb 23 2009

Meltzer on the Fed, Money, and Gold

Public Choice May 19 2008

David Meltzer

David Meltzer on the Doctor-Patient Relationship

Data and Evidence Aug 13 2018

Louis Men

Menand on Psychiatry

Philosophy and Methodology May 31 2010

Steve Meyer

Meyer on the Music Industry and the Internet

Marketing, Management, Strategy, and Leadership Mar 22 2010

Bruce Meyer

Bruce Meyer on the Middle Class, Poverty, and Inequality

Growth Oct 3 2011

Branko Milanovic

Branko Milanovic on the Big Questions of Economics

History Dec 7 2020

Branko Milanovic on Capitalism, Alone

Books May 11 2020

Michael Matheson Miller

Michael Matheson Miller on Poverty, Inc

Agriculture and Food Nov 2 2015

Mauricio Lim Miller

Mauricio Miller on Poverty, Social Work, and the Alternative

Altruism and Charity May 6 2019

David Mindell

David Mindell on Our Robots, Ourselves

Artificial Intelligence Nov 30 2015

Adam Minter

Adam Minter on Secondhand

Altruism and Charity Jan 13 2020

Melanie Mitchell

Melanie Mitchell on Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence Jan 6 2020

Terry Moe

Terry Moe on Educational Reform, Katrina, and Hidden Power

Books Dec 9 2019

Terry Moe on the Constitution, the Presidency, and Relic

Public Choice Sep 5 2016

Joel Mokyr

Joel Mokyr on Growth, Innovation, and Stagnation

Philosophy and Methodology Nov 25 2013

Neil Monnery

Neil Monnery on Hong Kong and the Architect of Prosperity

Biography, Intellectual History Oct 8 2018

Enrico Moretti

Moretti on Jobs, Cities, and Innovation

Labor Jun 25 2012

Jerry Muller

Jerry Muller on the Tyranny of Metrics

Books Apr 16 2018

Casey Mulligan

Casey Mulligan on Cuba

International: Cross-country Comparisons, Country-specific Analyses Oct 24 2016

Mulligan on Redistribution, Unemployment, and the Labor Market

Books Dec 3 2012

Michael Munger

Michael Munger on the Future of Higher Education

Education Aug 17 2020

Michael Munger on Crony Capitalism

Philosophy and Methodology Feb 25 2019

Michael Munger on Sharing, Transaction Costs, and Tomorrow 3.0

Books Oct 29 2018

Michael Munger on Traffic

City Formation, Urban Issues Apr 2 2018

Michael Munger on Permissionless Innovation

Entrepreneurship Oct 30 2017

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

Law and Institutions Jun 12 2017

Michael Munger on the Basic Income Guarantee

Altruism and Charity Jan 16 2017

Munger on Slavery and Racism

Public Choice Aug 22 2016

Michael Munger on EconTalk's 500th Episode

Education Nov 23 2015

Michael Munger on Choosing in Groups

Books Feb 23 2015

Russ Roberts and Mike Munger on How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life

Adam Smith Oct 13 2014

Michael Munger on the Sharing Economy

Entrepreneurship Jul 7 2014

Capitalism, Government, and the Good Society

Government Budgets and Taxation Sep 4 2013

Munger on Milk

Agriculture and Food Sep 2 2013

Munger on Sports, Norms, Rules, and the Code

Law and Institutions Jul 1 2013

Munger on John Locke, Prices, and Hurricane Sandy

Favorites Nov 12 2012

Munger on Profits, Entrepreneurship, and Storytelling

Theory of Markets Dec 12 2011

Munger on Exchange, Exploitation and Euvoluntary Transactions

Trade and Exchange Jun 20 2011

Munger on Microfinance, Savings, and Poverty

Poverty and Development Apr 18 2011

Munger on Private and Public Rent-Seeking (and Chilean Buses)

Theory of Markets Aug 23 2010

Munger on Love, Money, Profits, and Non-profits

Altruism and Charity Apr 19 2010

Munger on Many Things

Education Jan 18 2010

Munger on Shortages, Prices, and Competition

Regulation Oct 19 2009

Munger on Cultural Norms

Happiness and Behavioral Economics Aug 31 2009

Munger on Franchising, Vertical Integration, and the Auto Industry

Marketing, Management, Strategy, and Leadership Jun 22 2009

Munger on Middlemen

Information and Technology Oct 27 2008

Munger on the Political Economy of Public Transportation

Public Choice Jul 7 2008

Munger on Subsidies and Externalities

Regulation Mar 24 2008

Munger on the Nature of the Firm

Information and Technology Jan 14 2008

Munger on Fair Trade and Free Trade

Agriculture and Food Dec 3 2007

Grab Bag: Munger and Roberts on Recycling, Peak Oil and Steroids

Environment Sep 24 2007

Munger on Recycling

Environment Jul 2 2007

Mike Munger on the Division of Labor

Information and Technology Apr 2 2007

Munger on Price Gouging

Regulation Jan 8 2007

Private vs. Public Risk-Taking

Public Choice Oct 3 2006

Giving Away Money: An Economist's Guide to Political Life

Public Choice Jun 23 2006

Ticket Scalping and Opportunity Cost

Sports Apr 10 2006

Nina Munk

Nina Munk on Poverty, Development, and the Idealist

Altruism and Charity Jan 27 2014

D.G. Myers

D. G. Myers on Cancer, Dying, and Living

Family and Self-Help Jul 14 2014