EconTalk Extras

The listening guides listed here are supplements to accompany podcasts
on EconTalk. Each guide consists of seven to ten discussion questions encouraging the listener to think broadly about what the podcast is about and to focus more closely on the key economic ideas discussed by the participants.

The guides are appropriate for use by teachers and students at the high school level and higher. They can be useful for instructors wishing to assign podcasts as part of their course of study. They may also be useful for casual listeners looking to focus on key points in the podcasts.

These guides are protected by copyright and owned by Liberty Fund, Inc., but may be copied for educational use.

Listening Guide for

2015:
• • April 20, 2015 Scott Sumner on Interest Rates
  • March 16, 2015 Paul Romer on Urban Growth

2014:
• • November 17, 2014 Vernon Smith on Adam Smith and the Human Enterprise
  • October 13, 2014 Russ Roberts and Mike Munger on How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life
  • August 14, 2014 Terry Anderson on the Environment and Property Rights
  • April 28, 2014 Diane Coyle on GDP
  • January 6, 2014 Anthony Gill on Religion

2013:
• • November 4, 2013 John Ralston Saul on Reason, Elites, and Voltaire’s Bastards
  • October 28, 2013 Don Boudreaux on Coase
  • September 30, 2013 Tyler Cowen on Inequality, the Future, and Average is Over
  • August 5, 2013 Robert Pindyck on Climate Change
  • June 17, 2013 Dan Pallotta on Charity and the Culture of the Non-Profit Sector
  • June 3, 2013 Arnold Kling on the Three Languages of Politics
  • April 15, 2013 Jeffrey Sachs on the Crisis, the Recovery, and the Future
  • March 18, 2013 Angus Burgin on Hayek, Friedman, and the Great Persuasion
  • January 28, 2013 Pete Boettke on Living Economics

2012:
• • December 3, 2012 Casey Mulligan on Redistribution, Unemployment, and the Labor Market
  • October 22, 2012 Jonathan Rodden on the Geography of Voting
  • October 8, 2012 Garett Jones on Fisher, Debt, and Deflation
  • August 6, 2012 Josiah Ober on the Ancient Greek Economy
  • July 9, 2012 Joseph Stiglitz on Inequality
  • July 2, 2012 Luigi Zingales on Capitalism and Crony Capitalism
  • June 25, 2012 Enrico Moretti on Jobs, Cities, and Innovation
  • May 28, 2012 Larry White on the Clash of Economic Ideas
  • Apr. 16, 2012 David Autor on Disability
  • Mar. 26, 2012 Don Boudreaux on Public Debt
  • Mar. 19, 2012 Daron Acemoglu on Why Nations Fail
  • February 13, 2012 David Owen on the Environment, Unintended Consequences, and The Conundrum

2011:
• • August 29, 2011 Hanushek on Teachers

2009:
• • November 30, 2009 Pete Boettke on Elinor Ostrom, Vincent Ostrom, and the Bloomington School
  • Aug. 24, 2009 David Brady on Health Care Reform, Public Opinion, and Party Politics
  • Aug. 17, 2009 Christopher Hitchens on Orwell
  • Aug. 10, 2009 Eric Hanushek on Test-Based Accountability, Federal Funding, and School Finance
  • May 25, 2009 Leeson on Pirates and the Invisible Hook
  • Mar. 23, 2009 Nassim Taleb on the Financial Crisis

• 2008:
  • • Dec. 15, 2008 Robert Higgs on the Great Depression
    • Oct. 6, 2008 William Bernstein on Inequality
    • Jul. 7, 2008 Eric Hanushek on Education and School Finance
    • Jan. 28, 2008 Paul Collier on the Bottom Billion
    • Jan. 21, 2008 Don Boudreaux on Globalization and Trade Deficits
    • Jan. 14, 2008 Mike Munger on the Nature of the Firm

2007:

• • • Nov. 26, 2007 Daniel Botkin on Nature, the Environment and Global Warming
    • Oct. 29, 2007 Bruce Yandle on the Tragedy of the Commons and the Implications for Environmental Regulation
    • Aug. 6, 2007 Hanushek on Educational Quality and Economic Growth
    • Jun. 25, 2007 Bryan Caplan on the Myth of the Rational Voter
    • Jun. 4, 2007 Amity Shlaes on the Great Depression
    • May 21, 2007 Vernon Smith on Markets and Experimental Economics
    • Apr. 2, 2007 Mike Munger on the Division of Labor
    • Feb. 12, 2007 Bruce Bueno de Mesquita on Democracies and Dictatorships
    • Jan. 22, 2007 Greg Mankiw on Gasoline Taxes, Keynes and Macroeconomics

2006:

• • Dec. 11, 2006 Don Boudreaux on Law and Legislation
  • Oct. 16, 2006 Walter Williams on Life, Liberty and Economics

EconTalk Extras for 2018 and beyond can be found here.