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发表于 2013-09-02 grocery argue roberts

Mike Munger of Duke University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about why milk is in the back of the grocery store. Michael Pollan and others argue that mi…

Brink Lindsey and Steven Teles on the Captured Economy

发表于 2017-12-18 niskanen captured brink

Brink Lindsey of the Niskanen Center and Steven Teles of the Niskanen Center and Johns Hopkins University talk with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about their book,…

Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay on the Enemies of Modernity

发表于 2018-02-05 helen pluckrose lindsay

Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay talk with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about their essay on the enemies of modernity. Pluckrose and Lindsay argue that modernity…

Michael Heller and James Salzman on Mine!

发表于 2021-08-24 assignment ambiguity salzman

Law professors Michael Heller and James Salzman talk about their book, Mine! with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Heller and Salzman argue that ownership is trickie…

Michael Faye and Paul Niehaus on GiveDirectly

发表于 2021-12-07 attached niehaus givedirectly

Economic theory teaches that people make choices that provide them with the greatest benefit. So why not extend this idea to the realm of charity? Economists an…

James Marriott on Reading

发表于 2025-07-22 argue marriott russ

Is long form reading a dying pastime? Journalist and cultural critic James Marriott joins EconTalk's Russ Roberts to defend the increasingly quaint act of readi…

Shampoo, Property Rights, and Civilization (with Anthony Gill)

发表于 2025-11-11 backing argue towels

Why is it okay to take the little shampoo bottles in hotels home with you but not the towels? And what stops people from taking the towels? Listen as political …