buying
Hundreds of consumer-facing companies have pledged to purge deforestation from their supply chains -- often by only buying products that are certified as being …
At the heart of President Trump's tariffs is this idea that we should not be buying more from other countries than they are buying from us. Basically, he wants …
(Note: A version of this episode originally ran in 2022 .) Every time you shop online and make it to the checkout screen, you see those colorful pastel buttons …
Book tour dates and ticket info here . Housing is too expensive. Everyone knows this. Democrats know that talking about it plays well with voters. And now – in …
Tyler Cowen of George Mason U. and author of An Economist Gets Lunch, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about food, the economics of food, and his new book.…
Nobel Laureate Alvin Roth of Stanford University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his work on matching markets. Examples include marriage, matching k…
Should the United States allow its citizens to buy oil from countries run by bad men? Is this a case where morality trumps the usual case for free trade? Leif W…
If you were a poor person in a poor country, would you prefer steady work in a factory or to be your own boss, buying and selling in the local market? Economist…
Why do we buy stuff we don't need? Maybe for the same reason that some people can't stand stuff at all. Listen as author Michael Easter speaks with EconTalk's R…
With the holidays coming up, Dave and I talk about buying refurbished Apple products and whether or not we woould do it. There has been a shake up at Apple with…
