Why do people eat too much even when they don’t want to? Why are there so many bad managers? And why might anti-vaxxers be useful? Luca Dellanna, author of The Control Heuristic, thinks the answers to all of these questions are in our heads, or rather in our basal ganglia. Dellanna talks to EconTalk’s Russ […] The post Luca Dellanna on Compulsion, Self-deception, and the Brain appeared first on Econlib.
[ANNUAL LISTENER SURVEY ends midnight EST, Feb. 14: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CQX28T6. Vote for your 2021 favorites!] Michael Eisenberg, venture capitalist and the author of The Tree of Life and Prosperity talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the secret of the Start-Up Nation, the role of principles in investing, and why he’s optimistic about technology’s contribution to humanity. The post Michael Eisenberg on the Start-Up Nation, Storytelling, and the Power of Technology appeared first on Econlib.
[ANNUAL LISTENER SURVEY: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CQX28T6. Vote for your 2021 favorites!] What’s so bad about rising inflation? Why should we aim for a rate of 2 percent? Why is it a problem if interest rates are too low–and what do we mean by inflation, anyway? Stanford University’s John Taylor talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about these questions, […] The post John Taylor on Inflation, the Fed, and the Taylor Rule appeared first on Econlib.
[ANNUAL LISTENER SURVEY: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CQX28T6. Vote for your 2021 favorites!] Traditions and norms can seem at best out-of-touch and at worst offensive to many a modern mind. But Israeli computer scientist and Talmud scholar Moshe Koppel argues that traditions and norms–if they evolve slowly–create trust, develop our capacity for deferred gratification, and even, in the case […] The post Moshe Koppel on Norms, Tradition, and Resilient Societies appeared first on Econlib.
[ANNUAL LISTENER SURVEY: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CQX28T6. Vote for your 2021 favorites!] Love it or hate it, but you’ve definitely heard it: the so-called “smooth jazz” of saxophonist Kenny G. Filmmaker Penny Lane talks about her documentary, Listening to Kenny G, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. They discuss the pursuit of perfection, the power of vulnerability in art, […] The post Penny Lane on Loving and Loathing Kenny G appeared first on Econlib.
[Annual Listener Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CQX28T6. Vote for your 2021 favorites!] Can Israeli society survive the loss of universal military service? Will the deregulation of Israel’s kosher supervision spell the end of its Jewish character? And, speaking of Israel, what is it that makes its television dramas so good? Tyler Cowen discusses these and other subjects with […] The post Tyler Cowen and Russ Roberts on Nation, Immigration, and Israel appeared first on Econlib.
In the race for a COVID vaccine, how did a couple of companies who had never produced a successful vaccine make it to the finish line so quickly? Gregory Zuckerman talks about his book, A Shot to Save the World, with EconTalk’s Russ Roberts about the daring, deranged, and damaged visionaries behind one of science […] The post Gregory Zuckerman on the Crazy Race to Create the COVID Vaccine appeared first on Econlib.
When we see Michaelangelo’s David or the design of the Apple Store, we assume a genius with a predetermined vision was the key to the outcome. Yet as Lorne Buchman, author of Make to Know, tells EconTalk’s Russ Roberts, great art is more about embracing the process of exploration and the results that emerge in the process […] The post Lorne Buchman on Creativity, Leadership, and Art appeared first on Econlib.
After being stranded with a bunch of Brits for eight hours at a German airport in 2016, journalist Megan McArdle felt that Brexit was going to happen. The giveaway? Not the concerns over economics or politics. Rather, it was about something far more elemental: in whom they could place their trust. Join the journalist and […] The post Megan McArdle on Belonging, Home, and National Identity appeared first on Econlib.