Sociologist and author Mark Rank talks about his book, Poorly Understood, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Rank looks at a wide variety of aspects of poverty. He argues that many widely-held views on poverty are inaccurate, and in particular he argues that most Americans will be poor at some point in their lives. This is a wide-ranging […] The post Mark Rank on Poverty and Poorly Understood appeared first on Econlib.

Sociologist and author Mark Rank talks about his book, Poorly Understood, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Rank looks at a wide variety of aspects of poverty. He argues that many widely-held views on poverty are inaccurate, and in particular he argues that most Americans will be poor at some point in their lives. This is a wide-ranging […] The post Mark Rank on Poverty and Poorly Understood appeared first on Econlib.

Sociologist and author Mark Rank talks about his book, Poorly Understood, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Rank looks at a wide variety of aspects of poverty. He argues that many widely-held views on poverty are inaccurate, and in particular he argues that most Americans will be poor at some point in their lives. This is a wide-ranging […] The post Mark Rank on Poverty and Poorly Understood appeared first on Econlib.

Psychologist Emiliana Simon-Thomas of the University of California, Berkeley talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the science of happiness–what research can teach us about happiness. The post Emiliana Simon-Thomas on Happiness appeared first on Econlib.

Psychologist Emiliana Simon-Thomas of the University of California, Berkeley talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the science of happiness–what research can teach us about happiness. The post Emiliana Simon-Thomas on Happiness appeared first on Econlib.

Psychologist Emiliana Simon-Thomas of the University of California, Berkeley talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the science of happiness–what research can teach us about happiness. The post Emiliana Simon-Thomas on Happiness appeared first on Econlib.

Blogger, author, podcaster, economist Tyler Cowen of George Mason University discusses the lessons learned from the pandemic with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Appearing roughly one year after his first conversation on the pandemic, Cowen revisits the predictions he made then and what he has learned for the next time. The post Tyler Cowen on the Pandemic, Revisited appeared first on Econlib.

Max Kenner, founder and executive director of the Bard Prison Initiative–which offers college degrees to prisoners–talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the program, which replicates the coursework of students at Bard College. The Bard Prison Initiative was profiled in a four-part PBS documentary, College Behind Bars. Kenner talks about the origins of the program, […] The post Max Kenner on Crime, Education, and the Bard Prison Initiative appeared first on Econlib.

Whether it’s a pandemic or a Texas-sized ice storm that leaves millions of people without power, we’d like to avoid a repetition. Megan McArdle of the Washington Post talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the challenge of learning the right lessons from the current crisis in order to prevent the next one. McArdle argues […] The post Megan McArdle on Catastrophes and the Pandemic appeared first on Econlib.

Psychologist and author Sherry Turkle of MIT talks about her book, The Empathy Diaries, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. The Empathy Diaries is a memoir about Turkle’s secretive family and how that secrecy turned Turkle into an acute observer, skilled at revealing the story behind the story. She also chronicles the early days of artificial […] The post Sherry Turkle on Family, Artificial Intelligence, and the Empathy Diaries appeared first on Econlib.