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.

Leon Kass, long-time teacher of classic works at the University of Chicago and now Dean of Faculty at Shalem College in Jerusalem, talks about human flourishing with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Drawing on an essay from his book, Leading a Worthy Life, Kass gives a broad overview of Aristotle’s ideas on how to live. This […] The post Leon Kass on Human Flourishing, Living Well, and Aristotle appeared first on Econlib.

Economist and author Michael Munger of Duke University talks about human wants and desires with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Human beings have desires about our desires. Can we change what we want? And how should economists and normal human beings think about doing the right thing, what we often call morality? Is acting morally self-interested […] The post Michael Munger on Desires, Morality, and Self-Interest appeared first on Econlib.

Would the impact of the pandemic have been different if government and policymakers had been more open to more market-based responses and less committed to a top-down approach? Economist John Cochrane of Stanford University’s Hoover Institution talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the pandemic and the policy response. Cochrane believes outcomes would have been […] The post John Cochrane on the Pandemic appeared first on Econlib.

Poet and author Dana Gioia talks about his book Studying with Miss Bishop with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. They talk about the craft of being a poet, the business world, mentorship, loss, why poetry no longer seems to matter, and how it might begin to matter again. The post Dana Gioia on Learning, Poetry, and Studying with Miss Bishop appeared first on Econlib.