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Incentives Are for Losers (with Adam Mastroianni) - Econlib
Incentives matter, sure. But what should you do when following the incentives means quietly participating in something wrong?
Meritocracy, Exams, and the Knowledge That Matters (with Daisy Christodoulou) - Econlib
What does a failed 19th-century Chinese civil exam and one of the deadliest wars in history have to do with how we hire, educate, and test people today?
EconTalk Podcast - Hamas and the Future of Gaza (with Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib) | Free Listening on Podbean App
He lost his childhood homes, dozens of family members, and most of his hearing in his left ear to Israeli bombs, yet Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib insists that Palestinians must also take responsibility for…
Ben Sasse on Faith, Family, and Facing Death - Econlib
Six months into a stage-four pancreatic cancer diagnosis that gave him 90 days to live, Ben Sasse sits down with EconTalk’s Russ Roberts for a conversation that refuses easy comfort. The former U. S.
The Political Economy of Palestine (with Hussein Aboubakr Mansour)
Most discourses about Israel or Palestine are morality plays of good guys vs bad guys.
Savage Landscapes (with Cal Flyn) - Econlib
What is wilderness when seven billion people share the planet and nowhere remains truly untouched?
Dwayne Betts on the Iliad
What happens when a poet who survived prison sits down with the world’s oldest war story–and reads it in three sleepless, wandering days?
From Sawdust to Paw Patrol: The Spin Master Story (with Ronnen Harary)
A nylon stocking filled with sawdust that grows grass for hair launched one of the most successful toy companies in the world.
EconTalk Book Club on the Iliad (with Ido Hevroni)
Ego, pride, wrath, fear, gods, superheroes, mortals, and lots of killing.
Do Less, Heal More: The Case for Medical Conservatism (with John Mandrola)
What if the surgery that fixed your knee did no better than fake surgery? EconTalk host Russ Roberts speaks with Dr.