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Episode 180 – Social Security
Peter Diamond, MIT Institute Professor and Dr. Franco Modigliani, 1985 Nobel laureate in Economics, talk about many different facets of social security including its...
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Episode 179 – Isaac Asimov
Today’s podcast is titled, “Isaac Asimov.” Renowned science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov explores the appeal of science-fiction as well as the consequences of scientific understanding...
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Episode 178 – Institutions and Economic Performance
Today’s podcast is titled, “Institutions and Economic Performance.” Timur Kuran, Professor of Economics and Professor of Islamic Thought and Culture and Dr. Douglass North,...
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Episode 177 – Progress in Cosmology: 2000
Today’s podcast is titled, “Progress in Cosmology: 2000.” Professor Bernard Sadoulet, Director of the Center for Particle Astrophysics at University of California - Berkeley...
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Episode 176 – Is Optimism Warranted
Today’s podcast is titled, “Is Optimism Warranted.” Herbert Stein and Ben Wattenberg, Senior Fellows at the American Enterprise Institute, consider the many factors which...
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Episode 175 – Financial Globalization and Currency Movement
Today’s podcast is titled, “Financial Globalization and Currency Movement.” 1981 Nobel Prize winner in Economics James Tobin discusses financial globalization and currency movement with...