Newman on Low-wage Workers
Monday, March 8, 2010
Katherine Newman , Professor of Sociology at Princeton University, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about Newman\'s case studies of fast-food workers in Harlem. Newman discusses the evolution of their careers and fortunes over time along with their dreams and successes and failures. The convers.. ..
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Ritholtz on Bailouts, the Fed, and the Crisis
Monday, March 1, 2010
Barry Ritholtz , author of Bailout Nation: How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the history of bailouts in recent times, beginning with Lockheed and Chrysler in the 1970s and continuing through the current financial .. ..
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Garett Jones on Macro and Twitter
Monday, February 22, 2010
Garett Jones of George Mason University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the art of communicating economics via puzzles and short provocative insights. They discuss Jones\'s Twitter strategy of posting quotes and short puzzles to provoke thinking. Jones, drawing on his experience as a Sen.. ..
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