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Economics

How Economists Can Save The World

December 12, 2019 Economics, Global Issues, Politics

MIT economics professors Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo join us to talk about building a more humane world through rethinking the exchange of goods and services.

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Junk: The Billion Dollar Industry

December 3, 2019 Current Events, Economics, Environment

Adam Minter joins us to talk about people who find treasure in our trash — and why, with all our stuff, we continue to buy new things.

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Melinda Gates On Empowering Women

November 28, 2019 Current Events, Economics, Education, History, Politics

Melinda Gates joins us to make the case that providing opportunities to women is the key to bettering society as a whole.

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How Reading And Writing Saved A Lost Girl

November 12, 2019 Economics, Global Issues, Health, Race/Identity

Jaquira Diaz joins us to talk about overcoming her struggles with sexual assault and depression, growing up in Puerto Rican housing projects, and more.

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What Brexit’s Really About

November 6, 2019 Culture, Current Events, Economics, History, Politics

Fintan O’Toole joins host Krys Boyd to talk about the English worldview after the empire collapsed and why that’s key to the fractured policies of today.

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Frauds And Fakers And Counterfeit Makers

November 5, 2019 Culture, Economics, Science and Technology, Uncategorized

Lydia Pyne, visiting researcher at the Institute for Historical Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, joins us to talk about the value of the right kind of fakes and which ones still take us for a ride.

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Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan on Recent Rate Cuts

November 4, 2019 Economics, Uncategorized

Robert S. Kaplan of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, joins us to talk about the outlook for the economy going forward.

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America’s Hottest Companies – And Their Shaky Balance Sheets

November 4, 2019 Economics, Science and Technology

Derek Thompson joins us to talk about how long America’s hottest companies can survive when profits seem to be elusive.

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What Does Jeff Bezos Want?

October 16, 2019 Economics, Global Issues, Science and Technology

Staff writer for The Atlantic, Franklin Foer joins us to talk about his research into Amazon and what happens when Big Tech takes on not just the nuts-and-bolts of government but our planet too.

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Do Museums Sell Respectability?

October 7, 2019 Culture, Economics, Politics

Rhonda Lieberman joins us to discuss her views that art philanthropy can invite unsavory business ties, which museums must court in order to fund their institutions.

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New Frontiers In Medicine — And Medical Ethics

October 1, 2019 Economics, Health, Science and Technology

Dr. Jonathan Moreno, a professor of ethics at the University of Pennsylvania, joins us to work through gut-wrenching questions about the ethics of health care.

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The Education Of A University Chancellor

September 27, 2019 Economics, Education

University of Texas System Chancellor J.B. Milliken and Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp join us to talk about issues facing higher education.

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