Episodes
This is a continuation of my conversation with Professor David Kyle Johnson from Episode 146. Here we talk about some economic themes present in the 1970s movie Soylent Green and more. Show notes at www.economicrockstar.com/episode151 Support the show for as little as $1 per month at www.patreon.com/economicrockstar Thanks again for your continued support. It's always appreciated.
Published 08/02/18
Chris Blattman is the Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies at The University of Chicago’s Pearson Institute and Harris Public Policy. He is an economist and political scientist who studies poverty, violence and crime in developing countries. Chris has designed and evaluated strategies for tackling poverty, including cash transfers to the poorest. Much of his work is with the victims and perpetrators of crime and violence, testing the link between poverty and violence. ...
Published 07/28/18
Soumaya Keynes is the economics and trade correspondent at The Economist. She writes for the print edition and the Free Exchange blog. Before joining The Economist Soumaya did research on the public finances and pensions at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, an economic research institute. Before that Soumaya worked in the Banking and Credit team at Her Majesty’s Treasury in London. Soumaya has an M.Phil. and B.A. in Economics from Trinity College, Cambridge. She is co-host of a weekly...
Published 07/20/18
Tom W. Bell earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Chicago in 1993, then practiced law in Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. before serving as a policy director at the Cato Institute. In 1998, he joined the faculty of Chapman University, Fowler School of Law, where he teaches all of the first-year common law courses and electives in high-tech and intellectual property law. Professor Bell has published papers on copyright, Internet law, polycentric law, prediction markets, and...
Published 07/15/18
Ngaio Hotte is a Ph.D candidate at the University of British Columbia. Her research title is ‘How can trust be built among parties engaged in collaborative natural resource governance?’ and she draws influence from the work of the only female Nobel laureate in economics, Elinor Ostrom. Ngaio’s Research Interests include trust, government-to-government relations, Indigenous communities, collaboration and natural resources and we touch on some of these topics in out conversation in this...
Published 07/08/18
Dr. David Kyle Johnson is Associate Professor of Philosophy at King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He earned a master’s degree and doctorate in philosophy from the University of Oklahoma. At Oklahoma, he won the coveted Kenneth Merrill Graduate Teaching Award. In 2011, the American Philosophical Association’s committee on public philosophy gave him an award for his ability to make philosophy accessible to the general public. Professor Johnson regularly teaches classes on...
Published 06/30/18
Marie Mora is professor of economics at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Professor Mora serves as director of the National Science Foundation-funded American Economic Association Mentoring Program and has served on the board of the American Economic Association’s Committee on the Status of Minority Groups in the Economics Profession. She also served two terms as a member of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Data Users Advisory Committee, two terms as president of the American...
Published 06/24/18
Donald Boudreaux is an American economist, author, professor, and co-director of the Program on the American Economy and Globalization at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. He is the author of the 2007 and 2012 books Globalization and Hypocrites and Half-Wits, respectively. He contributes a column twice a month to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and contributes to the Cafe Hayek blog. Check out the links, books and resources mentioned in this episode at...
Published 06/15/18
Mike Melissinos began his research into investing philosophy while working as a junior analyst at Bear Stearns and J.P. Morgan. Both the collapse of Bear and the Financial Crisis, in general, were eye-opening experiences and motivated him to launch his own investment firm – namely, to offer a better way to protect capital while still being able to capitalize on major trends. He graduated from Seton Hall University (2006) with a degree in Accounting. In 2007, Michael worked as a hedge fund...
Published 06/10/18
Niels Kaastrup-Larsen is Managing Director (Europe) of Dunn Capital. He is the founder and host of the podcast Top Traders Unplugged and also hosts the CME Group's podcast Managed Futures. Check out all the links, books and resources mentioned in this episode at www.economicrockstar.com/niels2 Check out www.patreon.com/economicrockstar for ways in which you can help support the podcast
Published 06/02/18
Dan Hamermesh discusses his current work and his forthcoming book 'Spending Time' which explores the allocation and the use of time by gender, by region, by country and by economic factors. The main focus of this conversation is on the economics of sleep. Check out the links, resources and books mentioned in this episode over on the show notes page at www.economicrockstar.com/danhamermesh2. If you enjoyed this episode, check out my other conversation with Dan from Episode 25 on the...
Published 05/27/18
Michael Covel is an entrepreneur and author of five books on Trend Following as well as host of his podcast Trend Following Radio. His podcast and work on Trend Following can be found on his website www.trendfollowing.com. Check out the all links to this episode at www.economicrockstar.com/michaelcovel. To support the show, please leave an honest rating and review on Apple Podcasts and subscribe so that you'll never miss an episode. Check out other ways in which you can support the show...
Published 05/12/18
Loretta Napoleoni returns to the Economic Rockstar podcast to talk about her work and recent book on North Korea. Loretta is an expert on terrorist financing and money laundering, and advises several governments and international organizations on counter-terrorism. Check out the show notes page at www.economicrockstar.com/lorettanapoleoni or visit Loretta's own site at www.lorettanapoleoni.net.
Published 05/06/18
Rebecca Moryl is Assistant Professor of Economics at Emmanuel College, Boston. In addition to experience as an economist and public policy analyst, Professor Moryl has professional experience in operations management, fundraising management, efficiency evaluation and improvement, and program marketing. Rebecca has served as a professional consultant to nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and small businesses. She integrates her work in nonprofits with teaching through student...
Published 04/29/18
Rakesh Ramachandran in co-founder and CEO of QBRICS, an enterpreise blockchain platform company. Rakesh is self-thought in economics and created QBRICS based on his readings of Austrian economics. He is a long-time listener to the podcast and I'm thrilled to to share this conversation with you. check out the links, books and resources over at the shownotes page at www.economicrockstar.com/rakesh Support the podcast by subscribing on Apple Podcast or your favorite platform. You can also...
Published 04/21/18
Abby Hall is an Assistant Professor in Economics at the University of Tampa in Tampa, Florida and a Research Fellow with the Independent Institute. She earned her PhD in Economics from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia in 2015. Her broader research interests include Austrian Economics, Political Economy and Public Choice, and Peace Economics, and Institutions and Economic Development. Her work includes topics surrounding the U.S. military and national defense, including,...
Published 04/14/18
This is a continuation of my conversation with David Zetland which was pre-released on Patreon. The first part of the conversation can be heard in episode 133.
Published 04/08/18
Edward Castronova is professor of Telecommunication and Cognitive Science at Indiana University Bloomington. He pioneered the study of how money, value, and property flow inside online games like Everquest Castronova’s paper Virtual Worlds: A First-Hand Account of Market and Society on the Cyberian Frontier became the most downloaded paper in the entire database — beating out works by dozens of Nobel laureates. Today, it’s still in the top three. Check out the show notes page at...
Published 03/30/18
David Zetland is an assistant professor at Leiden University College, where he teaches various classes on economics. He received his PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics from UC Davis in 2008. He has previously featured on Episode 39 on the podcast. Check out the show notes at www.economicrockstar.com/davidzetland2 To support the show for as little as $1 a month, visit www.patreon.com/economicrockstar Enjoy!
Published 03/23/18
This is part 2 of my conversation with Eric Lonergan, hedge fund manager and author of Money. If you'd like to hear more from Eric, please check out Episode 130 or visit www.economicrockstar.com/podcasts Eric's work can be found at www.pholosophyofmoney.net
Published 03/19/18
This episode is about 15 minutes of unreleased material from my conversation with Nobel laureate Professor Vernon Smith. This was recorded in March 2017 and I had made this material available only to Patreon members.  If you'd like to support the show, please check out my Patreon page at www.patreon.com/economicrockstar and contribute anything from $1 a month.  Thanks for continuing to support the show by listening. This is what matters more.
Published 03/12/18
Eric Lonergan is a macro hedge fund manager, economist, and writer. His most recent book is Money (2nd ed) published by Routledge. He has written for Foreign Affairs, The Financial Times, and The Economist. He also advises governments and policymakers. He first advocated expanding the tools of central banks to including cash transfers to households in the Financial Times in 2002. In December 2008, he advocated the policy as the most efficient way out of recession post-financial...
Published 03/01/18
Sarah Skwire is a Senior Fellow at Liberty Fund, a non-profit educational foundation, and the co-author of the college writing textbook, Writing with a Thesis, which is in its 12th edition. Sarah has published a range of academic articles on subjects from Shakespeare to zombies and the broken window fallacy, and her work has appeared in journals as varied as Literature and Medicine, The George Herbert Journal, and The Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. Sarah writes a regular...
Published 02/23/18
Sarah Smith is Professor of Economics and Head of the Department of Economics at the University of Bristol. Her research interests are in applied micro - specifically consumer behaviour and public economics. Sarah has worked on pensions, saving and retirement and welfare policy and her main focus now is the economics of not-for-profit organisations. Professor Smith has been working with a number of charity organisations to understand what motivates individuals to give and how donations...
Published 02/16/18
Barry Eichengreen is Professor of Economics and Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught since 1987, and Professor of American History and Institutions, University of Cambridge. Professor Eichengreen is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research. Professor Eichengreen has been a fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Palo...
Published 02/08/18