190. How to think about Economics with Per Bylund| Listen on Anghami

Jan 21

309: Principles of Economics Lecture 1: Human Action

Starting this week, I'm releasing all the lectures of my Principles of Economics online course for free! This week's lecture explores economics as the study of human action and choice under scarcity, how humans act purposefully with deliberative reason, and why proper economic re ... Show More

1h 3m

Jan 13

308. Fiat Money, Inflation & the Collapse of Civilization with Danny Knowles

Saifedean joins Danny Knowles on What Bitcoin Did to discuss The Gold Standard: how fiat funded war and made endless conflict possible, why hard money shapes time preference, and why gold failed where Bitcoin can win.

1h 5m

Jan 6

307. The Incredible World Sound Money Would Have Given Us with Tom Woods

Tom Woods interviews Saifedean about his latest book, The Gold Standard.https://saifedean.com/tgs

1h 4m

Mar 2023

Everything You Need to Know About Economics with Howard Yaruss

Remember that economics course you took? Yeah, me neither. Turns out that knowing what’s happening in the economy is more important than you know. Politicians are making decisions with the economy that have a direct impact on your money. So as our guest Howard Yaruss, economist, ... Show More

41m 37s

Dec 2021

S E52: Useful Economics in Everyday Life

We're all actors in the economy, with different habits, dilemmas and choices. And economics is about everyday decisions in our daily lives as much as it is about government policy. As economics professors, Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers have honed the ways to show how econom ... Show More

18m 33s

Sep 2021

Ann Pettifor on Green Economics

It’s The Economy breaks down the complex economic ideas we have all heard of but don’t fully understand in under 15 minutes. In this episode host Nicola Walton speaks to Ann Pettifor, an economist perhaps best known for predicting the financial crisis of 2008. She is author of Th ... Show More

17m 50s

Jul 2020

Introducing: Think Like An Economist

Think Like an Economist and you’ll see the world more clearly, empowering you to make better decisions at work, at home, and in your community. Leading economists Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers will take you on a joyous romp through their field as they introduce you to the b ... Show More

1m 58s

Jul 2020

Planet Money Summer School

Introducing an economics education for your ears! We're calling it Planet Money Summer School. It's all the economics you meant to learn, but didn't get around to. Each Wednesday, we'll serve up a Planet Money story, or selection of excerpts, paired with insights from our economi ... Show More

2 m

Nov 2021

S E49: A Conversation with Greg Mankiw: Financial Crisis, Recessions and Communicating Economics

Professor Greg Mankiw is one of the most influential economists today: a New Keynesian, advisor to Presidents, and a good friend of Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers. In this episode, the three of them discuss what we can learn from financial crises, why globalisation has lost ... Show More

28m 50s

Feb 2024

At the Money: Why Self-Insight Is So Important

How well do you understand yourself? For investors, it is an important question. We're co-conspirators in self-deception and this prevents us from having accurate self-knowledge. This does not lead to good results in the markets. To explain, Barry Ritholtz welcomes David Dunning ... Show More

14m 9s

Feb 2024

TIP609: Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Taleb

On today’s episode, Clay reviews Nassim Taleb’s book – Fooled by Randomness. Nassim Taleb is a Lebanon-born American mathematician and statistician whose work concerns problems of randomness, probability, and uncertainty. He’s very well known for his popular books, including The ... Show More

1 h

190. How to think about Economics with P...