This week's episode is the full lecture 6 of the Principles of Economics online course, and its topic is capital! What is capital from the Austrian perspective, why is it such a pivotal a concept in economics, and what are the most common misunderstandings of it. Sign up to saifedean.com to study this online course, with a new lecture every 2 weeks and a liv ... Show More
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301. The Gold Standard Preview
<p>Saifedean's talk at The Bitcoin Conference introducing his new book, The Gold Standard, followed by the introduction and chapter 1 of the book! Get your audiobook, hardcover, or paperback from <a href='https://thesaifhouse.com/'>TheSaifHouse.com</a> or <a href='https://ww ... Show More
1h 24m
Nov 18
300. The Gold Standard Launch Interview with Bob Dewey
<p>Saifedean discusses the main ideas of his new book, The Gold Standard, and his motivation for writing it, in this deep conversation with Robert Dewey of the Exploring Prosperity Podcast.</p><p><a href='https://saifedean.com/tgs'>https://saifedean.com/tgs</a></p>
1h 34m
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
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
Oct 2022
Two Indicators: back to school
It's fall, so on this episode, we're taking you back to school. First, what sorority rush can teach us about a particular kind of market. Then, how two economists fixed the way macroeconomics was taught in high schools. It's econ, inside and outside the classroom.
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17m 55s
Dec 2022
5 Principles of Personal Finance to Become Financially Free
If you are in search of becoming financially free, you need to know these 5 principles of personal finance. Our guest on this episode, Curtis May, is the creator and owner of Practical Wealth Advisors and the host of The Practical Wealth Show Podcast. Curtis has been planning for ... Show More
47m 7s
Jul 2021
MI100: Masterclass on Building an Online Course Business w/ Jacques Hopkins
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
5:19 - The six side-businesses that Jacques started that failed, why they failed, and how he realized that creating a piano course was the right choice for him
12:21 - Lessons Jacques learned from his failures and how he’s applying them to his b ... Show More
1h 20m
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
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