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Russell D. Roberts

Boudreaux on Coase

by Russ Robertsvia EconTalk
Monday, October 28, 2013

In this podcast Russell Roberts, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and EconTalk host, discusses, with Don Boudreaux of George Mason University, the intellectual legacy of Ronald Coase, focusing on his four most important academic articles.

American students - once the most competitive in the world - have fallen behind

Hoover senior fellows Hanushek and Peterson discuss the state of K–12 education on WGBH’s Innovation Hub

by Eric Hanushek, Paul E. Petersonvia WGBH (New England)
Friday, October 25, 2013

Hoover senior fellows Eric Hanushek and Paul Peterson, having studied the US education system for a long time, have observed a disturbing trend.

Scott W. Atlas, MD, is the David and Joan Traitel Senior Fellow at the Hoover In

Atlas on Sound Off Connecticut Radio: “this is a centralized, top-down, government-controlled issue”

by Scott W. Atlasvia CBS Connecticut
Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Hoover senior fellow Scott Atlas discusses, on Sound Off Connecticut Radio, recent scandals from the British National Health Service and how that service compares to that offered by the Affordable Care Act.

Hoover launches “The Libertarian” podcast

Political Correctness, Intellectual Property, and the Washington Redskins

by Richard A. Epsteinvia Defining Ideas
Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Richard Epstein analyzes the legal challenge to the name of the Washington Redskins and whether the team should opt for a new moniker.

Russell D. Roberts

Calvo on the crisis, money, and macroeconomics

by Russ Robertsvia EconTalk
Monday, October 21, 2013

In this podcast, Guillermo Calvo of Columbia University and the National Bureau of Economic Research discusses macroeconomic crises with EconTalk host Russell Roberts. Topics include the role of money, the problem of short-term lending in the financial sector, the black-box approach of modern macroeconomic theory, and the forgotten economists whom we might want to reconsider.

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Epstein on the John Batchelor Show: “This thing is heading into a downward spiral”

by Richard A. Epsteinvia John Batchelor Show
Monday, October 21, 2013

Hoover senior fellow Richard A. Epstein discusses the rollout of the Affordable Care Act on the John Batchelor Show. Topics include the employer mandate, moral hazard and state exchanges, and high administrative costs.

Peter Berkowitz

Berkowitz on the John Batchelor Show: “The way to make dramatic transformations of law in the United States is to win significant majorities in the House and the Senate and win the presidency”

by Peter Berkowitzvia John Batchelor Show
Friday, October 18, 2013

Hoover senior fellow Peter Berkowitz discusses recent domestic political events, including Republican efforts to defund the Affordable Care Act, the health care rollout in Oregon, government debt, and the budget.

Fouad Ajami is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution

Ajami on Memri-TV: “If the United States does not intervene, Bashar Al-Assad's regime will manage to emerge scot-free from this crisis”

by Fouad Ajamivia MEMRI - The Middle East Media Research Institute
Thursday, October 17, 2013

Hoover senior fellow Fouad Ajami presents his argument for US intervention in Syria in an interview at the Middle East Media Research Institute. Read a translated transcript here, or watch the interview with English subtitles here.

Hoover launches “The Libertarian” podcast

Unions and High Culture

by Richard A. Epsteinvia Defining Ideas
Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Richard Epstein discusses what labor disruptions in New York and Minnesota tell us about union influence on cultural institutions.

Russell D. Roberts

Winston on transportation

by Russ Robertsvia EconTalk
Monday, October 14, 2013

In this podcast, Cliff Winston of the Brookings Institution discusses the US transportation system with EconTalk host Russell Roberts. Topics include the history of the US transportation system, the disconnect between customers and providers of public transit, government-owned versus privatized transportation systems, the difficulties of expanding public transportation systems, and investments in infrastructure.

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