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056: Campbell Harvey on Improving Significance Tests, the Importance of Positive Skew and the Future of Blockchain
Campbell R. Harvey is Professor of Finance at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He served as Editor of The Journal of Finance from...
055: David Skarbek on the Economics of Prison Gangs and The Social Order of the Underworld
Dr David Skarbek is a Senior Lecturer in Political Economy and Undergraduate Exam Board Chair in the Department of Political Economy at Kings College, London. David’s research interest is to understand how people define and enforce property...
054: Christine Exley on the Economics of Volunteering, Market Failure in the Homeless Dog Market and Wagaroo
Christine Exley is Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Christine is also Co-founder and Chief of Research at Wagaroo - an organisation dedicated in re-housing homeless dogs to responsible and loving families. Wagaroo was...
053: Helena Norberg-Hodge on Localisation, Trade Treaties and the Economics of Happiness
Helena Norberg-Hodge is the founder and director of Local Futures. A pioneer of the ‘new economy’ movement, she has been promoting an economics of personal, social and ecological well-being for more than thirty years. Helena is the...
052: Alex Tabarrok on Globalisation, Bounty Hunters and Leveraging Online Education
Alex Tabarrok is Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University and co-founder (with Tyler Cowen) of Marginal Revolution University, an online platform for learning economics. Alex is a TED speaker with over 640,000 views of his TED...
051: Eyal Winter on How Excessive Giving Ensures the Survival of the Human Race and on the Beautiful Mind of John Nash
Eyal Winter is the Silverzweig Professor of Economics at the Hebrew University and Economics Professor at Leicester University. He is a member and a former director of the Center for the Study of Rationality, an elected council member of the...
050: Dan Ariely on Irrational Behavior and the Importance of Our Environment When Making Decisions
Dan Ariely is Professor of Psychology & Behavioral Economics at Duke University in North Carolina. Dan’s interests span a wide range of behaviors, and his sometimes unusual experiments are consistently interesting, amusing and informative,...
049: Jez Groom and Jon Haywood on How a Cleverly Designed Nudge Can Change People's Behavior - Including How We Pee
Jez Groom is a behavioral economist and co-founder of the behavioral practice #ogilvychange in the United Kingdom. Alongside Rory Sutherland, Jez has created the Nudge Awards and Nudgestock, bringing the best in behavioral economics to the...
048: Steve Hanke on Currency Boards, Moral Hazard and the Benefits of Privatization
Steve Hanke is a Professor of Applied Economics, specializing in currency boards. He is Co-Director of the Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise at The Johns Hopkins University in...
047: Victor Ricciardi on The Psychology of Financial Planning and Investing
Victor Ricciardi is Finance Professor at Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland where he teaches courses in personal financial planning, corporate finance, investments, behavioral finance, and the psychology of money. Victor is the...