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046: Shanta Devarajan on The World Bank, Quiet Corruption, Government Failure and Comparative Advantage
Shanta Devarajan is the Chief Economist of the World Bank’s Middle East and North Africa Region. Since joining the World Bank in 1991, he has been a Principal Economist and Research Manager for Public Economics in the...
045: Jon Manning on the Art of Pricing and How Economic Theory Has Got Pricing All Wrong
Jon Manning is the Founder and Principal Consultant of Sans Prix and has over two decades of Pricing experience in a wide variety of industries. Since establishing Sans Prix, Jon (and his associates) have generated millions of dollars...
044: Nancy Folbre on Feminist Economics and the Care Economy
Nancy Folbre is a recently retired Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst andcurrently directs a research program of gender and care work at the Political Economy Research Institute. Professor...
043: Herbert Gintis on Game Theory and the Multidisciplinary Approach to Understanding Human Behavior
Herbert Gintis is Emeritus Professor of Economics at University of Massachusetts and visiting Professor at Central European University. He is known for his theoretical contributions to sociobiology, especially altruism, cooperation, epistemic...
042: Parviz Parvizi on Clammr, Coffee, Coase and the Economy of Iran
Parviz Parvizi is co-founder of Clammr, a mobile app and platform making audio more social and viral. Users are calling Clammr, which features snack-sized audio clips of 18 seconds or less, the “Instagram of Audio” and “Audio...
041: Dermot Hayes on Comparative Advantage, Feeding the Chinese and the Malthusian Catastrophe
Dermot Hayes is the Pioneer Chair of Agribusiness, professor of economics, and professor of finance at Iowa State University. He heads the Trade and Agricultural Policy Division at CARD, a position he also held from 1990 through...
040: Rebecca Harding on Trade Finance and How Delta Economics Can Help Identify Growth Opportunities World-wide
Dr Rebecca Harding, CEO of Delta Economics, is an independent economist with an extensive background in modelling economic growth, trade, productivity, innovation and enterprise. Rebecca is the author of nine books and has written over 250 articles...
039: David Zetland on Aguanomics, Water Scarcity, Water Wars and ‘Toilet-to-Tap’
David Zetland is an assistant professor at Leiden University College, where he teaches various classes on economics. David was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Natural Resource Economics and Political Economy at UC Berkeley (2008-2010) and a Senior Water...
038: Leah Bell on Being an Angry Grad and Setting Yourself Up for a Life of Success
Leah Bell spent tens of thousands of dollars on a college education for a degree in Education with the same hope of getting a job one day. After struggling to find a teaching job as an Elementary school teacher, Leah had to work at a minimum...
037: Noah Smith on Austrian Theory Being a 'Bad Joke', Heterodox Models and Efficient Markets
Noah Smith is Assistant Professor of Finance at Stony Brook University, New York where he is also a member of the Center for Behavioral Finance research team. Noah’s research Interests include Experimental Finance, Behavioral Finance and...