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Russ Roberts and Mike Munger on Wild Problems
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Length:
77 minutes
Released:
Aug 8, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Waze and Google Maps tell us the best way to get to where we're going. But no app or algorithm can tell us whether we should head there in the first place. To economist Russ Roberts, the reason is simple: Humans are dynamic and aspirational beings. When it comes to making life's big decisions, from what to study to whom to marry or whether to have a child, it's not always us doing the deciding, he argues, but rather the people we want to be. Join the host of EconTalk, the president of Shalem College, and the author of the new book Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions that Define Us, as he speaks with friend and EconTalk favorite Michael Munger about why the traditional economic models for decision making can lead us astray--and why life should be less about solving problems than embracing possibilities.
Released:
Aug 8, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
The Economics of Inheritance: How parents divide their time and money between their children and our concerns for what people think of us after we are gone, by Russ Roberts and Don Cox by EconTalk