Daniel Kahneman — Dyads, And Other Mysteries (#143) Daniel Kahneman is the most influential living psychologist. He won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2002 and is the author of Thinking, Fast and Slow. April 14, 2023
Rationality And Its Opposite — Steven Pinker (#140) How rational are we? How can a species smart enough to set foot on the moon also be prone to conspiracy December 15, 2022
#136: Ergodicity — Ole Peters Ole Peters is a physicist and a Fellow at the London Mathematical Laboratory. August 24, 2021
#131: A Practical Guide To Coping With Uncertainty – John Kay John Kay is one of Britain’s leading economists. Read the full transcript [Transcript coming soon.] May 17, 2021
#128: A Forgotten Genius – Cheryl Misak Cheryl Misak is a Canadian philosopher and the author of Frank Ramsey: A Sheer Excess of Powers. Read the full transcript April 28, 2021
Rational Minds Part 5: Heuristics Make Us Smart – Gerd Gigerenzer Gerd Gigerenzer is a German psychologist and director emeritus of the Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition at the Max Planck December 21, 2020
Rational Minds Part 4: The Blind Leading The Blind – David Hirshleifer David Hirshleifer is a professor of finance and currently holds the Merage chair in Business Growth at the University of California. December 20, 2020
Rational Minds Part 3: Rethinking Bubbles – Vernon Smith Vernon Smith won the 2002 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. December 19, 2020
Rational Minds Part 2: The Myth Of Tulip Mania – Anne Goldgar Anne Goldgar is an historian and holds the Van Hunnick Chair in European History at the University of Southern California Dornsife. December 17, 2020
Rational Minds Part 1: A Nation Of Gamblers – Ed Glaeser Ed Glaeser is the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard University. Show notes Selected links * Follow Ed: Website December 15, 2020
#99: Housing Bubble Week Epilogue: Not All Bubbles Are Created Equal – Vernon Smith Vernon Smith won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2002. Show notes Charts Selected links * Follow Vernon: Website * Rethinking Housing September 27, 2020
#94: Radical Uncertainty – Mervyn King Mervyn King was Governor of the Bank of England from 2003 to 2013. Show notes Selected links * Follow Mervyn King: Website August 08, 2020
#79: On Radical Uncertainty, "Phantastic Objects", and Blowing Bubbles – David Tuckett David Tuckett is a psychoanalyst, Professor, and Director of the Centre for the Study of Decision-Making Uncertainty at University College London. October 17, 2019
#77: Markets and The Madness of Crowds – Robert Shiller Robert J. Shiller is Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University and one of the 2013 recipients of the Nobel Prize September 07, 2019
#72: The Leader Of The Free World Is A Malignant Narcissist With Pre–Dementia – John Gartner Richard Nixon once said, “I can go into my office and pick up the telephone and in twenty-five minutes seventy million May 30, 2019
#71: Housing Bubble Week Finale: It's The Housing Cycle, Stupid! – Ed Leamer This episode is about why housing busts cause recessions. Few understand their nexus better than Ed Leamer. Ed is the Chauncey May 23, 2019
#70: Housing Bubble Week: Getting Things Done in Western Sydney – John Hempton The logic is inevitable: credit is as much a feature of housing bubbles as the sun is of day. And to May 21, 2019
#69: Housing Bubble Week: A Philosophy of Bubbles – Timo Henckel Bubbles are everywhere today — or so we’re told. But what are they really? I speak with behavioural macroeconomist from the May 19, 2019
#68: Housing Bubble Week: Speculation and Unchartered Waters – Chris Joye Chris Joye manages $3 billion as the Co-Chief Investment Officer at Australian fixed-income manager Coolabah Capital Investments, and is a contributing May 16, 2019
#67: Housing Bubble Week: Housing Bubbles as Availability Cascades – Timur Kuran Timur Kuran is a Turkish American economist, Professor of Economics and Political Science, and Gorter Family Professor in Islamic Studies at May 15, 2019
#66: Housing Bubble Week: Lessons From Amsterdam’s ‘Gentlemen’s Canal’ – Piet Eichholtz We all know that real estate is the best long-term investment for capital gains, and property investors should just hold through May 14, 2019
#65: Housing Bubble Week: Can We Predict Housing Bubbles? – Dean Baker I speak with Dean Baker, US economist and co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research based in Washington, D. May 13, 2019
#64: ‘Housing Bubble Week’ & Joe’s Speech to Mensa I announce ‘Housing Bubble Week’ and share a speech I gave in Sydney in September 2018. Show notes Selected links * Follow May 12, 2019
#61: The Three Big Lies Poisoning Young Minds – Jonathan Haidt This is a conversation with renowned moral psychologist Jonathan Haidt about his new book The Coddling of The American Mind, co-authored December 13, 2018
