#143: Dyads, And Other Mysteries — Daniel Kahneman Daniel Kahneman is widely regarded as the most influential psychologist alive. He won the Nobel Prize in Economics (2002) for his April 14, 2023
#140: Rationality And Its Opposite — Steven Pinker 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