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Economic Rockstar

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Economic Rockstar is created for you, the economist, financial analyst, teacher or student. If you are looking to expand your knowledge or awareness, Frank Conway delivers the information you just don"t want to miss. Economic Rockstar brings to you each week an economist, financial analyst or business leader who shares their experiences, research interests or ideas. Hear their views on different schools of economic thinking - Chicago, Austrian, Keynesian and Classical, behavioral economics, stock

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00:48:23

075: Kate Bahn on Monopsony in the Market for...

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2016/03/03

Kate Bahn is an economist at the Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C. Kate is also the co-founder and managing editor of Lady Economist, an amazing blog with rich content on how economics impacts women and girls. Kate’s economics writing has been featured in the Guardian, the Nation, the Chronicle of Higher Education and Good Magazine among others. She is also an active member of the International Association for Feminist Economics. Kate received her PhD in Economics from the New School

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00:56:09

074: Peter Leeson on The Invisible Hook: The Hidden...

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2016/02/25

Peter T. Leeson is Duncan Black Professor of Economics and Law at George Mason University. He is also a Senior Fellow at the F.A. Hayek Program for the Advanced Study of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics as well as the North American Editor of Public Choice. Peter is author of The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates and Anarchy Unbound: Why Self-Governance Works Better Than You Think. In this episode you will learn: why Peter decided to study the economics of pirates. the

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073: Robin Hanson on The Age of Em and How Brain...

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2016/02/18

Robin Hanson is associate professor of economics at George Mason University He is also a research associate at Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute and chief scientist at Consensus Point. Robin has pioneered prediction markets, also known as information markets and idea futures, since 1988. Robin has a passion to understand everything, and to save the world. He is addicted to “viewquakes”, loves to argue one on one, and values honesty and passion. He blogs at OvercomingBias.com which has had over

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072: Friedrich A. Hayek - That Entrepreneurial...

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2016/02/11

In this essay, I present a personal essay based on the work of Hayek, most notably concerning his thoughts and discussion on how knowledge cannot be scientifically calculated for use within a centrally planned organisation, which is argued in his own essays 'The Use of Knowledge in Society' (1968) and 'Competition as a Discovery Procedure' (1984). Check out the show notes page to this episode at economicrockstar.com/hayek where you can receive a transcript of the essay as well as the links to all

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00:57:17

071: Darshak Patel on Using Popular Culture to Engage...

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2016/02/04

Darshak Patel is currently a Lecturer of economics at the University of Kentucky, USA. After a one-year Visiting Assistant Professor appointment at Roanoke College, Darshak served three years as an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Tennessee Martin. Darshak’s research and teaching interests include labor economics, microeconomics, industrial organization, the economics of education, and sports economics. Darshak graduated with a PhD in Economics at the University of Kentucky

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00:48:52

070: Chronis Lalas on Prospect Theory and 'Making a...

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2016/01/28

Chronis Lalas is a recent graduate from the University of Macedonia, Greece with a BA in Economics. Chronis blogs at The Newbie Economist and aspires to be a behavioral economist that will optimize Fortune 500 corporations’ marketing campaigns through analyzing their existing customers’ behavior. In this episode you will learn: about Prospect theory. about the reciprocity shown by TOMS shoe store in Thessaloniki, Greece. how playing French music influences the purchase of French wine. how the

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00:54:27

069: Diane Coyle on GDP, Its Shortcomings and...

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2016/01/21

Diane Coyle is Professor of Economics at the University of Manchester and runs the consultancy Enlightenment Economics. Diane specialises in competition analysis and the economics of new technologies and globalisation. Diane is the author of several books, including GDP: A Brief But Affectionate History, The Economics of Enough, The Soulful Science, Sex, Drugs and Economics and Paradoxes of Prosperity. Diane has a PhD from Harvard and was awarded the OBE in January 2009. In this episode you will

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068: Daron Acemoglu on Why Nations Fail and Why...

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2016/01/14

Daron Acemoglu is the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston. Daron’s principal interests are political economy, development economics, economic growth, technology, income and wage inequality, human capital and training, and labour economics. Daron received his M.Sc. in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics and his Ph.D. from the London School of Economics. Daron is co-author of ‘Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and

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00:56:14

067: Leigh Caldwell on Cognitive Economics and the...

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2016/01/07

Leigh Caldwell is a behavioural economist based in London. Leigh, together with Elina Halonen, runs the Irrational Agency, which takes the latest scientific discoveries in psychology and behavioural economics, blends it with their hands-on experience of marketing and business, and turns them into powerful, incisive market research techniques. In 2012, Leigh condensed his experience in pricing and the marketing of several of his businesses into a new book The Psychology of Price: How to use price to

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01:36:55

066: Best of 2015 Part 2

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2016/01/01

This is the second part of the 'Best of 2015' of the Economic Rockstar podcast. This episode provides you with a glimpse of what type of guests and conversations I've had on the show this past year. Previous episodes that feature in this Best of 2015 are: 022 Josh Angrist on Taking the Con Out of Econometrics. 060 Manu Saadia on Trekonomics – The Economics of Star Trek: Scarcity, Productivity and Public Goods 017 Marina Adshade on Understanding Economics the Sexy and 'Hard' Way. 049 Jon Haywood

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065: Best of 2015 Part 1

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2015/12/31

In this episode, I've created a 'mix-tape' of the best episodes of the year. This is Part 1 of a 2 part compilation of episodes that you and I considered to be the highlights of the year. Although I did my utmost to choose a 'best of' compilation that captured the essence of this podcast, it was extremely difficult to leave out some of my amazing guests. I loved all my guests and every single one of them gave up their time to speak to me about their career, their research and personal lives. They

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064: Oliver Payne on Transitioning from a Marketing...

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2015/12/24

Oliver Payne is Founder and Director of The Hunting Dynasty. He is a behavioural specialist, author, commentator, ex-ad creative, & manager. Since the late 2000’s Oliver has been working with psychology specifically through The Hunting Dynasty looking to find and build interventions that change behaviour. Oliver is author of ‘Inspiring Sustainable Behaviour: 19 Ways To Ask For Change’ which wrangles together environmental and social psychology, behavioural economics, and decision theory. He is an

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063: Todd Tresidder on Financial Freedom and the 7...

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2015/12/17

Todd Tresidder is an entrepreneur and founder of Financial Mentor. Todd educates and supports Business Owners And Investors To Achieve Financial Freedom And Personal Freedom. As a serial entrepreneur since childhood, Todd built many businesses and retired at age 35 from his position as a Hedge Fund Investment Manager responsible for a 20+ million dollar portfolio. Todd raised his net worth from less than zero at age 23 to self-made millionaire 12 years later by using the same personal finance and

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062: Stephen Terry on Real Business Cycles, Total...

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2015/12/10

Stephen Terry is Assistant Professor of Economics at Boston University. In 2013 he was a Dissertation Intern, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and, from 2007 to 2009, Stephen was a Research Associate at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Stephen received a PhD in Economics from Stanford University in 2015 as well as an MA in Economics in 2011. Stephen also has an MA in Mathematics from the University of Oklahoma and a BA in Economics from University of Texas at Arlington. Stephens research

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061: Roger Whitney on the Myths to Retirement...

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2015/12/03

Roger Whitney began his career as a Financial Advisor in 1991 and witnessed first-hand the rise and fall of the 'New Economy' and the Dot-com bubble that ended in 2000. This experience made Roger realise that financial management is about people, not money, and that they are served best by advisors that are fiduciaries to their clients and have the heart of a teacher. In 2003 Roger left, at the time, the largest private bank in the world and co-founded WWK Wealth Advisors. Today, they are a firm

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060: Manu Saadia on Trekonomics - The Economics of...

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2015/11/26

Manu Saadia fell into science fiction and Star Trek fandom at the age of eight, back in Paris, France, where he was born and raised. Manu studied history of science and economic history in Paris and Chicago. After many happy years in the Ivory Tower, he yielded to his childhood passion for the future. Manu embarked on his continuing mission to explore strange new worlds by boldly going where many have gone before: Los Angeles, CA, where he advise and (occasionally) builds tech companies. Manu

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059: Shawn Humphrey on La Ceiba Microfinance, Tribal...

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2015/11/19

Shawn Humphrey is currently an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Mary Washington. Shawn is the founder of the Two Dollar Challenge, La Ceiba Microfinance, the Month of Microfinance, and the Poverty Action Conference. Shawn describes himself as a Tribal Teacher, a Diligent Do-Gooder and a Global Grassroots Mobilizer. In this episode you will learn: about the social entrepreneurial journey that Shawn found himself pursuing. about Shawn’s Tribal Teaching pedagogy and if this is

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058: Morten Jerven on Poor Numbers and Why Economists...

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2015/11/12

Morton Jerven is Professor of Economic History and Development at the School for International Studies at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. In 2014, Morton was appointed Associate Professor in Global Change and International Relations at Noragrica at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. Morton has published widely on African economic development, and particularly on patterns of economic growth and on economic development statistics. Upon the release of his book, Poor Numbers: How

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057: Alvin Roth on Match-Making, Repugnant Markets...

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2015/11/05

Alvin E. Roth is the Craig and Susan McCaw Professor of Economics at Stanford University. He is also the Gund Professor of Economics and Business Administration Emeritus at Harvard University. Professor Roth has made significant contributions to the fields of game theory, experimental economics and market design and is known for his emphasis on applying economic theory to solutions for "real-world" problems. In 2012, Alvin won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences jointly with Lloyd Shapley

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056: Campbell Harvey on Improving Significance Tests,...

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2015/10/29

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 2006-2012 and is President-elect of the American Finance Association. Campbell’s research interests include statistical methods, risk management, asset allocation, real assets and cryptocurrencies. He is the Investment Strategy Advisor to the Man Group plc,

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