Russ Roberts
| Russ Roberts | |
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| Born | September 19, 1954 [1][2] Memphis, Tennessee |
| Website | www |
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School or tradition
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Chicago School, Austrian School |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago (Ph.D.) University of North Carolina (B.A.) |
| Influences | Gary Becker Friedrich Hayek Milton Friedman |
Russell David "Russ" Roberts (born September 19, 1954) is a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution[3][4] well known for communicating economics to non-economists[5] as host of the EconTalk podcast.[6]
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Education
Roberts was awarded a B.A. in economics in 1975 from the University of North Carolina and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago in 1981 for thesis on the design of government transfer programs[7][8] under the supervision of Gary Becker.[9][10]
Career
Roberts has taught at George Mason University, Washington University in St. Louis (where he was the founding director of what is now the Center for Experiential Learning), the University of Rochester, Stanford University, and the University of California, Los Angeles. He is a regular commentator on business and economics for National Public Radio's Morning Edition, and has written for the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.
Roberts also blogs at Cafe Hayek[11] with Donald J. Boudreaux at George Mason University in Fairfax County, Virginia.[12] He published the novel The Invisible Heart which conveys economic ideas in the context of a narrative. In 2008, Roberts released another novel, The Price of Everything, which addresses concepts such as spontaneous order, price gouging, and market economics in crisis situations.
Publications
Books
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Articles and papers
- "Working Papers in Economics": Domestic Studies Program (Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace):
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- With John R. Lott. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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See also
References
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- Robert's bio at the Mercatus Center
- NPR Commentary, "Economist: Don't Jump the Gun on Stimulus Plans"
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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- ↑ Hoover Institute, Research Fellows, Russell Roberts bio
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- ↑ The Guardian "Praise of EconTalk"
- ↑ EconTalk, hosted by Russ Roberts
- ↑ A positive analysis of the design of government transfer programs
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- ↑ Cafe Hayek
- ↑ http://economics.gmu.edu/people/rrobert2
