Why the West? Colonies, Fossil Fuels, and Lessons from China ~ Kenneth Pomeranz (Great Divergence #1)
Why did Western Europe become the richest region of the early modern world? Was the rise of the West powered by colonization, inventions, or something else entirely? And what happened to the medieval might of China and India?
The term “great divergence” is increasingly used by historians who want t…
Grasping at the Realities of Today's Banking Crisis: Brad DeLong on the new economic laws of our social media age
EPISODE 1373: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the UC Berkeley economist and author of SLOUCHING TOWARD UTOPIA author Brad Delong about today's banking crisis, ChatGPT4 and the new economic laws of our social media age
Brad DeLong is a professor of economics at the University of California at …
Why the West? Colonies, fossil fuels, and lessons from China (with Kenneth Pomeranz)
Why did Western Europe become the richest region of the early modern world? Was the rise of the West powered by colonization, inventions, or something else entirely? And what happened to the medieval might of China and India?
The term “great divergence” is increasingly used by historians who are bo…
Talking With Azeem Azhar
I last spoke with Azeem, the proprietor of Exponential View, 18 months ago — ancient history on this subject. So we revisited the state of AI.
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TRANSCRIPT: Paul Krugman in Conversation with Azeem Azhar
(recorded 6/12/26)
Paul Krugman: Hi everyone. Paul Krugman back on my usual schedule of reco…
Ep. 144: The Gold Standard Did NOT Cause the Great Depression
Using the 2009 testimony of Brad DeLong as a foil, Bob defends the gold standard from the typical accusation that it was responsible for the Great Depression. Bob shows that even after leaving gold, both the UK and US remain mired with double-digit unemployment for longer than prior depressions had…
Trump’s war on statisticians and the ‘liberal bias’ of reality
On Tuesday, Brad DeLong joined me for a live Theory of Change episode to discuss Donald Trump’s firing of Erika McEntarfer, the former commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and how it is part of a decades-long war on sound economics and expertise in general waged by reactionary Republican…
Ep. 518 The Airing of Grievances: Murphy Extends His Critique of Three Economists
Bob does a nerdy follow-up to prior interactions with George Selgin, Bryan Caplan, and Brad DeLong.
Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:
The BMS analyzing the SoHo Forum debate on FRB, Bob's recent interview of Bryan Caplan, and Brad DeLong's congressional testimony. Bob's blog po…
Heels in the Field | Brad Delong
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Brad Delong interviewed on Conversations with Tyler (podcast). "There is no better way for harnessing the eight-billion-brain anthology intelligence of humanity to achieving the social goals we all want, other than to organize a well-functioning market system. That is a basic and serious truth."
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Will AI Replace White-Collar Jobs? The Future of Growth | Robert Gordon — Part 2
Will artificial intelligence transform economic growth—or are expectations running far ahead of reality? And what does the rise of AI mean for graduates, white-collar professionals and the future of work?
In Part 2 of his conversation with Dr Alan O’Sullivan, renowned economist and Northwestern Uni…
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