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108. Ninety-Eight Years of Economic Wisdom

108. Ninety-Eight Years of Economic Wisdom

FromPeople I (Mostly) Admire


108. Ninety-Eight Years of Economic Wisdom

FromPeople I (Mostly) Admire

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Length:
54 minutes
Released:
Jun 24, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Robert Solow is 98 years old and a giant among economists. He tells Steve about cracking German codes in World War II, why it’s so hard to reduce inequality, and how his field lost its way. 
Released:
Jun 24, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Steve Levitt, the iconoclastic University of Chicago economist and co-author of the Freakonomics book series, tracks down other high achievers and asks questions that only he would think to ask. Guests include all-time Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, WNBA champion Sue Bird, Operation Warp Speed chief Moncef Slaoui, and neuroscientist/actress Mayim Bialik. People I (Mostly) Admire is a production of the Freakonomics Radio Network.