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The Agnostic’s Guide to Jewish Prayer

Chapter One — Opening Your Heart

Jan 29, 2023

Jan 29, 2023

Waiting for your waiter in Israel

When I first arrived in Israel as an immigrant, a couple of things struck me about the restaurants. First, they seemed pretty expensive…

Sep 28, 2022

Waiting for your waiter in Israel

Sep 28, 2022

Apples and Oranges: A Critique of Utilitarianism

This essay is the intellectual backstory of my book, WILD PROBLEMS: A GUIDE TO THE DECISIONS THAT DEFINE US. In Wild Problems, I critique…

Jul 13, 2022

Apples and Oranges: A Critique of Utilitarianism

Jul 13, 2022

Do I Deserve What I Have? Part III

In part I of this series, I argued that I do not deserve my standard of living. Though I’ve worked hard and had a few good ideas in my…

Oct 1, 2020

Do I Deserve What I Have? Part III

Oct 1, 2020

Poems of My Father — a series

My dad, who passed away in March of 2020, gave me many gifts; one of the most precious was a love of poetry.

May 28, 2020

Poems of My Father — a series

May 28, 2020

Poems of My Father — #5

At Grass

May 28, 2020

Poems of My Father — #5

May 28, 2020

Poems of my Father — #4

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

May 27, 2020

Poems of my Father — #4

May 27, 2020

Poems of my Father — #3

The First Snowfall

May 26, 2020

Poems of my Father — #3

May 26, 2020

Poems of My Father — #2

The Writer

May 25, 2020

Poems of My Father — #2

May 25, 2020

Poems of my Father — #1

There is no Frigate like a Book To take us lands away, Nor any coursers like a page Of prancing poetry. This traverse may the poorest take…

May 25, 2020

Poems of my Father — #1

May 25, 2020

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Price Gouging Could Actually Fix Our Face Mask Shortage

If we don’t let prices for essential goods rise, we can’t incentivize making more of them

May 4, 2020

Price Gouging Could Actually Fix Our Face Mask Shortage

May 4, 2020

Eulogy for my Father

This is an expanded version of what I said at my father’s funeral. He passed away on March 2, 2020 at the age of 89. May his memory be a…

Mar 12, 2020

Eulogy for my Father

Mar 12, 2020

The Economist as Scapegoat

A lot of things are wrong with America these days. A rising suicide rate. Opioid addiction and deaths. Unaffordable housing in America’s…

Jan 30, 2020

The Economist as Scapegoat

Jan 30, 2020

Return

Coming back from a vacation

Jan 22, 2020

Return

Jan 22, 2020

Come From Away

I recently saw the musical Come From Away for the second time. It’s a musical about 9/11, when 38 planes were re-routed to a small town in…

Dec 22, 2019

Come From Away

Dec 22, 2019

Health Care Without (much) Government

I’m going to imagine what health care would look like if government played a much smaller role, very different from the one it plays now.

Nov 21, 2019

Health Care Without (much) Government

Nov 21, 2019

Health Care Lessons from Dr. Keith Smith

This week’s EconTalk with Keith Smith of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma has provoked a lot of love and some not so much love from people…

Nov 21, 2019

Health Care Lessons from Dr. Keith Smith

Nov 21, 2019

Transience and Transcendence

Alan Lightman wonders if anything transient can have meaning. No matter how long we live, no matter what we accomplish, no matter what we…

Nov 8, 2019

Transience and Transcendence

Nov 8, 2019

AM I A MARKET FUNDAMENTALIST?

I’ve noticed a growing tendency for economists and others to critique “market fundamentalism/neoliberalism/free market dogma.” If you ask…

Sep 18, 2019

AM I A MARKET FUNDAMENTALIST?

Sep 18, 2019

Does Ridesharing Increase Traffic Deaths?

In recent years, economics has become much more empirical and less theoretical. It is not just that empirical work is more valued than…

Apr 4, 2019

Does Ridesharing Increase Traffic Deaths?

Apr 4, 2019

Russ Roberts

Russ Roberts

I host the weekly podcast, EconTalk and I'm the co-creator of the Keynes-Hayek rap videos. My latest book is How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life.

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