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Russ Roberts on "Wild Problems"
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Russ Roberts on "Wild Problems"

Hardly Working with Brent Orrell

August 8, 202459m 50s

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Show Notes

Russ Roberts, President of Shalem College in Jerusalem and host of the Econtalk podcast, discusses his book, “Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us. The book discusses Robert’s approach to problems that can’t be solved with normal economics analysis. In this episode, Brent and Russ also discuss the influences Russ had growing up and the advice he has for young people today.

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