#137 Life as Conversation - Russ Roberts on his relationship with his father, starting the EconTalk podcast in 2006, Adam Smith, why people want to be "lovely", aiming high, why it's hard to have fun, misunderstandings of the academic world, and moving to Israel in his 60's
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd
You Moved to a Foreign Country?
I think seeing you go through the shift, you moved to a different country. When you could have just sort of coasted into retirement,. You probably didn't take the job for the money. What was attractive about embarking on a new path in your 60s? Yeah. So I was 66 when I moved to Israel and became president of Shalom College. Half the people I asked about whether I should do this said, you're going to hate it. Administration is a nightmare. And for me, it was more of a calling.
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