ekon talk is a weekly conversation for the curious. Today's guest is gas pano canalos, president of saint john's college in texas. i want to let listeners know about two reading opportunities in advance of outcoming episodes. In the next month or so, i'm going to be talking about greed and tolstoy and adam smith using the stoy story master and man. And dwain bats is returning to econtalk to discuss prime leve and ralph ellison and their books. We'd loke to hear from you to day is march eighth, 20 22.
What is real education? What can colleges provide their students? Pano Kanelos, president of the new college-to-be in Austin, UATX, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the nature of education, what the Great Books can teach us, and how we should rethink college education in today's world.